Show 0 v wv nV vV V VY NN I IN N THE HEART OF FUK FORBIDDEN LAND f may bo ho the dip outcome of ot Colo Cob Colonel Colonel Cobrich nel rich math lath lather mather er anomalous Tibetan In Incursion Incursion It Is II a fact tact that It li le one ono satisfactory purpose tt Is le r revealing to the curious minded of ot all nations a little of at the tho mystery which from limo lime Immemorial line has enshrouded en the people of or that Inhospitable and al oh almost most moet unknown land In 1850 the French Father Hue pub limbed the story of at Ida his five Eve years yours so sojourn sojourn o journ In the tho country of ot tho the lamas and It was vai BO no startling that It was pro plO Bounced d a II fabrication from beginning to end Subsequent Investigations however tho the adventurous rous roe fathers reputation for tor veracity and nd this latest British exploring party has MI borne borna witness to the tha faithfulness of ot the h records I who Is I a 1 first t an and nl then thon a soldier lied has done dono much to yard verd unraveling tho the knotty problem of ot Lamal m I pure and simple lilt em i It exists In some parts of ot India Is abstruse e enough for the ordinary hu man mental equipment but the tha cult of ot the ine Enlightened One as now irac In Tibet would be too Intricate fir for that great reformer himself 17 ly considered It le Is B a II mixture of ot ud ah tin with several severo other systems system of ot ph philosophy and It t Is in known to the TI Tl laity and ami for tor that matter to moil moat of ot the tho priesthood only through Its external manifestations There may tinny bo be boMI a MI limited number of or adepts in Jn the tho hIdden Wen recesses of ot the mountain her KM Vho who ore are c capable of or ing the mixture of ot but nd sorcery for tor lime tho which and constitutes Ole there Iss Is little l remaining beyond the mysticism and amid the sorcery amid tho time latter Is 18 far tor the tho most p prominent Ingredient It Is III like knowing tho h symptoms of ot a n 1 disorder without dunces Itself having the tho Calmest idea Iden of ot tho the tad Ind As related 11 by the learned Abbe flue note nolY r by b tho the scholarly commander Who of the expedition tae haa the been nn an observer of ot sonic of religious doings In ln Tibetan am mo Coteries la II the tho f form rm of j lion n outwardly to tn J V Idolatrous rous It Is le I a devo II In log list het genii and a II never end IllIa ot of ot of tut tutelary lary demons demon 0 con conot conI I sacred the reciting ot of texts from the bOOks ening hymns sung unS with wh a 11 deaf U of ho horns horM trum and drums B II ot before proA Warship shrines During this thIs which occurs times day ay the a 11 clerK clergy In nr or ot orto ym sUmmoned M by y the toll toil 1 a little bell Ing ne to their hi sIt In rows row accord rosaries rank l In lei the tho ceremonies onles saga na play Prayer a 11 wheels and prayer r and prominent Pr part Charms Ch hIghest amulets are at the disposal ot of t the e eor and spells necromancy y and d mop on use mute r On I are arc In com cour comor Years earl or luau festivals like k New Newt the t the ritual u annual now flower r festival tc on these thue th si LI la Is I greatly expanded l l It ft Is II occasions sera Cers pe perform their i that the no n n nh wonderful The Tho h Illusions Tibetan h M hierarchy l l archy Is U not only the tho r T N Nn 1 It I I n t v Alt Alty y tl l t V v vr 1 r a 7 r e s M r r rr r a aI I dMD L I principal development of ot this thin unique country but It la Is s aloo Its most Inter eeling feature since there Is le nothing on the face toco of ot tho limo earth that can bo be compared com corn compared pared with It It U Is really the mont most per por perfect perfect fett union of ot both hoth temporal and spir spiritual authority In existence There Thero mire are four tour orders of ot the time clergy clerK The Tho lowest which U Is represented hy by i a I membership so numerous as ns to be e altogether out of ot proportion with the population are lire celibates and most meat of ot them live In convents con ton convents vents A convent or monas monastery monastery tery consists of or a B temple which forms forums Its center and a n number of ot lesser lessor build buildings ings Inga grouped around It and used mired for living rooms refectories dormitories And other spiritual mind worldly needs of ot the tho monks The entire community Is 18 governed by a 0 or abbot m also al o nan has It Ita nuns and ana nunneries nunnerIes ies lea The highest order ot or the thA hierarchy hIerarchy chy Is filled sled by II two popes one cnn the tha Dalai tR FJ F lama Inma and the other n a pope who Vho Is de tie timed dared by hy Tibetan authority to have equal power rower with the Dunlap larva lama III a but Lut who actually has hns little to do with the government fhe second degree o clergy arc oro called and th their ir tune tUI lions ore arc not well denned defined even oven In Tibet Time Tho uro the tho most numerous of ot tho lino higher degree clergy and their number Is very great Almost all of ot the wealth of ot tho the country la Is I In tho the re I r r r 1 I G Gh h N i I v Y 1 Y ett t p tI S I 1 t trY 0 eFt T t Irv VII 1 C TIBETAN HOME nOME SCENES hands of ot the priesthood and matters are 1110 so Co arranged that every enterprise of or a lucrative nature must pay rny tribute Into Iota the sacerdotal treasury The In la lamas mOB mae do lIo no work and anti they thoy are ore so 0 nu nitrous that their maintenance Is II a II se ac rious drain on the prosperity of the country Another of ot the features which mate make Tibet a 11 social pariah among the vari various ous raves races of ot mankind Is le tho the practice of polyandry the time custom ot of permitting only the shiest eldest son to wed but empower empowering lag ing In the bride to arc accept opt the bridegrooms brothers ns as supplementary husbands This nodal perversion though It was recorded l by the observing ob Father Hue has hu been declared by subsequent Investigators Investigators to exist only as III an exception ox but according to the report of the expedition the practice l Is not only general but Is enjoined both by and public pUblio sentiment It U UIs ItIs ItIs Is evident that this custom together with the voluntary celibacy of ot upward of ot a tenth of ot the population has lice a 1 marked Influence on the restriction ot of population It explains explain how It ItIs ItIs Itis Is that for centuries the tho population of ot this hidden country line has nether neither In Increased Increased creased nor diminished Under such Ruch social conditions It U is difficult to of or Tibetan life lite Tim flue position of ot the subordinate husbands Is not nosy to define denne but their standing In the household In is not 0 that of ot older sons cons since sluice the tho actual husband In is thin tho owner of ot everything mind the tho responsible head hOld of ot the family TI Tl Tibetan dwellings are two or stories In height and are of ot n a school of or archi Brohl architecture architecture which Is to be found round In no oth other other other er country countr To 10 tho the household householder er or the tho proper adornment of or the main maln entrance to his lie dwelling Is u II subject of ot much solicitude The fhe doors are aro usual usually ly h ornamented with paintings a n favor favorite favorite ite lie design being the swastika or fly lly tout toot cross crosH The Th exterior walls aio ao also painted frequently In animal designs d A popular decoration judging from lie Its 11 frequent recurrence Is In u II scene accrue depleting depletIng ing nn Rn elephant and a n mythical snow lion with bright green tall and mane Tho The doorway opens Into a I courtyard around which are aro tho time and cattle stall stalls and a n stairway leads lends up to the first ut floor loor where limo tho th family lives The Tho rooms on the floor not used u for stables are devoted to 10 the tho storing of lit grain gratin and ond fodder If It time tho winter Is IA un tin unusually usually name the family takes up tern tem temporary poetry quarters with the animals In Inthe Inthe n the summer which Is h particularly hot lIot hotIn hotin In Tibet tho the family faintly sleeps on the roof under a shelter helter made modo of ot popper pollar boughs The Tho Tibetan kitchen IN is the moot moat care carefully carefully fully rully arranged spot In the house The cooking utensils ore are made of or copper and are aloe kept In scrupulous order As Asan Asan an evidence that th t these curious carry their originality oven ovon to the mak milk making makIng ing Ina of ot tent tel this Tibetan recipe Is given elen Boll noli a 11 teacupful of or tea lea In three pints of ot wi water ter for ten minutes with a H heaped dessertspoonful of ot soda coda Put Iut the In Infusion Infusion fusion tUllon Into tho the churn with one olle pound of ot butter buller am a teaspoonful of or salt Churn until M as thick ns III cream It Is an error to ta assert that all parts of Tibet are aro rc held In equal seclusion and that foreigners are unwelcome orna everywhere every everywhere where At Al Sinning n a lively market town on the eastern frontier Kuro nuro pears penns have always been welcomed and their goods may bo be exposed for tor sale without molestation It U le only when hen tho the Infidel foreign devil deIl undertakes to penetrate the Interior and more es ca especially when he ho sots sets his hits adventurous foot root toward the Una holy city of ot Lassa Lasan thAt ho Is met with hostility If It Colonel and his Ida escort succeed In opening this hitherto Impenetrable region to the tile world they will accomplish one of ot tho the most difficult dlf feint ui m of ot tho the age al WALLACE 0 |