The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-11-19
LONDON'S NEW FAD
MAHATMA POPE JUST NOW THE
LION or SOCIETY,"
Wonderful Philosopher from India
breaches Strange Doctrines and
Rebukes the FoIlles Of the
Clients Who Visit Him.


Society's latest lion is an Indian
ascetic. with name composed Of
many consonants and numerous di-
visions, says a London, Eng, CORE
spondent. He is the Mahatma pope,
a great man in India mot the sort
of Mahatma spoken Of by Mrs. Be
SAINT or Col. Olcott), a ruler of rajahs
and sort of king Of philosophers.
He was rich once and a member of
a high caste family, but he flung his
wealth aside-he says money-making
is the occupation OF pigs-divested
himself of his worldly splendors and
lived eight years in the jungle, COM
muning with his soul. From this Sc
clusion he emerged. shriven, as II
were. He can cause his heart to
stand still for quarter of an hour
and yet his spirit does not leave the
body. He says he has seen the soul Of
one animal leave its earthly body and
go into another. If we lead bad lives
on earth we shall lead worse In the
next incarnation. We are all atoms
In the ocean of atoms which are crea-
tion, and his object in coming here
Is to teach us to control our minds so
that the mind shall control the body.
after which there will be no pain, no
unhappiness, no mean actions and no
use for money. He does not touch
money, though there are plenty Of his
disciples" who are only too glad to
pay the cost of his lodging. And to
this prophet--a grand, forceful speci-
men Of an Indian, a man OF 81, looking
40. society trundles by the hour, day
by day, to listen to his wonderful
philosophy. | went to see him one
day last week, and in the room, sitting
In front of the turbaned, full robed
Mahatma, l found a young British
duke and his American wife. The
pope had apparently said nothing to
them, but had contemplated them in
silence. Suddenly he turned to the
duchess and said: You are duchess
What good is that to you? Does it
give you more to eat than formerly?
Are you not prouder than you were
when you were just a miserable mon
ey-making millionaire's daughter?"
All this in a torrent of words and
the embarrassed duchess shifting
from side to side. 'I'll tell you what
think" said the Mahatma, pointing
his finely shaped hand at her, you
have monkey mind, yes, a monkey
mind. 1t is like a shuttle-change 1t
by thinking Of good things And you"
here he addressed the duke-"you
have a bad mind a bad character; bat
will reform you"
Then he dismissed them and he told
me after they had gone: He will
come back. She will not. She is
afraid She is good woman with a
monkey mind. / will make him
leader Of men,. The duke came back
and is now regular disciple" learn
ing how to discipline his mind. The
duchess did not return. She was
afraid But other great social leaders
go daily to this wonderful man, who
refuses money or gifts, who eats
handful Of curried vegetables a day,
sleeps three hours night, sits the
rest of the time in an armchair
preaching, preaching, preaching in a
clarion voice that never tires, and yet
II he likes he can walk so miles with
out stopping for rest. No wonder he
is lionized