Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
MAZZINININANDA MEETS
DENUNCIATION WHEN
HE FACES ACCUSERS
PROFESSESTO FORGET NATIVE TONGUE
Black Magic Fails Faker With Italian Name, Irish
Face, Cockney Accent, Who Claims to Be a
Persian but Knows No Iranian.
Dramatic Scene Enacted

III lne WoTld' a little less modishneSS
of attire and he would have been
ger. With his first word 1t was back
to Charing Cross in a hurry.
Wants The Herald to Quit
II was a pleasant little chat he had
with the city editor. It was all wrong,
he said, this stand that The Herald
has taken against takers. 1t would
not pay, 1t would lead to nothing.
LAS witness, Elsie Reynolds is maxi
ing more money now than she did be-
fore The Herald exposed her."
But she has no license" answered
the city editor. "She can have none.
1t is being held up by the police au-
thorities pending an investigation. Not
only is that the case, but she is not
now in the city. And" turning and
looking the little cockney squarely in
the eye, Ito be frank with you we have
been told you are one of the rankest
takers in the business. We have some
Of your spirit photographs here and we
have an affidavit to the effect that you
knew nothing of Buddhism until Mrs.
Mary Coil advised you to take up the
work and furnished you the money to
buy the first books and paraphernalia.
1t Is part of The Herald's philosophy,
however, to hear both sides of a story.
What have you to say for yourself?"
'Why-y-y-y-y-y that is the most
is utterly untrue answered Swami,
and no tone could have been fuller of
injured innocence and astonishmenr
that anyone could have conceived such
a thing.
You say you are from Benares, In
dia?" asked the city editor.
yes, 1 was born in Persia. I was
educated in England and on the con-
tinent."
You look remarkably like an Irish
man to have been born in Persia and
you have the accent of an English
man. strange combination for a
Persian. You speak Hindoostani, of
course?" this with the most hopeful
insinuation, for Baba Bharati WAS
sitting in an anteroom within con-
venient call
Caught in Trap
20, yes, speak Persian, .Hindoostani
and in fact all the Sanskrit languages
fluently. Persian is my native tongue"
he answered guilelessly.
How fortunate" responded the city
editor with genuine delight in his
voice, "a friend of mine, far from his
native home, Is anxious to talk to
someone's who understands Persian Or
some of the Sanskrit languages. He
is a fluent linguist in all of them"
THAT is nice, I should be delighted
to talk to him, but what part of India
or Persia is he from? 1t is possible we
may be from different parts of the
country and our dialects may differ
so that we will not be able to under
stand each other"
"Oh, yes you will! You may speak any
dialect you choose and he will under
stand 1t and be able to answer you, for
he knows them ALL He is quite near
and L will call him so you may both
have the pleasure of talking in your
native tongues"
Swami pulled out his watch and
looked at it nervously.
II would be delighted some other
time, but just now I have an important
enga cement that must keep. Really,
cannot watt" and he jumped up in
a hurry.
He ran down the steps of the local
room only to fall into the arms of Baba
Bharati, who had been summoned in
the meantime.
Baba, in his splendid oriental man
hood, lowered above the little trance
medium like some majestic god of
mystery, and the little fellow trem-
bled in fear as he realized how neatly
he had been trapped.
Urged to Utter One Word
There he is. Talk a little Persian
to him. Talk little Hindoostani or
any of the Sanskrit languages. The
Baba will be delighted to hear you 1t
has been long time since you two
have been able to converse in your
native tongue and 1 am sure you will
enjoy little heart-to-heart chat with
Baba Bharati." said the city editor,
hn lit egrJI,s
must be rare treat to you to have the
opportunity OF talking to another
Buddhist teacher"
''Yes-s-s-s, but we represent differ
ent PHILOSOPHERS, don't we, brother %
with the most appealing look at Baba
Bharati,
quite true" answered the city
editor. "Baba represents the truth
and yn"-bah You arc nothin~ hut n
rank faker. Talk to him in your ma
tive tongue. Talk to him! dare you
to. speak, or / deuounce you before
all these people.
BY this time a crowd had gathered
The dramatic scene occurred in a
large reception room in the rear OF
the business office Robert Hazel, The
Herald's mystagogue, was the first or
the scene. The situation was exciting
in the extreme.
Baba Bharati, cool, calm and be-
nignant as the Buddha whose teach
ings he expounds, the intensely alert
but outwardly composed mystagogue
the relentless man ready with denun-
citation, and the trembling Swami
ready to fall on his knees in very fear
occupied the center of the stage Sur
rounding them We're twenty-five oil
thirty reporters, and employees and
strangers from the street, thoroughly
enjoying the faker's discontinue. once
Swami tried to break through the
crowd and run out of the office, but
the mystagogue pleaded with him ia
say something in Hindoostanf to Baba.
Forgets Native Tongue
But have forgotten my native
tongue. l left Persia in 1884 (seventy-
two years ago). l cannot remember
IIindoostani. l do not remember Per-
sian"
But you just told me you spoke
those languages fuently," said the city
editor"
II am only S4 years old and lust
said l left Persia In 1884 and yet this
man expects me to talk my native
tongue 1t Is too much TO ask. isn't
1t. Baba?' and the little one again
appealed TO the tall Hindoo.
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