The Carlisle independent., 1907-12-19

smile the money out of your pockets
 But the spirit of servility seems gen.
 eral; self-respecting independence is
 quality chiefly notable for it's ab. sence
 A False Tooth WorshIpped.
 Inls is center of Buddhism It is
 to Randy, the ancient capital, that | Buddhists make pilgrimages from all
 over the island, and also from India
 Our Buddhist guide naively informed
 us that "All the world comes to Randy
 every full moon.' For at Randy is the famous shrine containing Buddhas tooth. The tooth that is annually dis
 played is bogus, the original having
 been taken away and destroyed by the 1 Portuguese, although the temple at | tendants deny this. Said one of them:
 "Of course this is the real tooth, else
 why would millions of people worship
 it?' This reasoning satisfied him, as
 it did the other devout worshippers
 whom I saw at the shrine
 The Bo Tree and the Cricket Match. | Ask the driver of Colombo ghari
 to take you to see a banyan tree and | he will drive you to the Young Mems l Christian association grounds, where
 large and beautiful specimen of the
 famous tree shades the imposing red | brick building which represents Amer
 ica's interest in the young men of | Colombo. On the other side of the | front of the building is a sacred bo
 tree, which imparts sanctity to the
 site, in the eyes of the Buddhists. The | original location of the association
 building, given by the city, took in this
 bo tree, but as it could not be cut down without riot, the building was
 finally erected between the bo and the l banyan trees.
 1 better proof of the worth of the as-
 sociation than these environments. in
 the eyes of the foreign community, at
 least, is the fact that it's dusky mem- | bers make such a good showing in
 athletics. It was my fortune to see | the Y. M. c. A. team msdefeat the proud | English cricketers, on the latters own | grounds, to the music of 147 to 62. | The Englishman is good sportsman | and the victory was greeted with l cheers from the clubhouse The whole | situation is extraordinary, considering | the white mans attitude toward the | native races, and it is a fine tribute to | the association. As throwing light on the old charge that native Christians l are thieves and liars, and the least de- sirable employees, was informed that
 the crack bowler on the association team is the only native clerk em. ployed in the government stores who
 is permitted to go and come as he
 pleases, without inspection at the door.
 A PoIygIot Institution.
 The vigor and popularity of the as- sociation in Ceylon are attested by the fact that there are 19 branches scat
 tered over the island, with 1,250 mem bers, of whom $50 are members of stu dent associations comprising Burghers
 tas the half-castes, or Eurasians, are
 called here), Europeans, Singhalese and Tamils. Religiously, these are di- vlded into Parsees, Mohammedans, Buddhists, Hindus and Christians. In one of the small branches four men | lodge; one of these is a Canadian, one Burgher, one Singhalese and one a Tamil. Altogether, the associa- tion provides residence for p men. A strong body of leading European resi- dents direct the work, and there are many Europeans in the membership, but these are such principally from altruistic motives; the membership that enjoys the privileges of the asso- citation is clearly native. I found the
 reading room and restaurant and game room being we'll patronized. The dis | tinctively religious work is well devel
 oped, IA weekly classes for Bible study I being maintained. A young Canadian,
 MT. c. A. Adams, of Magill university,
 is the secretary in charge of the Y. M
 c. A. work throughout the islands. Young Women's Mission Work.
 It is somewhat noteworthy that in | this old and famous mission field so l prominent place should be occupied by those modern organizations, the | Young Mems Christian association and the Young Womens Christian associ- ation. Of the latter there are 13
 branches in Ceylon, Miss Campbell, of
 Randy, an English young woman, be-
 ing general secretary. A young woman
 from Iowa, who was for some time sec-
 retary of the r. w. c. A. at German
 town, Pa, Miss M. F. Cross, is in
 charge of the association in Colombo.
 In charming palm-shaded bungalow
 a home is provided for young women,
 and social and religious center main
 tained. While more than little so-
 cial work is done among young women,
 the success of the religious department