The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

COLOMBO .-CeyAOn offers so many
unusual sights to the eyes Of the
traveller from the other side OF the
world, that his first nights sleep in
this wave washed island is almost Ger
tain 10 be disturbed by disquieting
visions "See the cobra, marster, / /
make i'm sit up high" and the lean
con1uror, long Of limb and slender OF
girth, blows Upon his shrnl pipe as the
swaying serpent uncOils itself and
spreads it's highly-coloEed hood. "See
the big ruby, marster,, taken from the |
eye Of the idol in the temple of the |
Sacred Tooth" says the suave dealer |
IN gems as with much guile he lures
you to his store house stocked with /
jewels that are both precious and spu- |
rfous A comparison of the feats of a |
diving boy who sports in the water and /
a trained monkey that cavorts on land /
tends to strengthen ones belief IN the |
Darwinian theory.
At the table the waiter refuses to |
brush the ants from the cloth because |
he IS a Buddhist and considers it |
wicked to destroy life. Outside your |
window a rabble of crows quarrel in |
the palm tree. and in your room a /
half dozen lizards scamper over the |
walls and ceiling in a relentless pur- /
suit Of flies. AS you lie on your back |
and watch these agile marauders |
you think. what if their feet should
slip? Evening comes with the Won
drous color crash that marks the vivid |
sunsets OF the Indian ocean, and as !
twilight falls strange sounds come out |
Of the darkened clumps Of foilage
around you. SWart, turbaned coolies |
form groups in the street and chatter |
IN their impossible lingo, calling to /
mind all YOU have ever read about |
the mystery and misery of the east. |
Is it any wonder that in my sleep that
first night a cobra danced the fandango |
on my chest and a falir made a /
mango tree grow out Of my pillow?
Kissing In the East.
What an absorbing thing is this
study of how the other half Of the /
world lives, VIII the wonders ever
cease? Two women in saluting kiss
each other on the nose. At first |
thought it was a miss Of the mark, but |
II seems that the people out here pre- |
fer a rub on the nasal organ to a pre-
sure Of the lips as the custom goes in |
U. S. A In the barber shop the work |
nan and his customer sit on the floor /
facing each other. while the scalp Of 1
the patron is shaved until It shines like /
a billiard bail The tool used is a +
broken piece of glass. The Singhalese |
miser protects his treasure by tether- |
ing a cobra to guard it Strange in |
deed is the appetite that would crave /
birds nests. but the Ceylon epicure re-
CARDS them as the finest delicacy the |
market affords.
The Kandyan chiefs Of Ceylon are
dandies OF the first water. They wear |
seven pieces Of fihe silk or linen, gen |
orally embroidered in gold and heavily /
fringed. 1t is the standard that each |
piece must be nine yards in length, |
making a total Of sixty-three yards /
that are wound round and round the |
waist. being so arranged as TO taper
toward the feet over white trousers, |
forming a little frill at the ankles. This /
mass Of dry goods is OvertOpped with q |
fancy jacket. Sixty-three yards OF goods |
is not the limit b. any means as some /
OF the more extravagant chiefs wear as
much as $50 yards OF material on their /
august persons.
Beware of the "Evll Eye"
The whole East is very much afraid |
Of the "evil eye" The traveller who /
thinks to win q mothers heart by ad-
miring her baby makes the mistake OF /
his life, for admiration is supposed to |
imply covetousness. which is merely /
one form of the EVIL eye" Many de-
vices are resorted to in the attempt to /
forestall its malign influence. Children 1
are lodced with jewels, or purpOse1y !
left with dirty faces. MohamnedansI
suspend ostrich eggs from the ceiling |
or their rooms 10 thwart the banefuI !
power. Earthenware tars thfcxly
daubed with white paint are placed on /
the roofs of houses to attract the wick |
ed force which might otherwise be df-
rected toward the inmates. If you ever
come East remember to beware of the /
"evil eye
The marriage ceremony in Ceylon is |
an exceptional procedure. 1t is not
good for the bride to go forth from /
her house when she is 10 be ioined /
neither IS IL fl for the ceremony To be /
performed without the atmosphere of /
the temple. Consequently a reproduc- |
ton Of the holy edlfce Is built against !
the family residence. The maid comes
forth arTayed IN rare vestments. and /
the habiliments Of the groom are none
the less wonderful 10 behold. The
priest lies their thumbs together with /
a shoestring, sprinkles them with wa
ter, after which they are one II is |
the pTerogative Of the bride to keen
the shoestring and wear it around her /
neck as an ornament
The S-nghaIese are fond Of fine
names, and If IL should chance that