The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-12

series concerns lUcu Wit" m0 s~NV~tuf0s Oh
Brother Angelo OF the monastery OF Ia Trappe.
He was Young and innocent and he looked like
the pictures of Saint S~ebAstian-ou ne Tell un-
der the spell OF Dolores. a Spanish dancer Of
great beauty and Indifferent morals. He got
over tho garden wall and went to Venice with
her-but she grew tired OF his innocence and
left him suddenly TO 60 BACK 10 a bull
fighter. Then Angelo. after following her
10 Paris. where he accepted the temporary
hospitality Of a friendly young woman ma he
me- a, the Folies Bergeres. walked pack 10 tho
monastery and was good again. In another OF
the stories We read of Il gentleman VINO found
tho da te OF his death written IN scarlet letters
on the neshy part Of his arm; while yet another
shows rs a day in the life OF the Bishop OF Porto
Rico. who left his wife AT n New YORK hotel and
set ont TO buy some nectarines for her. but was
seriously DELAYED He dropped In at the Saun-
terers' Club TO rest a little while.
Shall | bring you a paper. my lord asked the
servant
YES" said the Bishop. Il should like to see the
last copy OF the Churcandn.'
VERY sorry. my lord. but We don't take In the
Chuychnan." said william. Wnl you ny ih' Eren'
ino Pos. my lord The 81 lis very serious paper
NO" replied the Bishop Il ihink ] VIII taKe q III
tie rest"
Shortly after that the Bishop began to grow
wildly exhnarated he didn't get nome 70 MS
wife TN quite late and he forgot the nectar
ines. Bot by far the most curious OF them all Is
the story OF Mr. Smiths uncle, who ient a man
1000 francs II 20 and hunt for the GARDEN OF
Eden and the Tree Of Life
"A Visit to a Ghani" (Alice b, stockham a
Co, Chicago. No Is Mr.. Edward Carpenters
account Of a curious experience IN 'eylon'
There are several objective points OF interest 10
the Investigator in the gem-like isle some
take delight in the cinnamon gardens. and some
go inland to see the tea plantations. whiie
others Immediately investigate tho excellent
prawn curries that are prepared IN all their
perfect harmony at Mount Lavinia. But Mr.,
Carpenter Is a mystic and he was looking for a
Ghani. Now a Ghani, so far as We understand
the matter. is the same thing as a Guru, and a
Guru is a man who used to be a Yogi. A Yogi
il also sometimes called a Fakir AGuru there
fore is a Hindu gentleman who spends most
Of his time sitting on a couch with his legs
coiled under him. wrapt in the serene contem-
plation Of his own stomach Some attain to
perfection in this Quiescent branch OF art
IlpukI ~ ~ u'dplih NA'Nii'i 'hN 'iA'''' W
Hindu mysticism can show any adept to COM
pare with a certain legendary Japanese philos-
opher who INDUCED In meditation so profound
that in course of line his leg. dropped of, But
this may have been an exaggerated case. The
Ghani that Mr.. Carpenter met was an elderly
man dressed in a white muslin wrapper. When
he had been sufficiently stirred up he would
launch forth into a long and fluent discourse in
- NJ IL L. IL
of Tamil is slight and he was obliged to CLEAN
through an interpreter rs much as he could or
the c~onrcmplative centleman's disQuisltions on
the Why and the Whence and the Light that
never Was. The result is here given AT some
length The Gnani was well versed in grammar
and the law and had a good practical knowledge
OF cookery. For three years during his
preparation to be a Fakir he RETAINED
from speech. When he was hungry he clapped
his hands, and his wife brought him food. II IL
considered a great honor 10 be a Fakir's wife
and true believers are taught, by the Fakir.
that it Is highly meritorious TO give money, food
and other things TO n holy man. Mr. Carpen-
ter's Ghani habitually passed the greater part
OF the twenty-four hours in contemplation.
From time TO time. however. he would wake up
and say 'Sondosham. Sdndoshdm sppofham.'
which means. JOY. always JOY. "Ihe true
quality Of the soul, he said one day. lis that
OF space. by which It IL at rest everywhere
But this space Nkasa) within the soul Is far
above the ordinary material space, The whole
of the latter, including all the suns and stars.
appears TO you then as II it were hut an atom OF
the former" and he held up his fingers as
though crumbling a speck Of dust between
them, SO Mr. Carpenter says, Space itself.
as We know it. may be practically anpihilared
in the Consciousness Of a larger space OF which
II is but the superflCies, and a person living in
London may not unlikely find that he has a
back door opening quite simply and uncere-
moniously out in Bombay" The Ghani also
made some remarks on the subject OF govern
ment and statecraft which impressed Mr.. Car
penter "a being Carlylean In character. Once he
said that States must be ruled by justice and
then they will succeed remark which we
seem TO have heard before In speaking Of the
English people he described them as hopelessly
plunged into materialism. but he thought that
# they ever did turn TO sensible pursuits
presumably stomachic contemplation - their
perseverance, and natural sense OF justice
would stand them in good stead. At
present ii was difficult for a Fakir
TO do much good in England. as the
English people was az vet unprepared 10 re-
ceive the light Those who do, he said, at
tain some degree OF emancipation these do not
know that they have attained, though having
experience they lack knowledge. It u
like a man who knows there is ghse dbutter to
be got ont of a COW tpnsu, metaph, for soub
He walks round and round the COW and cries:
% Ghee, q Chez Milk pervades the row, but
he cannot find it. Then when he has learned
10 handle the teat and has obtained the milk
he still cannot find the rhee. II pervades the
milk and has TO be got by n definite method -
This seems To be good symbolism and need not
necessarily be narrowed in its Application to
England only. II NAV be that in various places
I'm this world man walks around ~wistfully con-
templating many a m~einphOric COW from which
he cannot get symbolic milk meanwhile mur-
muring. 80 Ghee, Ghee'" There are many
other matters treated OF in this little volume
which Is interesting throughout.
The Money Sense" 0. W. Dillingham; Com
pany), a novel by the woman who writes under
the name Of John Strange Winter, might have
been called The Sorrowful Story OF Ange-
lidue. " or The Wearisome Woes Of = Peculiarly
Unpleasant Young Woman" or in fact any
so long as the title suggested some mat
forrion AotsIs