The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-03


armholes. The skirt is laid in two
box plaits at the front and back,
which extend over the waistline,
where fancy trimming is applied.
The stole and muff shown with this
costume were Of ermine.
Miss Anna Marie NeIlis, who has been
touring the Orient since last summer
and is now In Cairo, Egypt, has been
meeting native rulers of the Orient and
having other interesting experiences
trotter- She wrote from Darjeeling,
Hindoostan, on Thanksgiving day: The
doors are open and there is Just little
fire in the fireplace. This is the first
fire I have seen for heating purposes
since I left the volcano house in Ha-
wall last June. This is the most beau
tiful spot on earth I think; it is 7,40o
feet high, and still going" for the
Himalaya mountains raise their lofty
heads all around and Mount Everest,
the highest mountain in the world,
looms up before me as I write. On this
mountain the natives believe is situa-
ted the throne of their god. This city
is located on a ridge overlooking all
kinds Of valleys. So as I write I can
look off to my left and down deep into
an opening of the mountains. I can
see the Runjeet river which is branch
of the Tesla river Before me Is the
glorious panorama of the Sikkfn Hima-
layas, the highest range in the world,
the most Of them snOw-capped, but
some so high and steep that they can
not hold the snow.
This city is a very English town. The
new part all villas. The viceroy has
a beautiful villa and the lieutenant
general of Bengal possesses the very
handsomest of all.
The natives are mostly Thibetans and
the city is just over the southwestern
border of Thibet. These people live in
the rudest huts on the sloping edges Of
the ridge upon which Darjeeling is sit
uated. They are the most interesting
kind Of people our party has seen
"a cross between Chinese and Hindus.
They resemble in features the American
Indian. The women wear vast loads
| of jewelry. The ornaments are mostly
turquoise as the great mines of tur-
uuoise are in Thibet but a short dis
| lance north of this city. Their ear
rings are not rings at all but look like
huge mosaic fobs and are held by a
hook which hangs from the hair as
| they are so heavy they would tear the
| flesh of any ear except that OF mule.
| 1 can not resist buying sample or
two, even if I have to walk to Madras
day 1 bought a Thibetan charm-a
square about three inches, gold, set in
| turquoise and fully half an inch thick.
| 1t is a beauty and will make a stun
ming belt buckle.
The Thibetan women go to their
priests and confess their sins then they
| tell the prelate what they want to come
| true. He writes 1t all down and puts
it inside his breast plate and gives it
| to them to wear about their neckS.
| Our hotel proprietor has arranged for
a Thibetan dance in front of the hotel
| So 1 must stop writing and go see it.
Bhopal, December IL.
| Here am at Bhopal at last. Jessica
| and I arrived on the express at 2:15
this morning. Mr. Ahmed and Mr..
Sanvead secretary of military affairs
| to her highness, the Began), were at
the station to meet US in a beautiful
! Victoria Mr.. Ahmed had engaged our
rooms in very nice hotel He told us
we were to meet the queen at five p. m
| today. z.-s 500
Before we had finished breakfast Mr.
Sanvead and another Mohammedan. q
secretary Of His Royal Highness, the
second son Of the Began (Queen) called
They were very interesting and spoke
beautiful English and French. They
are up to date in everything, yet they
have never been out of their own coun-
try. They took US for a drive to the
fort After tiffin Quncheon) at tive
o'clock we are to be presented to the
Queens son and heir to the throne OF
Bhopal.
The Began (Mohammedan name fol
queen) is the only woman ruling in al
the eighty states of India. The Nasin
Cking) of Hyderabad is the only roya
ruler who is of more Importance In
India than the queen of Bhopal. He Is
saluted with Il guns and she with only
49, The men tell me she Is very pro
gressive but she still wears the Mo
hammedan veil and only women may
see her face am thinking how queer
the prince will find us-unveiled thi:
afternoon when he is accustomed t.
! But Of
he must have met English women be
fore although there are only three o.
four English people in this city. 1 an
told that we are the first Americans t,