Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
MISS BAYARD'S YOGI
MIC HAEL
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1T was in the train somewhere 0YN3
between Cawnpore and Benares TVA3
that it occurred to Miss Bayard HSA
she had not yogi. The at TFN~s
tentve young man in charge OF 81 Nh
their Round the World party NJ 81 W.
starting from New York per w Az
steamer" etc, had quite lived up NE
to expectations in the way of Y
Color of the East Gorgeous
Palaces - Temples of Mystery
and so forth. He had even pro- -
vided them with juggler enter
tanment, when some three partly
nude figures and sat in the
dust in front of the hotel piazza
and made six-foot mango tree
grow from a seed. with two cobraS
squrmng in the branches. all to
the accompaniment of very real
oriental music. But of the genuine
occult something really uncanny.
yogi exercising his extraordinary
power of divination, for example,
they had so far not caught
the slightest glimpse.
True. there promise of yogi on the printed
itinerary of the trip: but Miss Bayard felt that she
could return to Cincinnati with the travel record of
having actually met a yogi. something unusual
would have been accomplished. Just exactly what
she expected the yogi to do perhaps not very
clear in her mind but the philosophy of Yoga
proclaims that by following certain extremely pain
full rules you can become lighter than air, crawl
through keyhole. and call down thunder and light
ming at will. she might naturally hope to relate
experience that would considerably thrill home
audience.
So she straightway Intercepted Potter, the atten-
tive young man aforesaid. the subject of yogs.
The train was drawing near to Benares. and Potter
explaining to his party the average number of
pilgrims who visited the Holy City every year. how
many priests were said to fatten Hindu piety or
creduty the sacred earth. and other interesting
statistics of the kind. when his imperfectly
caught Miss Bayard's question.
Excuse me-. he inclined his head politely in her
direction but didn't quite"
II asked" said Miss Bayard. if you could not
take to yogi? You know, We haven't met
yogi, and I'm there must be hundreds in Be
mares 1t would be-er-reay very interesting"
Potter looked rather puzzled. He could rattle off
the exact number of years it had taken the reputed
host of workmen to build the Tai and point out the
precise spot where the Great Mogul had sat on his
Peacock Throne; but yogi not on the itinerary.
In fact he wasn't quite of the nature. even gen
der of yogi So he hestated. This not
much to his discredt as it might seem, because you
don't encounter real yOgs in India any more fire.
quently than you do tigers-which is quite seldom,
if the truth must be known.
II mean Miss Bayard further explained. those
wonderful occult creatures one reads about that sit
spikes. and tell you what is going on in another
part of the world.
The rest of the party at once became interested.
They unanimously declared in favor OF seeing yogi
Its not on our program, ladies and gentlemen,
Potter protested. becoming somewhat enlightened;
agent about it and try if he can't arrange for us to
yOgS.
There again the plural way in which Potter lightly
referred to the attraction called for by his party
proved his unfamiliarity with the matter in hand.
You cannot go to see yogis as you would to play,
and there people who assert that you may live in
India half your life and never chance upon member
of that holy but repusive looking clan. But as soon
as Potter had got his party safely tucked away in
Ram Nath' S hotel he took Ram Nath into his con-
fdence regarding the yogis Ram Nath being the
local agent of the Round the World Tours
Say, Mr.. Ram Nath," he questioned. my party