The National tribune., 1908-07-23

met there and even the overthrow of
the country ITSELF Under the Mace
DOMAIN and Rnman rule the contests
| still went on They were the most per-
feet Interpretations of the Greek idea
that the body of man has glory as
| well as his Intellect and spirit, and
should be developed and disciplined as
carefully as either that the man might
be made better Hble to honor Zeus.
| Olympia always remained the center
of the expressionisof this ideal, excfu-
sively. that Of freef Greece. The .victors
were crowned with the olive wreath
i and were accorded a. veneration and
| admiration hardly exceeded by that
Greece has recently revived these an
| cient games. saT
| With the boyso fined for making
eyes" at the girls, as in the case of the
young Lieutenant who had to pay $50
for the admiring glances he cast upon
some Monterey bellies. and the girls de-
prived by bloodless, soulless legisla-
ture of their numerous little innocent
means of adding to their natural
| charms, Cupid and his father, old Hy-
men, may as well take n vacation and
make for the woods or anywhere else
they wish, for there will be nothing
doing for them in their usual quarters,
| and this their best season, too
Americans have a great deal to be
| thankful for, and among their numer-
Gus blessings may be counted that of
not possessing Dalai Lama who might
be roaming over this country, as he is
| over Asia. with his retinue of 1000 fol-
lowers, and dropping in, casual-like,
upon New York, Boston, Chicago, or
any other city, confidently or demand
Ing, expecting to be properly enter
tanned. The Lama is the head of the
Buddhists. and his home, when there,
is the holy city of Lassa or Lhasa in
Tibet. but when the English, under
Col. Younghusband, fought their way
into this holy city the Lama picked up
and left, for in his eyes and those of
all believers in the faith their sacred
city, had been desecrated and was
therefore no place for its religious
head. For over four years this in
jured gentleman has been doing the
visiting act. and it is safe to say that
there never was a more unwelcome
guest China has been the principal
sufferer In this respect, and tho it has
been gently but kindly limited to him
from time to time that home was the
best place for him, he has remained
firm in his conviction that it was not.
He is now about to descend upon Pc
kin, and the Chinese authorities are
at their wits ends TO know how to get
rid of him. For political reasons he
VIII nave u De TeCeINeu WIFI d SHOW
of great courtesy, but Oriental cum
ming is at work on ways and means to
induce him to cut his visit short, and
IL they can but get him started for
home they will send along numerous
force of troops to see that he travels
right along without making any more
visits. When one realizes that II takes
$4,000 to entertain him for one day,
that his visits sometimes last for
months, and that when he does make
up his mind to take his departure he
makes no bones of asking for means of
transportation and food for his i'm
mense retinue, 1t is not difficult to I'M
derstand why the poor Chinese are
anxious to get nhim out of their coun-
try. The Lama is only 80 years of age,
and is the 18th ruler of the Buddhist
Church. Great mystery surrounds him
and not even his name Is known. We
may have our Carrie Nations and other
trials in this country, but, thank heay- |
en-, we have no Delai Lama.
While piekpockets abound in all the |
large cities of Europe, those of Italy |
are said to be particularly dexterous
and successful. The light-fngered art
has made great progress since the |
days when poor, innocent little Oliver |
Twist took his lessons in "swiping |
wipes" and some of the feats of this |
class of crooks are performed so clev- |
erly as to almost compel admiration. |
A gentleman VINO mas recently Deen IN
Rome went out one day for ride in |
the suburbs to see gone rare paintings
in an old church. He took street car |
which was crowded with Italians of the |
lower classes. but who appeared re-
spectacle. The weather was cold and |
the gentleman, who was an American, |
prudently wore his overcoat buttoned |
up to his chin. Next to him in the car
sat an Italian who apparently had not
the least interest in him, and about |
whom there was nothing at all suspi-
cious. When the American left the
car hef wished to know the time and /
unbuttoned his coat to get his watch
His watch was gone. He could hardly |
beIieveahisn eyes. but the factsremainedl
that the watch had been somehow taxi
en- from him. But how? He is still |
wondering. .-.t-s 80 s. is-..g