The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-12

an OK is dead, the guide says he can
not see the sin in eating a beefsteak;
after a fish has been caught by pr0fane
hands, it will spoil, the guide says. uIl-
less eaten. The guide attended an Eng
ltsh school twelve years, and talks eX-
cellent English. It is his opinion that
all the religions of the Orient are weak
ening; the mingling of the people with
Europeans has rendered them careless
about religious duties they form eriy
thought sacred. Even the MOhamme
dams are changing, he says, and every
one familiar with India reports that
the people are forgetting much of their
former religious fanatlclsm- Even
caste is not the terrible thing it for
merly was in India.
The guide was married when he was
sixteen, to a girl of twelve.
The Cingalese have caste. as well as
the people of India. There are seven
different castles among the people of
CeylOn. The guide says he permits
certain of his neighbors, of lower caste,
to cook for him, but he Will not eat
with them 1t seems to me we have
the same caste at home: we permit the
black negro women TO cook our meals,
but we do not permit them eat with
us. People everywhere are very much
alike. Your religion the guide said
to me, seems funny to me- 1 tried
to do a little missionary work with the
Buddhist, greatly to the amusement of
] a certain YOUNG DGASOlA III liz Ac-A 4 10 .
but the Buddhist was stubborn and
would not yield to reason. When he
| dies, you all know where he viii go.
But he cannot say he was not warned;
I warned him, myself.
| AS illustrating the different varieties
/ of men found in Colombo L mention
the dining room walters at the Gale
Face hotel. Some of them wear long
hair. done up in a knot at the back Of
~. AraraA ~.fe-r
shell comb on top. (By the way the
women say these combs cost all the
way from eleven to twenty-five dol
/ lars. The old Missouri river pilot
used to invest his entire fortune in
/ a Watchchain: the CingaIeSe waiter
| invests his entire fortune in a tortoise
shell cOmb.) Other walters in the same
room wear white turbanS on their
heads, while still others wear red tur-
bans. But all are alike in one re-
I Spect: all are barefOOd. including the
magnificent H. w. (head waiter-l
Some of the walters who have large
punches Of hair at the back of their
heads. are perfectly bald on top; not
enough hair to hold their $50 combs
Dinner is a great function through
out this country. There IS nothing go
ing on in the evening, so dinner does
not begin until 1880 or 8. and lasts an
hour or more. Everybody dresses for
dinner. the dressing bell rings at
seven. it is stated on the card of rules
at the Gale Face hotel. At some
places, unless you dress for dinner
you are seated in an obscure corner
and neglected; at others, you are not
admitted at all. But some of the guests
are not very impressive; some Of the
gowns worn by the women are old
fashioned. and do not fit. The tourists
always amuse me, and they may be
seen al their best at the Offices of Thos
Cook & Sons. tourist agents, ban
etc. Most of the men are old fellows
] orr fellows of them seem
to be active business men who have
anything to do at home A good many
women travel in parties Of two OF
threes. and they are not very attTa ctive
women. They play cards very serious
~. and read very seriously. Altogether
I do not like the company I keep.
Wherever you 60, you find big pic
lures of American railroad trains
they are superior, and managers OF
American railways know it. You al
ways see advertisements of American
made specialties and patent medicines
Most of the generally known Ameri
can goods are kept at the stores
I do not know how it is with Other
+ travellers, but the servants make mt
miserable trying to extOrt money from
me. / do not object to paying 81
much as / object to their standing
/ around watching me, as If Wonderlnl
: when I viii disgOrge and how mucf
: I win disgOrge. The First Gentleman
of the Bedchamber Informed me to
day that hes would be compelled Il
3 leave me; he paid me so much atten
: ton that the management had noticed
it. and transferred him to anOthe
q floor. Now how much should I have
given this slave to my comfOrtF
gave him a half crown. A half crow
is a swollen English half dollar; wortl
2 about sixty-tWO cents I believe, il
gold. These half crowns are Away
, slipping out of my pockets for tw'
shilling pieces; I thus swindle my
t self. There are three kinds of none.
current in Ceyl0n: English money
) rupees. and native silver money. z
native silver twenty-five cent piece )