The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-13
Editor Howe Sees the Sights of
CeylOn Thoroughly.
Visits His Guides Home and
Inspects the Quarters.
TAKES MOUNTAIN TRIP.
Country Where the Garden Of
Eden "Once Existed"
Again Complains of the Nuisance
Of Mendicants.

0L MDMAELnMl Toe
Saturday, December 80.
During our drive today, the guide
took us to his house. The house was
a poor affair with three rooms, in a
poor quarter and he pays three ru-
PEGS ($1) per month rent. He has
four very pretty children, and what
do you think their names are? Their
names are. Sammy, Patrick. Victor and
Triziel the last named is a girl, and
the baby. Think of such names in a
Buddhist household.
our visit to the guide's home at
fracted quite a crowd Of the neighbor
women and children, and they looked
ct us with as much curiosity as
crowd of Atchison people would look
at two strangers from Ceylon. When
we came to the guides neighborhood'
ne yelled Sammy" and his son ap-
peared from crowd OF boys pay
ing in the street. Patrick ana victor
also appeared and brought their
friends with them. Patrick ana VIC
tor We're as naked as the DAY ehey
were born, but Sammy is going TO
school now and wore q piece OF ciOln
Ground his lofns The children We're
handsome children everywhere are
but the old people in strange coun-
tries are usually ugly. me gulae
mother lives with him, his father beng
dead. also his two brothers one of
the brothers works in a native print
ing Office. which led me to say;
81 am a printer
New York Herald2" the guide IN
ouired with all sincerity.
NO" 7 replied with equal SINGER
itv. 81 am Edward Box, and / am
fbe owner and editor Of the Ladies
Home Journal which has ctrcula-
lion of a million and a half.
But cit never touched him. as the
rfbald young men say at home Ihat
S. he was not at all impressed y ext
time 7 viii claim to be theodore
Roosevelt. and see what that VIII get
me.
am afraid the guide is not very
thrifty An Arab was lOafing about
his house. and I asked what he was do
ing there He explained that the Arabs
buy things for five rupees, and sell
them to poor people for ten rupees-
on the instaIlment plan The guide
in short, owed payment, and the
Arab wanted his money
Suppose you don't pay2' I asked.
We'll he fights you. and then he
goes to law" the guide replied.
The guide is high caste man, mind
you but his house dOesn look IL.
His father. however was high gov
eminent official: things We're different
when his father was alive the guide
told me. The father was policeman
We also visited a fishing village
We saw the fishermen land, IN their
queer boats. each with an outrigger,
and carry their fish to little hut,
where they were auctiOned off. The
bidders were men who took the fish
down town to sell again. AS near as
] could make out. the fish brought
from twelve to fourteen cents a pound;
fish are not cheap here by any means.
Fishing is hard and dangerous work;
the men I saw coming in at CLOCK
had been out since daylight. There
were three men In a boat and some Of
the boats had six or eight FISH. weigh
ing from two to five pounds each. SINH
lar places where fish are sold at auc-
ton. are numerous along the coast.
The guides usually submit to your
being annoyed by beggars At the
fishing village. a man walked about
with us, talking vOlubly; English is
spoken here much more commonly
than it is in the Philippines. The
mans object was to eXtOrt money from
me. I finally told him I had one guide,
and didn't need another I then read
the riot act to the guide. and told him
wanted him to protect me from an
n0yance. OF go home. After that he
did little better. Wherever we went
fat children ran besides the carriage
and, patting their stomachs. said. Me
very hungry master" Several of the
children sang. "Ta ra boom de ave. II
hoping the the familiar air would
bring a copper or two.
On the road to the village. we met
Buddhist funeral procession: four men
carrying a blue coffin. About dozen
friends and relatives of the deceased
walked with the coffin bearers.
have spoken of the little oxen which
are worked to carts here. They are no
taller than a three months old Kansas
calf, but heavier The sDrightliest Of
these little oxen are driven to suIIzies