The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-14

cooking. Bamboo grows like weeds.
With a few pieces OF bamboo and
thatch a house can be constructed /
quickly. A recent fire destroyed 800
houses. the total loss was reported as
about Rupees 1900, (S5O0.) There are
any number of men who possess moth
ing but loin cloth. blanket and
few things tied up in rag. At night
in the dry season the sidewalks in
the business section have rows sleep
ing as close as they can lie These
are mostly Indians. The humans
generally are a little better off
| suppose there is no place on earth
where humanity is cheaper and the
English man makes this AN excuse
for absence OF modern methods. He
will employ a hundred coolies TO ex
cavate and carry out the dirt on theis
heads, because he says It is cheaper
than horse shovel. OF course it is
not. but he has Away been told so
and has never stopped to figure it
out. And thus this ancient English
tradition that no man is of any value
unless his father was gentleman.
q. e. a man who never worked with
his hands, stands in the way of pro-
gress.
This is not to say that we do not
have many things to learn from the
Orient The Oriental men carry their
heavy bundles on their heads, a far
easier way than ours of Juggling
things first in one hand and then in
the other. There is no way of carry
ing baby as easily as the China
woman carries hers on her back We
call the East unprogressiye but it will
take on every one of our modern in
ventions before the American woman
will carry her baby on her back or
the American man will carry his suit
case on his head The Japanese
method OF leaving the shoes at the
door and only entering the house in
the stocking feet Is not only more
comfortable but far more cleanily
than our method of tracking all the
dirt Of the street into our homes.
We could write a volume on anus
ing and interesting experiences. Mrs.
Bartlett got reputation last sum
mer for killing six foot six snake.
She was up country, heard the story
first and later learned the facts from
her. The servants are great towards
and when she found long snake
hanging from the rafters in the
chamber she proceeded to club the
snake until 1t was dead. One Of the
missionaries had the experience OF
having small boy return the wash.
ing one week. Now usually 1t was
brought by the father, the mother OF
some one of the older children On
asking the little fellow why he
brought It, he replied, "All the rest
have just died with the plague"
But one of the best ones is on q
missionary who was In America on
his first furlough. He was to BE-
married to a young lady also home on
her first furlough. This Is all true
but the names.) He was travellir>
in New York state and In certain
! city went to church on Sunday, as al
good missionaries should. On tn,
: printed church calendar he found tn,
following notice. concerning hi
. financee, The missionary on oul
prayer list for this week Is Mis-
Evelyn Mason who for five years hal
been a missionary in Burma. She Il
I, now home on her furlough and |,
shortly to be married to Rev. X. S
Brown. who Is in charge Of our mis-
; sion at u, Burma. Pray 70
? Miss Mason"
One Of the great sights of Burma 4
a Hypoongyi cremation. When a Hy
Y pocngyi, Bhnddist High Priest. dies
I or rather about ten months or a yea
:. after he dies, they hold a great cere
mony which is similar to a fair. 4
y few acres of ground are covered wit
0 booths. made OF bamboo and paper
, Buildings are constructed which fror
$ a little distance look like pieces d
u architecture. Theatres are construt
: ted in this way. We saw an imits
II ton battle ship on the decks OF whic
, danced hundreds Of Burman girl,
7. II was all made OF bamboo and papel
Il A great elephant Is constructed a
IS large as three story house. Fami
II les who can afford II each erect
btVtHs htu ilt OUul vi I'LL
y Hypoongyi, preserved they gay by b,
v ing filled with honey and coated wit
y gold leaf G have seen two)
H. brought in and the fun begins. For
u week the body is carried from on
- booth to another, remaining shol
: time in each. While it remains ther
the owner entertains and feasts a
OF his friends, Thus all gain meri
After about week the great nlgl
comes, the body is drawn to the to
OF the great elephant, which inside
mass of kindling wood, and III
whole is set on fire.
There is no end OF amusing signs,
favorite Is. Bill Stickers will be pros
cuted,' from which you may dra
your own conclusion as to Bill
character. In Hong Kong a Chine.
furniture merchant displays his sig
"A Tack & Co. while a Chine.
tinker has one, Pots and pans ca
mend any mortal thing can do
Japanese tailor desires to cater to II
foreign ladies' and hangs up a ST.
Ladies Outfatter Ladies can ha,
fits up stairs On one Of the his
streets in Kobe saw sign, Phys
clan, specialist on internal diseases
A Burman lad in an English schoC
but who had at one time been in
American mission school, went to Il
English head master on July Sd al
asked If they were going to have
holiday the next day. what for
asked the Englishman. "Why, dor
you know, tomorrow is day we lick,
the English"
But in spite Of all the funny thin
and all the primitive things and