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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
FIRST AID TO HANUMAN FROM
THE MONKEYS.

To this day he is supposed TO &C
eomplish front page stunts, aided, not
appropriately by monkeys. 1t is in
MS honor that the monkey temples,
sanctuaries Of these beasts, are erected
all Up and down India.
Some az the Ganeshes and Hanu-
mans Of the collection are losing their
lacquer Of red and gilt and appearing
as beautiful statuettes Of dazzling white
agate. One Ganesh Of this category is
imperfect; he was shattered by the
blowing UP Of the gate Of Delhi during
The Indian Mutiny.
An odd statuette. recalling the i'll
ated young lady Of Riga who went out
fc- ride on tiger, is that Of the
Chinese goddess Of mercy, who is rid
ing, side-saddle. very fierce looking
eat--or IL may really be a young tiger?
inere is no installing the significance
OF DaikOku, a superb, big, black wooden
idol from Japan His bUlging tummy
and the bag Of gold slung over his
snoulder stamp him az the god OF
wealth. 4 relic Of the leisurely NippAn
d old, he is standing on tortoise's
Dsek j viii be interesting to zee If
he spirit u modern Japan oyerhauls
ms specifications and has him made in
future standing on an artistic but
speedy automobile. Sacred cows Of
marble. African fetisbes Of cloth and
wood, and Guam Yin. with a baby in
bsr arms, are near by.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
AN IDOL WHO TANCOES

in the offing One never can tell At
Ashury Park. a few years ago, lectur-
er happened to run his finger down the
groove Of an ancestral tablet from
Korea Up leapt a Korean and pro-
tested vehemently at this mysterious
act of sacrilege.
Another interesting collection of
idols is housed in the Judson Memorial,
in Washington Square. They consist
mainly Of Siamese and Burmese Bud
dhas i'm gilt teak, collected by Mrs. In
gals and by Adoniram Judson, who
translated the Scriptures into Burmese
nearly a century ago. odd Baels and
Ashtaroths i'm clay and stone are in the
possession of DR.. John p. Peters, of
St. Michaers Protestant Episcopal
Church. uptown; he collected them
himself on his expedition TO Babylonia.
The completest private collection OF
idols in New York, however, is that
which overflows from the library of the
PRESBYTERIAN Board of Foreign Mis-
sions, at Goth st. and Fifth ave, into
Hobbies and halls and passages. Hun
dreds and hundreds of heather deities,
chiefly from China and India, have
been assembled and peer down from
every foothold and out from many an
unsupported niche.
Here is the kitchen god of China.
fierce sprays of horsehair whiskers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
The DECLINE OF IDOL MAKING
IN CHINA.

iaol making is not what il was,
u'pgh.' Faid Willard Price who
N"'Ds in touch With the outward and
,eiDie signs " idolatry. Or J. r.
Ifaalan0 who h9s recently returned
'i'n nc China cosst, told me the other
''| mat business IL 30 bad IN some
fN1fifff That The fsfhioners of gods of
,"is ana wood src deyotiug themselves
making What are known technically.
"i|yE. a. Judies garment sellers
~'p'ity busts for displaying new
"''oses and gowns"
'Nis y seldom dull for Tong for the
SUI and go10egges at $50 fJfih ave.
."'ss''iisry bands. Sunday schools and
''''''af bodies VINO make application are
.,"''fp representative collections. ana
~ hnidha ana Gsnesb who MI soci-
10y elbow ~ eibow this week may
~ week BE- In Chicago ana Portland.
- 'sspoctiyeiX Sometimes demon
''"fs accompany them, talking with
my eye On Oriental looking persons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
ONE OF THE GUGGENHEIMs.

There's nothing like putting the best
foot foremost-putting the best face on
the matter" said Oswald Garrison VIII
lerd in q recent Baltimore address
"Why shouldn't We all emulate Mrs.
Sudden Ryches. whose father was po-
lceman?
Lord Lacland said to Mrs. Sudden
Ryches at luncheon at Sherry's:
"'What business is your father in,
madam
'She flushed slightly, slipped her amber
colored Chateau Yquem, looked Lord
Lacland straight in the eye and an
swered:
Copper
"And Lord Lacland, remembering the
pale palaces of the copper millionaires
overlooking the park. said: Ah! sagely,
and was very much impressed indeed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
THE PUNISHMENTS OF HE'LL
VERY ENGAGING.

About the jolliest exhibit, however,
is the Chinese representation, in.
wood, of the Punishments of Hell.
There are no loose flames around, but
1t is certainly sultry. You see that at
a glance. The presiding demon, a mild
holds forth at a desk on a dais, very,
much like any Western court scene.
1t is a hot day, even for hell. The
boss is tanning himself with
almost sniff a singed smell. On his
desk lies spare reed fan. On hiss
right hand a mental is tanning him
with one of those big Arabian Nights
fans on a pole and on his left hand
another mental is doing likewise.
Stretching to the far end Of the court
is an aisle OF lawyers, witnesses and
newspaper men-at least they look
like newspaper men; they are thin
and scribbling on pads with tiny
wooden wands. At the end of the
aisle a bored looking man of COM
monplace features is being sawn in
two halves. He is strung up on "A
frame by his pgtail and his feet are
tied and weighted down. The men
carrying out his sentence are work
ing with double-handed saw.
Starting with the top of his head,
they have already reached his ribs.
Two of the reporters have risen and
are prodding him with their pencils
TO see If he is dead another con-
vincing demonstration of the scrupu-
lous accuracy REQUIRED by Chinese
city editors. And, not unnaturally,
perhaps. there is a lot of blood on the
floor Horrid!
Well. in justice to the lady who
showed me these wonders and tired
not of my tedious jottings II ought To
be stated that small collections OF
idols and idoesses are cordially Of
! fered on brief loan To groups OF folks
| Interested In missionary enterprise.
whatsoever be their religious demons
ination-but with this proviso: APP
plicants with names like All Wung
/ Sing, Jamborec Ramchudderjee and
| Omar-i- Farzanda will have to enclose
their baptismal certificates and ref
erences from minister. The insti-
tuition isn't taking any chances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

cheap nickel's worth at the time: but
the girl spotted ii next day and | was
nearer the graveyard than like to re-
member.
"For safety all the letters | printed
were signed merely with initials and
streets OF residence. one morning |
printed an agonized appeal from tic-
titious chap who. after corresponding
with n girl out West for some weeks.
sent her fare, had her come East to
marry him, and found on meeting the
train at tho depot that she was ne
gress. accompanied by a fighting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
A DELICATE POINT IN TABLE
ETIQUETTE.

Every one stopped feeding and
stared i felt morally certain there
was a right an wrong procedure. 1t
was a trying moment. ! began to mop
the glasses with corner Of my hand
kerchief. A couple Of girls snickered.
SO ] promptly continued the operation
with a napkin. An old man scowled at
me and made me feel like 80 cents.
Then there was the cup question.
The glasses were my own, and quite
clean. An inch Of coffee remained in
the cup. was just thirsty enough
for an inch OF coffee. ! didn't want
another cupful-but ordered 1t all the
same. / felt II was moral cowardice.
Was It? Should / have been as one OF
the beasts Of the field had / done the
other thingY'
YES" mo" Sure" Not at ALL"
we advised.
Haven't any OF you fellows run into
q dilemma like that?" added Tollcrt
plaintivcly.
not exactly, but now I think OF u
wonder what the proper thing should
have been up at q show tho othcr
night" said Murray. "A couple OF men
behind me got lot Of amusement out
of blowing at my back hair. to see 1t
nutter n they found II fun, simple
souls, / didn't object. But II got rather
n bore after half an hour. What's a
man To do under the circumstances!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
CORNER OF A GROUP
EXHIBITING THE PUNlSHMENTS OF HE'LL

throughout the realm. They think ne
installs or suspends, exalts or degrades
them according to how he feels about
it. He grants an audience to the gods
on the first of every month, and all at
tend, the gods of the skies, the gods of
the rivers and oceans and the gods of
the neither regions. He has possession
Of the magic sword with which the
demons are controlled, and he shuts
them up in earthenware pitchers at
will.
He rules as the representative on
earth of the jasper god. Passing wise
in his generation, he never exerts the
enormous influence latent in his Office
in interferences with matters mundane
-emperors, republics, railways, to-
bacco and Standard Oil trusts; he
leaves them strictly alone.
In early Chinese records are refer
ences to the worship of supernatural
beings; the Emperor worshipped
heaven and the people worshipped the
local gods. Mountains and streams
were worshipped and the spirits of de-
parted men. In fact, the Chinese a.
ways seem to have been free-as indeed
thew are now-to picture in their minds
and worship just what supernatural
beings they chose. There was then IN
the Chinese mind, as there is now, a
vague image Of a supernatural world
consisting Of countless beings who were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

DISCARDED GODS SENT OVER BY
MISSIONARIES.

Scarcely an out-of- the-way land on
earth is unrepresented in this odd col
lection. which is worth a small fort
une intrinsically. For many decades
the missionaries have been sending in
specimens of the discarded gods of
their converts Ones mind reels at the
thought of the weird stories they could
tell. the human joys and sorrows and
poignant crises, the tragedies they
have looked down upon, the beseech-
ments Of happy home circles stricken
with battle and murder and sudden
death. for most Of them are household
idols.
OF the Hindu gods, Ganesh and
Hanuman figure most prominently.
Ganesh, son of SILVA and Parvati, is
the embodiment of wisdom and pru-
dence. He is one OF the most popular
deities in British India, and nearly
every act, religious or secular, in a
Hindus life begins with an invocation
Of him. He is the special god of the
traders and shopkeepers. Hanuman's
ape-hke form may be blamed on his
unconventional parentage. his mother
being wood nymph and his father
the god Of the winds. AS an ally Of
Rama. the incarnation Of Vishnu, he
helped Rama recover his wife Sta from
the clutches Of the demon Ravana, and
ne outengineered Goethals a long time
ego by bridging the Indian Ocean from
filling it up with powders ne brought
from the Himalayas, a thousand miles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

passersby homing with one Rugged TO
their BOSOM"
Il don't think there Is any Supreme
Court ruling either on what poor
girl Is TO do when she loses shoe IN
the street and hasn't the price to pur-
chase new pair on the spot re-
marked Murray. "By the law OF Nv
eragcs IL can he proved that such IA
dilemma must bcfall number OF
young women every day. In nine cases
out Of ten you can't or darcnt mop
around the block Ia find cop and ASK
him to hold up traffic while you probe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

the Mayor or Police Headquarters and
insist that something be done?'
IL think ] should sham a fit and DO
taken TO hospital and then borrow n
spare pair from the smartcst nurse In
sight" said Tollert. 81 wonder. by the
way. II any OF those newspaper eti-
auettc inquiries are genuine?'
~ conducted an etiquette depart
mcnt for WHILE said Wills, when
I was working for paper In big up
state town. II lasted three weeks
nope. you've guessed wrong. refer
10 the etiquette department only-and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
THE TEACHINGS OF CONTIGUOUS
AND 5UDDHA.

To such China came Confucius, who
summed up the practical philosophy
and ethics of the day and occupied
with his teachings the sphere of human
relations-man's duty to his neighbor
but left the rest pretty much as he
found il. Then followed Buddhism
from India, and occupied the sphere OF
mans relation TO a future life, with
fixed tenets OF teaching-in fact. a re-
ligion, the first religion China ever
heard ofo Taoism was the attempt of,
the native scholars to make out OF the.
heterogeneous materials of native,
worship a religion after the model off
and to serve as a rival to Buddhism.
But to return to the gods and god
6esses before us. There sit Yo Hwang,
Ia, god Of medicine, and dainty white,
porcelain effigy of Kwan Yen, the gen
tie faced goddess Of mercy. The god
of thunder and lightning, blasting some,
one or something with wrathfuily out
flung arm, is a very terrible person
with a dark blue face. Ma Tsu Pc,
patroness OF sailormen and the god
dess who hears the last prayers Of tho
years harvest Of typhoon caught junks.
sits serenely on her glded throne. The
wife Of the earth god, robed all in red,
grins broadly at some celestial quip.
Here, side by side sit an exquisite lit
tie brass Buddha from the Laos coun-
try, with the mud Of Indo-China still
caking his throne, and a queer little
squat stone idol of some bygone Aztec
era.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

during that time one inquiry came in
by mail. 1t wasn't printable either.
ut is a great little job. l filled my
columns mainly with letters Of inquiry
written by other men on the staff. !
paid a nickel each for 'em, c. o. d.,
and when a reporter was broke, which
sometimes happens, he sat down at his
typewriter and did a dollars worth at
a sitting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

RICHTER days have dawned for
~ the eXiled gods Of heathendom
- marooned on our alien shores.
once on time they all brooded
norosely in the silent vaults and halls
If museums, enwrapped in funeral
atmosphere of the dead past. Some
lew. perhaps, lurked lonesomely be-
hind the grandfather clocks and LOUIS
The umpty-umpth furniture in bric-a-
orac shops.
At 100 Fifth ave, however, idols
fierce and tranquil, of wood and stone,
IVORY and bronze. iron and plaster.
dwell amicably among the workers Of
busy modern American Office. They
look out. goggle-eyed, from inches in
the wall. They peer up curiously from
the floor. They leer down from the
tops Of partitions and shelves. a yard
or two from a fierce Chinese temple
guardian clatter typewriters. The
great god Buddh' " sits TRANQUILITY on
his throne of lotus. with the telephone
shrilling a few feet from his oblivious
ear. E-r-r1modern frocks-one quails
al the thought of suggesting in black
and white that tango skirts or their
cousins are worn on the premises of
the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal Church-modern
frocks, hurrying down the passage
with clusters of mimeographed letters,
brush the stolid visage Of Ganesh of
the elephants head and the grinning
features of Hanuman da monk. And
a little squat god of stone perches on
The top Of an inner office partition,
pcering down upon scenes undreamed
of by his Azetc worshippers. who re-
turned to their native clay many CEN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
SPORTING EDITOR CRIES INTO HIS
BEER AND TELLS.

zone of the fellows took the sporting
editor out, bought beers for him till he
reached the weepy sentimental and
confidential stage, learned the latest
developments in his current amours,
and, returning, laid bare the whole of
the imbroglio with the girls family in
half-column epistle. l thought 1t a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
CHINESE GOD OF WAR NOT UN-
LIKE CERTAIN MODERNS.

Kwan TT, the Chinese god Of war. is
another fierce and proud person. He
sits erect with his hands on his hips
and his legs are spaciously crossed,
with an ankle resting on a knee, In that
conceited pose of those editors who
hours and hours and then talk to you
as they would TO dog. Sometimes the
god of war sits on a horse, rider and
steed alike enveloped in a mysterious
wrapping of cloth.
Woo Tsai Shin and Pein Ku Wong
look strangely familiar. Woo, the
god of wealth, has woolly white
Comstocky whiskers, and as for Pein,
why, if you could imagine Bernard
Shaw bald and bereft of all face hair
you see him. He sits on a gigantic
leaf and scowls-I forget why. Then
among the exalted company is Chung
Yong zee, in wood. Yong was
wealthy Cantonese, whose speciality
was keeping open house for hungry
priests. Any time you got sick and
tired of imperfectly boiled rice and
pond water that hadn't been boiled at
all. you were welcome TO drop in
about $50 o'clock at Yong's and have
tong yup sing and bling hee gosh and
yock min and dip har wing and 10
lot fock till you simply couldn't eat
any more. How odd this custom
sounds in our American ears! So
when Yong up and died the local
ministers association had a special
meeting and had him deifled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
A MATTER FOR POLICE HEAD.
QUARTERS.

IF you can't obtain another shoe,
ought you to take off the one that re-
mains. put it in your pocket. and
walk home, hoping you'll be taken for
an ordinary crank taking an instep
cure or silk stocking advertising stunt
down your skirt a few reefs and shut
file home with 1t dragging along and
hiding your feet? Ought you to phone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

likely mud morasses and slush ponds
end snow drifts. Presumably you
have to hop from store to store, up
and down the street. till you find Sis
ter-woman, and then the chances arc
against her having a spare shoe in her
pocket or taking off one Of her own
and pressing il upon you.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

1t is Taoism that has brought this
host of idols to China. The Pope OF
Taoism, who lives in the Dragon and
Tiger mountains in the province OF
Kiangsi. is called heavenly teacher, a
by one of the Chinese emperors in 423
a. d. Since then the office has been
hereditary in the family. The Chinese
believe that this pope" is head Of the
gods and spirits which are worshipped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

sprouting from his cheeks and chins -
he has three or four. The kitchen god
is the ubiquitous domestic deity of the
Celestial Empire. In wooden effigy he
juts from the wall of every family's
eating sleeping living-and-dying room.
He sees everything that goes on and
takes voluminous mental notes of it all.
Every New Years Day he has TO as
cend to the gods aloft and make re-
port on the family,s yearly conduct So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
DANGEROUS PROXIMITY TO
NEWSPAPER NoTORiETY.

III he objects he will probably make
"a fool Of himself. If he makes n fuss
and starts "A night or calls an nsber or
anything, and the mSttcr gets AZ Tar
as police court, the magistrate VIII
digmiss the case sitter making enough
sarcastic remarks about the com
claimant 10 insure him front page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

few days before the end OF the year
the family smears his mouth profuselJ
with molasses. Then, when his wooden
effigy has been burned, his liberated
spirit. winging it's way up into the
starry armament, speaks nothing but
sweet words of his recent hosts.
Close at hand are the gods OF litera-
ture and diseases and stars, fox and
tiger and dragon, local deities galore
and city deities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

4
in New York is going to
make a barrel of money
with book on etiquette" prophesied
Tollert, when the bunch had broken the
brunt Of their hunger on Trents sirloin
steaks, and were disposed to take an
interest in less material matters.
why, the. papers are full Of that
dope" cried Murray. Dear Miss
Hairlacks: / have been keeping COM
pany with a young man aged -
IT'S a mistake to talk about your
past here. Walls have ears" broke In
Tollert. mo. ] mean real problems or
etiouette-not discussions Of adolescent
amours penned for Chicago syndicates
by elderly ex-teamsters, with a vile
taste in tobacco"
"WeI. what have you bin and gone
and done now?" demanded Willis.
"Out with it,
81 was supping at-er-er-Childs g.
the other evening, wedged In at one
Of those long tables crowded with TEL
low feeders at the trough. My eye
glasses slipped off my nose into my
CUP of coffee. l fished them out and
found myself slap up against two prob
lens Of etiquette. Ought to mop the
glass with my handkerchief or my nap
kin? And ought / then TO push aside
the cup and order another?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
4ORDES OF IDOLS EXILES FROM Affair." GATHERED HERE
Hindu Ganesh, Siam.
csc BuddhaS and
Ancient Chinese
DeitieS in Mis-
SionaryCol-
lectiOnS. !.

behind and controlled human phenom-
ena. The chief Of these beings was
called Shangti, the supreme god" who
Seems to have been pictured as ruling
the supernatural world much as the
feudal lord or emperor ruled the king
doms OF which China then consisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

kkO NE O. these days some one
~ in New York is going to
make a barrel of money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
Gods of Wood, Stone,
IpOry or M e tai
CrOwd Each Other
in Ranks on Ger
tain Mem York
ShelpeS.

RICHTER days have dawned for
~ the exiled gods Of heathendom
IL marooned on our alien shores.
Evening journal., 1914-12-18
WRITES FRIEND, Then
Takes DEADLY DRUG

While Mrs. Henry K. Preston of Ger
mantown was guest of her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis !.
DUPONT, at their home, Delaware avenue
and Clayton street yesterday afternoon
she received word that her husband,
Henry X. Preston, fifty years old, a
mining promoter in the Real Estate
Trust Building, Philadelphia, had COM
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by
taking poison in his home, No. 325 West
Schoolhouse Lane, Germantown. Busi-
ness reverses are given by the family
as the cause OF his ending his lie.
A daughter, Mrs. Walter r. Mitchell,
of Chicago, arrived at the home a few
hours after her father had killed him
self. She came home to spend Christ
mas with her parents, and was ignorant
of the tragedy until she reached the
house.
Mrs. Preston had been in Whining
tin visiting her sister Mrs. DUPONT.
She was Immediately notified and
went home last evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. DUPONT accompanied her.
Immediately after he swallowed the
poison, Preston wrote q special de-
livery letter to a friend and business
associate, telling him of what ne had
done. He was dead before the friend,
w. K. Beard arrived with a physi-
clan he had hastily summoned.
The letter read: "COme around
quickly. l have just taken cyanide
of potassium"
He also wrote a letter to his wife
which the police held until her ar
rival from Wilmington. In this let
ter, it is said, he told of his inten-
| tion to end his life, giving a decline
in the value of mining properties in
| the West as the reason.
! Extensive Interest i'm Mines.
Until two years ago Mr.. Preston
was interested in gold mining prop
critics in the West which were con.
sidered very valuable. Lately these
properties have deprecated to &
Evening journal., 1914-12-18
CHRISTMAS SOCIAL.

Evergreen Circle, consisting of
members of Glass No. II. Of Harrison
Street Sunday School. gave their an
nual Christmas social at the home of
Miss Margaret Orr, No. SIC West Sew
enth street, last evening. The even
ing was pleasantly spent with games.
Mr.. White, teacher of the class, was
the recipient of a silk umbrella, suit
ably engraved.
Those present were: the Rev and
Mrs. G. T. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. I.
Emer Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert d.
Wyatt, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Nor
gan. Mr.. and Mrs Harry Welch, Mr.
and Mrs. George Sampson. Mrs. John
J. Gallagher, Mrs. Ethel Vincent, Mrs
Mabel Reed. Mrs. Sarah Orr, Mrs. VIII
mer Highfield, Miss Margaret Orr
Miss Sarah e. Orr, Alfred White. Har-
ry Hamilton, Robert. Orr. Jacob Orr
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Morris, of Roselle
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Brilely, OF
Newport. and Mrs. Clarence Donovan
Of Richardson Park