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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-05-23
Cronica de Paris
LOS BALES DE LA OPERA.

| Ell primer bale de Opera-colore
amarillo roJo, obhgatorios- III
,,exito enorme, colossal, sorprendente
Mas de 100000 frances de entrada. ira
jes lujosisimos, 5000 personas decidi
das divertirse i todo trance.
Pero vean ustedes 10 que son las co
.sas No nos divertimos Los 5000 es
pectadores que pudimos proclirarnos
,bllletes-porque tres dias antes del bal
lie Sc habian agotado-nos aburrimos
como ostras En- vano ell maestro Bose,
'el director de "Tabdrin," animaba 4
los cien musicos 4 sus 6rdenes para
ique .alegraran ell espectaculo !. Ell bal
], le resultaba una cosa triste. muy iris
te...
Ha"la diez amos que Ell la Opera de
Paris 10 Sc celebraban bailes de ira
lleS. Creo que tuvieron que suprimir-
los porque aquellas fiestaS, al legar
'clerta bora. convert1anse en- bacanales
'dcSenfrenadas; el escandalo adduiria
caractereS epicos y los destrozos que
la Direction tenia que reponer despues
de cada baile importaban de > i 10000
frances.
Con cstas noticias, la actual genera
zion, que no conocia los bales de la
Opera, acudio al de la otra noche deci-
.dlda a diVertirse j. Y NADIA Las no.
ras pasaban, la gente Sc aburria el
deSenfreno no parecia por ninguna
parte Mucho ruido en- Ia orouesta
muchoS traies de seda y encaie. mucho
frae; pero algeria ninguna Los que
ccupaban los paIcoS llevaban umas ca
mas muy largas, Y pendientes del an
zuelo un tarrito de perfume. .1ugan-
do a higui con los peatones" que
SIN haber encontrado aSiento en- I'm
.palro. nos revoIviamos en- la sala co
.mo pcceS en- una piscina, pa>aban el
ratio las elegantes Sc divertian homes
tamente. ;Oh 81, Muy bonesta-
mente! Yo afrmo que en- los ocho amos
que lpvo de residenca en- Paris Ia di-
version mas mocente y candoroSa i que
he a>iStdo fut. :al bale de la Ope-
Ira Nunca 10 hubiera creido, Pare
Ella un bailc infantl
Los organizadores del "eeglione' Sc
'aSuStaron dc la inocencia dc la fiesta
y tcmi@ron que al segundo baile no asis
tiera nadie. Para animarle In POGO
mas anadieron nm nuevo color al anna
rillo roio. dando cntrada al verde. Y
dispusicron que los caballeros Sc dis
frazascn con la cl5sica capa yeneciana.
Ademla invitaron las modeloS Dc
Montmartre para que. una hora de-
terminada hicicran su entrada triunfal
en- la Opera. rcsuritando las alegres es-
c-nas del baile. de Ouatz-Arts. .
Desgraciadamente. las desenvueltas
gigolettes no aceptaron.
Asi. pues anoche nos falto este ele-
mcnto en- eI segmdo y 1ltmo bale de
la Opera. que result6 tan aburrido co
mo a primero, i pesar del color verde
de los disfraces Fu6 10 1nico verde
que vimos = En- el salon no Sc podia
oailar, pero en- e foyer" Sc desquita-
ban los devotos del tango, hacienda je-
L.. -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-05-23

Jole nno al pasar I'll walls no tie
ne mas que IN tempo
rs eierto los bales tambi6n.
] Tn solo tempo FL de Ia iuventud
70 hice esta misma observation anoche
en- Ia Opera. Fui al baiIe alegre \ de
cidido Crei que lleyaba oolgada del
brazo IA iuventud Desgraciadamen-
te, al entrar en- Ia sala ADVERT que ha-
bia desapareeido, y en- vano la busqu6
por todas parties Sin duda. la perdi
a ntrar
Para el pr6ximo baile pienso poner
IN anupcio en- los periodicos
~ ha extraviado una iuyentud
Sc gratifear5. i quien dc raz6n de ella
en- Ia calIe de Tai nimero tan
tos
Jose Juan Cadenas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-05-23

ldra ante el pilblico maravillado. No
Sc ola IN grlto nj una palabra mas alta
que otra. Las seis mil personals Que
Illenaban la Opera parecfa que an yez
lde aslstir 4 un baile iban 1 IN fnne-
raj. 70 pens6 al entrar que nos ha-
Iblamos equivocado de edifcio Aole-
Ito no era Ia Opera Fra la Magda
lena
No bay que decir que el pdblico Sc
componia casi exclusivamente de ex-
ltranJeros, y que predominaba Il ele-
mento argentine, que es el que en- Pa
Iris est5 siempre dispuesto 4 divertirse
~ a gastar dinero. Las damas, en suI
lmayorla, eran viejas; muy bien yesti
das, ESQ 81, pero ancanas.
Otro lemento que abundaba en- eli
baile era el de jovenes modernstas.
70 no he visto nunca tantos hombres
vestidos de mujer como anocho en- lal
Opera Divinamente yestidos, eleoan-
tes, pcrfumados, cubiertos de ioyas, de-
pilados, paseaban triunfantes, asom
brando al p1blico que los contemplate
con la boca alberta, no queriendo dar
cr6dito 10 que veia
Los dialogos resultaban I'm POGO fiji
nebres porque no Sc 81 habrtis obserya
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-05-23

TODO CHOCOLATE DULCE qua
lleva q nombre de LOCKWOOD estA
garantizado satisfaeer plenanento al
consumidor Fabricamos un surtido
extenso y variado en- diversos tamahos
de tablillas, para conner y beber,
DE vENTA POR TODO Ill COMRRCTo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-05-23
PUREZA Y CALrDAD INMEJORABLEs.

Con la Cocoa "LE0N DE OROS 10
prepare Ia bebida mas saludable como
cida; es un alimento perfecto, de facil
digestion. Recomendada por los seno.
res m6dicos como t6nico excelente para
el sistema nervioso.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-05-23
CHOCOLATE PREMIUM
$3.50 o sin dulce
PARA BEBER

Preparado de los cacaos mas selectos,
Y mohdo muy 6no.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
Mongol lady. children and nurse.

wheelbarrow. On this they had rugged
up q sail, which with the prevailing
wind from the north helped them con-
siderably. They had packed ON their
barrow their few goods. but very little
food. as they depended on getting this
given them by other travellers or by the
Mongols. They told me they covered an
average OF thirty-five miles day"
There were also merchants In the
desert:
I'VE came upon small Chinese en-
campment Of merchants selling cloth.
grain. black tea and other necessaries.
The Mongols comesin from all around
the district to buy at this store.
"Their usual method OF payment IL to
hand over a sheep. horse or OK to the
merchant. who keeps tally and Informs
the Mongol when he has taken the value
Of the animal out In stores. This does
not seem very satisfactory for the Mon
gol, but then the Chinese merchant ex-
poets to make huge profits for his trou-
BILE and as the MOngo! IL as innocent az
a child It Is very easy to cheat him."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

opened out and in use Is covered with
strips Of thick felt, which In their turn
are kept In position with rope or strips
OF hide. A small door Is placed away
from the prevailing wind about AZ feet
high, and a circular hole Is left at the
top for the egress OF the smoke. This
hole can be wholly or partially shut by
a simple contrivance OF rope and felt.
This constitutes the Mongol's habi-
tation in the summer heat and winter
snow. A fire Is almost permanently
kept going In an argol stove in the CEN
tire. which Is a tripod Of iron and forms
an excellent fireplace for the dung that
Is used as fuel. They have no chairs.
but sit crosslegged on fur rugs or felt
on the floor: for tables they use small
stools about six inches high and for
beds they use the ground, except In
exceptional cases. when low wooden
bed Is used.
1.-THE remainder Of the furniture IL
simplicity itself. and consists Of a d.
mlnutive altar with offerings to their
Buddha and usually picture Of the
Hu-tuk-tu, or their Living Buddha. on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
Writer'S See Danger in Cars Rapid
Advance in Pushing China Out of
Outer Mongolia and Urge Great
Britain to "Spread Herself" Over
Tibet to Offset Effect

tenth century. After Russia's defeat
in Manchuria in the disastrous war
with Japan In 1904-5 she saw the neces-
sity Of obtaining a buffer State between
her and China. The outbreak of the
a stroke Of luck for her.
While China was harassed by her in
ternal troubles Russia began a series of
diplomatic moves having for their OBJ
ject the extension Of her influence in
Mongolia and the recognition Of the
autonomy Of Mongolia under the nomi
nal suzerainty Of China. The Mongols
are not altogether pleased by what
amounts to a change from Chinese to
Russian masters instead Of being recog-
nized as an Independent nation, but
they have not been consulted in the
matter.
Capt. Otter. Barry went from Pekin
to Urga. the capital Of Outer Mongolia,
travelling to Kalgan over q railroad
built by q Chinese engineer educated in
America and crossing the Cobb Desert
in an ordinary Pekin country cart with
out springs. In the cart it was neces-
sary to carry provisions for the men Of
barrels. Capt. Otter-Barry thus de-
scribes the habitations Of the Monaghan
nomads:
1.-THE Mongols call them yurts. and this
one, in contrast to every yurt / after
ward saw. was plastered over with mud.
The principle Of yurt is very simple.
"There is an oval framework which
will shut up like an umbrella. and when
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
OF Chinese methods Capt. Otter Barry

OF Chinese methods Capt. Otter Barry
writes:
Here Is race which at one time sup
piled the ruling house to China bullied
and cheated by the Chinese now that
they are In subsection. The Chinese
system OF governing a subordinate race
consists In a process Of absorption. a
system whereby they prey upon the peo-
pie In subsection under them.
"There Is something in their insidious,
patient way which eventually absorbs
races and even individuals with whom
they come into contact. Europeans are
not free from the effect the Chinese
have on them. A European after many
years residence In China becomes very
pro- Chinese. His ideas. thoughts, even
actions and physiognomy become Chi
nese and this In twenty or thirty years
1T the yellow peril Is ever realised II
will not come with force Of arms. but II
will come very gradually by this Chi
nese characteristic OF absorption. The
race OF Han have won their territories
not by force, but by infniteslmal trade
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

and absorption of the people they have
como into contact with"
1t was in the desert that Capt. Otter
Barry heard this Monaghan nursery
rhyme droned to child to get 1t to
sleep:
When he is big he'll ride big horse,
Yai! va! yai! va! va!
Then he will marry as a matter Of course.
Yai! yai! yai yai! yai!
What will he do when his children cry?
Yai! yai! yai! yai! ya
Surely he'll do the same as I.
Yai! yai! yai! yai! yai!
"Da Hurax," or the Great Monastery,
the Mongol name Of urga, Is symbolic
of this ancient capital. signifying as 1t
does the high place that religion occu-
pies In the national life Of the country.
This sacred city is the home Of the
Hu-tuk-tu. the spiritual and temporal
ruler.
The most interesting section OF the
town Is Kurin. the purely native MOngol
city. situated to the northwest OF the
town, from which the road to kiachta
leaves Urga. Temples. university and
converts and huts jostle one another.
One temple encloses a gigantic Buddha
100 feet high made Of brass and inlaid
with precious stones. This was erected
by the present. the eighth, Hu-tuk-tu In
recognition Of the restoration OF his
eyesight
In the Kurin Is situated the "GandO"
or university. which Ia the home Ct
10000 professors. priests and scholars
Three students were being examined
when Mr.. Perry-AyscOugh visited It:
1.-THE candidates. who must have att
tanned the age Of 80, sit In the middle
Of the hall wearing yellow caps and
gowns. They are then crOss-exaInined
by their fellow students. who approach
them up a centre aisle and shout ques-
tons at them, at the SANG time clapping
their hands and gestlculating wildly
within few inches Of the examines
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

faces. The questions asked and beint;
debated were:
"UD Does the mountain called Bukung
Buru mentioned III the book of Buddha
rest in the ocean or Oh the ocean?
"(2) What is the difference between "a
man sitting on n tree and n man standing
on the ground?
The examiners sit behind the candi-
dates and record the questions and
answers in bulky looking books.
South Of the city Is the sacred mount
OF Bogdo, which embraces dense
forest, a sanctuary for it's sacred in
habitants. birds. beers, wolves, leopards,
wildcats, foxes and deer. who protected
by stringent laws against their destruc-
ton roam about at will and become
quite tame and docilo, This sacred
mountain overshadows the palace of the
Hu-tuk-tu. or Living Buddha.
He lives here with his wife. mas
terful woman who has n great influence
over him. and his little son OF 10 years.
who he hopes may some day succeed
him on his temporal and spiritual throne.
Near by Is a small collection OF temples,
In one Of which lives the Hu-tuk-tGs
brother, the Choi Gin Lama. the Astrol-
oyer Royal and Oracle In Chief"
One of the great yearly events is an
archery contest. Some of the bows are
fully six feet in length and the arrows
three feet long with a stone let In at the
business end. Princes, easily discernibe
by the peacock's feathers In their hats
and subjects all take their turn at this
practice. The ranges measure as much
as 400 yards. This little byplay seemed
to show that the MOngols have not alto
gether lost their fighting qualities"
In Mongolia and in Tibet the form
Buddhism takes is what may be called
Lamaism. or Monastic Communism
Buddha to them IL the highest form OF
Intelligence. In other words, the perfec,
man. and their object Of worship is some
person whom the I.amas decide to b,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
The Hu-tuk-tu, Living Buddha spiritual and temporal
sovereign Of Mongolia.

the one in whom the spirit OF Buddha
dwells. When the Dalai Lama dies the
Lamas select some child to take his
place. into whom they affirm the spirit
Of Buddha has passed. The present
Dalai Lama was selected because his
birthplace. his parents and himself were
seen in a vision by the Chief Lama OF
Galdan Monastery. who proceeded to the
spot and found the infant.
OF lower degree than the Dalai Lama
are the Hu-tuk-tus, or saints. the name
being derived from a Mongol word
meaning THE one who returns again"
The chief Hu-tuk-tu Is said to be the
reincarnation OF Taranatha. who trans
lated the Buddhist Gospels into the
Mongol tongue. 1t is authoritatively
stated that one-third of the male pOpu-
lation of Mongolia become L.amas.
That Lamaism has an extraordinary
hold on the Mongol people is quite
obvious to even the most unobservant
traveller in their country. Pilgrims
| journeying to Urga can constantly be
seen making their slow way there on
foot. at every pace or two falling down
on their faces, making obeisance to
| their Hu-tuk-tu. in the direction OF
| Crga. These pilgrims will continue this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

1t, the lower portion Of this altar being
used as a cupboard. A kind Of long
barrel made Of skin Is usually placed on
the right Of the door. and In this stands
a wooden stick. Here the kOumis Is
made from mares milk. and every per-
son entering the hut 10 supposed to
give 1t a turn with the stick.
"Koumis seems to act as food and
drink to the MOngols when travelling
hard, and I can we'll understand this,
since have often found q small drink
Of koumis revived me in a remarkable
degree. The uninitiated, however. must
be careful as to the quantity they drink.
as II Is a very intoxicating liquor"
Queer travellers are met in the desert.
including horse traders, caravans and
beggars. Among the queerest encoun-
tered by Capt. Otter Barry were two
Chinese:
Between them they were trundllng q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

IN USSIA is rapidly spreading
herself over the market Of
II Outer Mongolia and push
t,o Chipo hack and nuf
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-12-01
TRADING is NOT GIVING
Miss Bell Says Some Children
Haven't True Christmas Spirit.

1T is not pitiable condition that
in many of our modern homes child
ren have no conception of the true
meaning of Christmas? We find
the little girls and boys in school
putting Christmas-giving on a COM
mercial basis-'trading presents
with their school-mates. The true
spirit of Christmas-giving should
be revived. Teach your children
that there is greater Joy in giving
than in receiving and that we COM
memorate the twenty-fifth day of
December because of the Great Gift
made to the world nearly two thou
sand years ago."
This is the Christmas message
which Miss Bah Bell. woman's lee
turer for the State Board of Agri-
culture, is sending out to Home
Makers Clubs throughout the state.
She urges that mothers teach their
children to give only such articles
as they themselves would wish to
receive, that the gifts be useful as
well as attractive and that the
children choose as recipients those
from whom they are not expecting
returns.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-12-01
New Books i'm the Library.

Partial list of additions to the
library for the week ending Nov.
2S.
Adams and Sumner-Labor Prob
lens.
Babson - Future of the Working
Classes.
BaIdwin-History of Psychology.
Barrows-Light, PhotOmetry, and IL
Elimination.
Bean-Bookbinding.
Bernhardi-Germany and the next
War.
Bosanquet-Principl of Individuality
and Value.
Bosanquet-yalue and Destiny of the
Individual
Brown-Foreigners in Turkey
Observation-Disclosures Verhahnis Eur
PoIitik.
Bullard-Famous War Correspond
Carson-Essays on Mathematical Ed
ucation.
Cohen-Formulas and Tables.
Commons-Labor and Administra-
ton.
Dyson-Screw Propellers.
Eddy-Theory Of Flexnre.
Gray-Principles and Practice OF
Electrical Engineering.
Hubbard-Steam Power Plants.
1lDeFI-MeCud0lcS Oh LAW mdhlhS-
Jansky-Elementary Magnetism.
Jenks-Short History of English Law.
Johnson-Saturday With my Camera.
Mowat-Wars of the Roses.
Oxford University-Why we are at
War.
Page-On War and Alien Enemies.
Stanhope-On the Track Of the Great.
Taylor-Transformer Practice
Wilson-Dynamo Laboratory Out
lines.
worcester-Nu Nurses for Our Neigh
bors.
Zizek-Statistica Averages.
Weston-Prize Orations OF the Inter-
collegiate Peace Association.
GIFTS
Apcar-The Great Evil.
Cohen-Legends and Tables.
Cohen-Readings and Recitations.
Gottheil-Zionism.
Raisin-Haskalah Movement.
Renninger-Governmen Policy in
Aid of American Shipbuilding.
Smith--Deyelopment Of Manual Train
ing in the U. 8.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS High Pres
sure Coverings.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-12-01

con hour, with no classes. The af-
ternoon repeats the spectacle OF
the morning in a lesser degree.
More of the students are in their
rooms, resting, sleeping. reading
or preparing lessons for the next
day. When warm weather reigns,
many can be found afternoons on
the golf links, the tennis courts, the
baseball fields, the track, or just
wandering in couples, usually a
man and a woman, along the shad-
ed streets of this old town, with
its quaint flavor of the South and
of times "befo' de wah."
After the evening meal comes
study for the studious and pleasure
for the less concerned. The Uni
versity Library fills with the form
er and the picture shows and the
confectionery stores with the latter.
Friday and Saturday nights the
latter usually dance. The former,
when they relax from concentra-
ton. sometimes indulge in visit to
the movies" rarely anything more.
In the spring nights after the
moon has come up and is brilliant,
the serenade is heard. The room
ing-houses of the women and their
dormitories are sung to and played
to. Mandolins, guitars and mems
voices combine to furnish music
that goes well with the moonlight
love melodies, plantation croons,
Spanish serenades.
Later the music dies, the lights
in the upstairs windows flicker out
and the school is to bed for the
night-with the invaluable alarm
clock ticking noisily within reach,
ready to call again to the manifold
duties of the day. c. E: X.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-12-01
A Day At M. u.

University students are pretty
much the same the world over.
They are in search of knowledge,
whether of books that are to be
found in the libraries or of the
larger book of Life, whose pages
are days. Some of them are earn
est; many, Indifferent; few, actu-
ally protesting; but on the whole,
they are wandering along the same
road, with the same hills and the
same valleys and pretty much the
same dust in their faces and heat
on their heads.
Here at Missouri few students
sleep late. Many are the alarm
clocks that can be heard tingling
at 5 o'clock, in the morning. The
average rising-time seems to be
about z o'clock, for school begins
at and the highly necessary break
fast some moments before that.
At o'clock sharp, when the great
bell, whose clapper has been stolen
times innumerable by celebrators,
begins to call to classes, the streets
on Columbia's south side become
alive with hurrying figures. With
books under arms and breakfasts
reposing contentedly where they
ought to be, the students are seek
ing their class-rooms very much as
countless thousands i'm the larger
cities at the same time are seeking
Offices, factories and shops. 1t is
the rush-to-work that character
ICES Americans, and in this daily
O'Clock hurry the University stu
dents are showing their prepared
ness for their later occupations.
All morning, then, until IL O'Clock
noon, is filled with classes. Fig
u~es hurry about the campus when
the bell rings the hour; few stroll
leisurely between hours, having no
recitations no lectures, no lessons,
to prepare. Some curl up on the
Mounds when the sun is warm or
seek the library to read the news
papers when the chill winds blow.
A few wander the three or four
blocks downtown to look at the
city or to do a bit of shoppins.
From u to 1 o'clock is the lunch
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-12-01
HAVE WE LOST FAITHa

Recently the people of New York
set aside a day to pray for peace
in Europe. And now since their
prayers have not seemed to come to
any good, they are asking the rea- =
son why. The New York Sun HIS
printed articles on the subject n
fer the headline, Have We LIZ jst
Faith?"
A mother, who evidently was one
Of those who devoted a day to
prayer, comments:
"Our day of prayer for peac was
.lnavailing and our peace D arades
tame to nothing. Is it recause
fe asked without faith? p ave we
really lost faith or are We being
,dnished? Our president mas asked
rs to be neutral. 1 thb ik we are
Neutral in the way he ieant. The
zig question is, how nuch longer
tie door of this gre at slaughter
rs )e open? We re not worry
longer how t he war started
70 It nation is in :, the lead. We
pncerned in W aen it will stop
en- know that the conflict has pass.
/ beyond bounds of human inter.
Jntion. Only he Father may
tretch out His hand and stay the
estruction, ar a He has apparently
urned His ia sc away.
Il am gro ing in doubt and dis
lay. What do you think? Thai
ay when We all prayed for peace
do you think we asked without
eithY'
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1914-12-01

would be two contrasting pic
lures. One would show the vacant
grounds of a few years ago; the
other, the many new buildings that
have gone up. If all the people of
Missouri could have been here in
1908 when President Hills admin
istration began and could come
back now and see almost an entire
university in itself built up on the
East Campus, they would realize
as in no other way how the school
has advanced.
President Hills administration
has been an era of building. Build
ing after building has been erected,
most of them as q part of the Col
lege of Agriculture. Its most press
ing needs have now been met and
attention is being turned to i'm
portant buildings for other purpos-
es. The first of these is the Ii
brary. Although only portion of
it is being completed, it is enough
to meet the present demands, and
this years requests for appropria-
tions will be for other buildings.
Probably none is more needed than
woman's gymnasium. The re-
building of the Mechanic Arts
Building would be a great relief to
the still overcrowded condition of
the School of Engineering.
1t is good to see the movement
started for the expansion of these,
other divisions of the University.