The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-06-13
Eneampment Of Nomad Tent OwelIers.

Isa Ha.5 flags ;, dropping in the .t,p !.
the road led, striking SUDDEN, ,aa
that emerged onto a sman 10
The sheer thrill Of that lIttl. qua
like a sharp upturnlns Chin. a'a
rorl At the foot of the sscs ,s !, =
Bethlehem village. The mellow y
noon sunshine reflected IN c
pool-the whole a study in or,, y
And beyond, rushing swiftly s s-
the North, our Promised Ls asq .
great Monaghan plain. ua D
To the Top Of the wo,,.
The ascent Of the next morrI,,
delayed by the appearance Of , !.
van Of two-wheeled ox-carts nrs.
wool, there where the pass sD NV
the sky. But 1t was worth Nv !
lay. Whatever else slips from :
through memory's net, it will n, |.
those carts, for one supreme me-
dominating the world, and then n.
all things mortal, each losing n. :
preme moment at the crest a, A.
and plunging down the pass lor !
the dust below. while we ou,,.,.
took the uptrail to the ton !, =
world. "
The top Of the world Bevo,, .
vision of sky and plain, marnIs...
open country rushing away elOrrs,
to the horizon and beyond. TINS, y
the feel of Mongolia-beyoud. v.
silent beyond. Something Of dss,.
beauty lay in its unbroken r.,'
peace and healing and desert ins,,,,
ability. 1t was Of the desert ana y
1t was not desert. Its tawny mona
chrome was tinged with green ana
ened by short, sparse grass throua
which a summer wind rustled ,,,,,
Ing one to pleasant wandering
The Tent DweIIers
we were now well up In fresh n.
trammeled land. There were no Gala,
no houses. no villages, only an On,
sional encampment Of black Noum
tents with its guard Of dogs I'M
nomad's land.
The black Mongol tents are made 4
layers Of felt stretched on q coIlsps.
Bile wicket Of wood about four tss
high, from which spokes Of wood a.
tend to meet above at the top. IN
whole corded with stout ropea TAn
are no windows and the entrance en-
sfsts Of one low door. Against IN
walls of the tent stand bright chen
OF clothing, brass cooking vesxk
rows Of cheeses, a barrel Of intun-
cant made from sour milk, and small
Buddhist shrine. Felt and fur ~
cover the earth floor and the low dst
at the back which adds q Turkish LODI
On a center brazier tea SINNERS I'm
morning till night, tea dunk copcus
ly with butter and salt and handful
Of millet. The whole is overhung vh
an indescr1bable odor, Siberian but
more so; skins, cheese, smoke. hors4
dogs, sheep. cows, tobacco, sour nlk,
incense to the gods and unwashed b.
mainly, q combination into which BE-
odors Of Cairo might be carried 81
perfume.
The Mongol mother prepares DE
family meal In a pot on the brazia q
sews cloth shoes with a long neede
In one of the tents q wedding was y
prospect-a wedding which consists
the bridegroom's dashing up win :
group Of friends on the swiftest norsa
and carrying OF the ona
before dawn-and in the corner Of me
tent sat a Chinese silversmith pan
mering out the barbarically peauuiu
headdress that forms every oross
dowry. One Mongol woman polnln
out to me three beads in her GOVT
which she said cost q horse each. I'M
men also have an inside occupano0-
smoking and taking snuff. one 'el'
for a family, unless 1t De q no
one, and on cold nights 1t shelters W
the calves and lambs, little orcSen
Of the field"
The Mongol is darker In color W.
his Chinese neighbor, high-cnee.'@
squat, weather-beaten, almost pf0'ss
tive In coloring. Rarely, II evei, ~ :
Mongol face Is seen that fine m's,s
yence which stamps the Chinese; %
fact that he has produced no arA y
crafts, that he is a worker ID DO ~
1ium, is writ large In the crudlV VI -
AS a Buddhist ne 20 IN
IS to till the soil lest he take n
/ beetle, for instance. Sheep De ms'
kill, however, since that may De scs
,lished without Buddha's cognnss
Jack of the tent. Flocks have sno
too, over fields; hoeks =
nay carry with him. And the honsy
,nows no shades Of a prison noa-
live a Mongol a sheep and = 80
nd he will feed, clothe, house NM "a
md roam the plain. Add q COW 80. -
le can get drunk. Life has n0
nore to offer.