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Show Other People's "Ways. Palestine, It Is said, is being despoiled by tourists. A scientist writes: "Many ef these visitors are mere 'trippers.' with no real interest In or knowledge of the history his-tory of Palestine, as the astounding questions ques-tions they propound to residents abundantly abund-antly prove. But all are eager to possess at any price.- however exorbitant, what they call 'curios' as mementos of their excursion. ex-cursion. To meet this demand a tribe of dealers has sprung up all over the country, coun-try, each employing an army of agents who ride everywhere, east and west of the Jordan, encouraging the natives to tear in pieces tombs that otherwise might have awaited scientific examination in comparative compar-ative safety." A traveler In Tibet says that the peasant peas-ant women of that country are cheery, and, when washed, buxom and comely. The monks are a blot on the landscape. They bear no resemblance to the women of the country. One would think they belonged to a different type, and yet they are the sons and brothers of these women. wo-men. The reason, probably, is the low, degraded life led by the ordinary monk, a life without Interest, without work, devoid de-void ot any pursuit. Intellectual or otherwise, other-wise, and passed in the droning of chants and the performance of ritual, the meaning mean-ing of which they neither know nor care about see A French scientist combats the prevailing prevail-ing opinion that the races of today are the sons of a taller and stronger race. The Idea so tenaciously held is, he thinks, only a form of the ancient superstition belief in giants. In default of real giants In modern ages, mention Is made of the Inhabitants of Patagonia. Magellan accorded ac-corded to them the height of seven and a half feet but the average height of these people has been given by different authorities author-ities as seven feet, ten feet to eleven feet six Inches. Chicago News. |