The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-10

after he dies, they hold great cers
mony which Is similar to = fair. 4
few acres Of ground are covered wisi
booths, made Of bamboo and paper
Buildings are constructed which from
. little distance look like pieces o.
architecture. Theatres are construct
ed in this way. We saw an imitation
battle ship on the decks Of which
danced hundreds Of Burman girls. Y
was all made Of bamboo and paper
"A great elephant is constructed =
large rs three story house. Families
who can afford II each erect q small
booth. Then the body Of the Hypcon.
gyi, preserved they say by being filled
with honey and coated with gold Leaf
Il have seen two) ia brought in and
the fun begins. For week the body
is carried from one booth to another
remaining short time in each. While
Il remains there the owner entertainl
and feasts all Of his friends, thus all
gain merit. After about q week thu
great night comes, the body is draws
tothe top Of the great elephant, inside
Of which is mass Of kindling wood
and the while is set on fire.
There is no end Of amusing signs;
favorite is "Bill Stickers will be prose
cuted,' from which you may draw
your own conclusions as to Bills
character. In Hong Kong Chinese
furniture merchant displays his sign,
"A Tack & Co.," while Chinese tink-
er has one: "Pots and pans can mend
any mortal thing can do" A Japanese
taller desires to cater to the foreign
ladies and hangs up sign, Ladies
Outfatter, Ladies can have fits up
stairs" On one Of the high streets in
Kobe l saw sign, physician, special
ist on internal diseases" A Burman
lad in an English school, but who had
at one time been in an American mis-
sion school, went to the English head
master on July Bird and asked If they
were going to have holiday the next
day. "What for?" asked the English
man. "Why, don't you know, tomorrow
is the day we licked the English
But in spite of all the funny things
and all the primitive things and all
the bad things, these people have a
way of getting next to your heart
Some think that these people are in
ferior, but am not convinced. To me
they seem just crushed, crushed BY
ignorance, by tradition, by climate, ;,
misrule, (many times better now thar
before the English came, but bad
enough now), and by religions, re-
ligions which stife every effort toward
progress.
We are having calm seas now. AT
night the ocean is frequently speckled
close to the boat with phosphorescent
fish, in the day time flying fish jump
into the air before the prov of the
ship. These are able only to rise a
little above the surface, but by means
of the momentum and rapid motion
of the wings they maintain themselves
in the air for twenty or thirty yards
before again diving. One of the pref
tiest things that we have seen is daul-
phins playing. They are heavy
fish, but throw themselves far out Of
the water, make graceful semi-circle
in the air and dive only to gain mo-
mentum by reverse semi-circle under
water and to shoot again into the air
To see number of them chasing one
another in and out of the water thus is
beautiful sight. One day in the Bay
of Bengal the sudden appearance of a
huge bamboo near the ship, followed
by the wake Of shark coming toward
the boat gave all the sensations OF a
submarine attack except the danger.
There is Spanish gentleman with
his wife on board. She occupies q
cabin with Mrs. B. She speaks only
Spanish, Portuguese and French, while
Mrs. B. speaks only English, American
and Yankee. The gentleman, however
speaks considerable English, and with
my little French we get along. The
first evening the lady asked in French
if Mrs. B. was going to dress for din
ner. While | was getting ready tc
interpret, the gentleman made it clear
with the remark, "Ze Madam wishes to
know, re lady, will she put on her night
dress for dinner?"
Sunday, December i, 1918. Entering
the Harbor of Hong Kong After
Seven Days Storm on the China
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