Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-16
The Mysterious Land of Tibet
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ciousness and love of life, they please
me greatly. In my country you never
see a woman on the streets in the day,
except those of the common class
They go abroad only at night, and
then closely yelled. Their lie is cir
cumscribed and they are kept in Sc
clusion.
"A young man never has an oppor-
tunity to WOO wife Ill Corea. All
marriages are arranged by the parents
of the young people, who never see or
know anything about each other until
the wedding day. The result is there
is a great deal of trouble over mar
riages in our country, and, having no
divorce laws, we have no redress
marriage is for life. no matter whether
the young people love each other or
not. | like the custom in America
much better"
The prince is a prime favorite
among the young women of the insti-
tuition. and he ayails himself of every
opportunity to be in their company.
Among the students in the woman's
branch of the Wesleyan university IS
Miss Angie NJ. Graham of Wheeling,
w. Va. She is a bright and vivacious
girl and it is no wonder that Prince
! Euiwha found her society extremely
attractive. The rules of the institu-
ton, however, did not allow him much
opportunity to cultivate her acquain-
lance, and so during the last SIX
months he has been an occasional Wis
itor to Wheeling whenever Miss Ora
ham was home on a vacation.
| Miss Graham and her family both
vigorously deny that there is any mat
rimonial engagement existing between
the young couple and say the acquain-
lance is simply warm friendship and
nothing more. Naturally the prince
will not discuss the matter. although
his great admiration for American
women leads many to believe thai
Miss Graham's denials are not given
in the best possible faith
Prince Euiwha has been deeply in
terested in a religious revival which
recently closed at the university
where he is studying. He talked
frankly about religion in his country
Il Should like to see Christianity
spread all over Corea. and | shall Go
all | can to help it," he declared. "The
present Ye dynasty has been in power
over 500 years and during that time
Corea has been tolerant of all religions
with the exception of Buddhism.
which reigned almost supreme until
/ the advent of my ancestor, Gen. Ye.
| to the throne. Now no Buddhist
priest dares to enter a walled city
They have few temples out on the
/ hills, but they have few followers com
pared with what they used to have.
Perhaps the greatest body of the peo-
pie are, in spirit, at least Confuciunists
but Christianity is rapidly gaining
Roadway all over the kingdom. The
Catholic denomination has spread. per-
| haps, the most rapidly of all.
THE court might be said to have
religion of its own The worship of
the kings ancestors is really a relig-
! lous ceremony of great pomp and i'm
! portance. -Four times year-spring-
! summer, autumn and winter-the king
and the entire court, accompanied bv
large procession of attendants and
soldiery, go to The Palace of the
God where the king prays and offers
a sacrifice of food. The interim per-
lods the court and the royal family
worship in the palace. The person of
the king is sacred and he is almost
worshipped by his subjects. His name
IS never spoken. His attendants and
even the officials of his court bow to
the ground when they enter his pres
ence, and never speak unless spoken
TO- So far as | have observed. the vir-
tues OF your American civilization
nave been practiced in my country for
centuries.