The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-14

For instant no Chinese woman Is ever
| allowed 70 so on top Of the wall Of Pc
kin. but foreign ladiesl go there 10 walk
as often a. they please. Women are also
| forbidden 20 enter many Of the temples.
o. the Chinese hold that the mere pres
I ence Of a woman there is dcnlng. hut
| foreign ladies so IN az Will Ana II not
Z infrenquentiy occurs that foreigners con-
duct themselves while in a temple In n
way Ia which We would not allow a chi
neso 10 conduct himself ia one Of our
churches.
Foreign Vandalism.
On one occasion an American church
dlgnitary OF high standing was being
shown through the great Llama Temple,
north of pekn Seeing "a little mud idol
on one OF the altars which he very much
desired he said 90 has guide. a missionary:
See n YOU can not induce the old priest
20 let me have this idol"
NO. no" the missionary answered. Il
20 through this temple often. and do not
care 90 propose 30 the priest anything
which might be dlstastcful 10 him"
Then turning 10 the OLD priest. who was
watching the conversation. the mission
AIRY said
''The old teacher would like 20 have that
little idol. but I told him l would not ask
J for IT,"
The old priest. after looking about him.
said IN an undertone.
Tell him TO take it. but not 70 let any
body see him "
Thereupon the church dignitary backed
up near whore the idol was slipped II
In his overcat pocket. ana then put a
quarter into the cid priests hand. who
accepted - very much as though he had
stolen a. IL looked very much as n a
high church dignitary was trying 10 bribe
a Buddhist priest TO sell an idol. which
che priest refused 70 do hut allowed him
10 steal the idol. and then accepted the
bribe
In the court Of this same temple there
is a large monument which was built over
the clothes OF the Dciai Llama OF Tibet
who was invited 20 Pekin 10 visit the En-
peror Ch'ien Lung, and while there died
Of smallpox His body was sent back 10
Tibet and his clothes were buried IN this
| temple grounds and this monument erect
ed 20 his memory on the body OF the
monument are carved pictures Of the ton
transmigratons Though which Buddha
y supposed 20 have passed. In these
pictures there are delicate carvings OF
deer and other animals. the legs OF which
have been broken on and carried away
! hy relic hunting bandits from the West.
| II Chinese came to our churches or mon
uments and destroyed or defaced them Gu
that way we would have them lmprison-
| ed
SuperstltionE From Foreigners.
! Many Of these supersttions are real
ard many others have been orig as
bugaboos 20 scare children and then have
l become real causes OF fear 20 whole COM
munities. Among the former we may note
| the superstition regarding the taking out
| ~ the eyes Of 'he Chinese for use ne
medicine or IN photography Millions OF
people believe this Tho great viceroy IN
| his wonderful book. "China's Only Hope.
particularly mentions n as a superstition
which Is without foundation.
while the railroad was being construct
cd between Tien Tsln ana PelSln rcusri
was circulated in Pekin which became a
street rumor. that the foreigners were
putting Chinese child under each OF the
railroad ties. There Is 10 doubt. think
that this originated from some nurse try
ing 10 scare child by telling Il that Il
II was not good the "dovii' wou'd lake II
and put It under the railroad ties
Another story OF the same nature as
this Is the cutting OF Of the queue SOM
one tells OF man who was lying on his
brick bed. or walking along the road CT
street. and put his hand up 10 take hold
OF his own queue only 10 ind that n was
gone. and 20 see a foreign devil usarhy
laughing at him. This kind Of Idle story
spreads IN Pekin like wild-hre. Ask anS
one who tells IL n he ever saw any on
who had had his queue cut on and ID
will tell you no. hut at the same tim
there Il as much OF a sensation caused by
such a story in pckin as was cluset
about Park Row by tho Sranish. or Bcci
war. or the Boxer trouble.