The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-04

smile the money out Of your pockets
But the spirit Of servility seems gen.
eral; selfrespecting independence "a
quality chiefly notable for its alb.
sence.
A False Tooth Worshlpped.
This Is center OF Buddhism. I. u
to Handy. 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 Handy
every full MOON" For at Handy is the
famous shrine containing Buddha's
tooth. The tooth that is annually dis.
played is bogus. the original having
been taken away and destroyed by the
Portuguese. although the temple at.
PENDANTS deny this. Said one of them:
"Of course this is the real tooth, else
why would millions Of people worship
1T" This reasoning satisfied him. as
1t did the other devOut worshippers
whom saw at the shrine.
The 30 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
Christian association grounds, where
a large and beautiful specimen of the
famous tree shades the imposing red
brick building which represents Amer.
icas interest In the young men of
Colombo. On the other side of the
front Of the building is sacred DO
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
DO tree. but AZ 1t could not be cut
down without = riot. the building was
finally erected between the bo and the
banyan trees.
better proof OF the worth of the as.
ISOLATION than these environments. in
the eyes Of the foreign community. Mt
least. Is the fact that its dusky mem.
bers make such good showing in
athletics. 1t was my fortune to see
the Y. II. c. A. team defeat the proud
English cricketers. on the latter's own
grounds. to the music Of l47 to 60.
The Engushman Is a good sportsman
and the victory was greeted with
cheers from the clubhouse. The whole
situation 10 extraordinary. considering
'ue "n'e man a'tit"ae toward the
us"vo racer. ana II Is nne tribute to
."o .s."e.s''on. AS throwing light on
the old charge that native Christians
are thieves and liars. and the least de.
sirable employees. was Informed that
tho crack bowler on the association
...m !" 'ne only native clerk en-
p'".eu ~ Tue government stores VINO
- peru''ttea 10 go ana come ~ he
pe.se'' ""nout 'hspecuon At tho
w.t.
= Ve'ye'ot INSTITUTION.
Tho vigor and popularity Of the as.
ISOLATION In Ceylon are attested by the
lact that there are 10 branches scat.
tered over the island. with 1880 mem.
oers' OF whom $50 are members Of stu.
cent associations comprising BurEhers
~. tue haIf'castes. or Eurasians. are
csneo nere). Europeans. Singhalese
sna ism'Is. Religiously. these are d.
v.aco into Parsees. Nohammedans.
nodonists. Hindus and Christians. In
one OF the small branches four men
'oase: one OF these 70 Canadian.
one bursher. one Singhalese and
one . Tamil. Altogether. the associa.
uoo provides residence for - men. A
etrons body OF leading European resi-.
cents dlrect the work. and there are
may Europeans In tho membership.
out these arc such principally from
aitru'stic motives: tho membership
mat enjoys the privileges q the asso.