Show A Strange God Tree What Nhat is a rod pod od tree Nobody knows Wows or nr had e ever Er er heard of such a thing until until un un- til tit not long ago an au ethnological ex ex- plo plover er came a e across quite n lot of them themon on certain certain little known islands along ills Hie west coast of Sumatra I The god gad tree is s carved caned out of wood tt with curiously fashio Cash fashioned ed branches of th lh hi same saine material On these branches are hung strings of bright colored bits o of oC and tiny baskets filled with grains of or ri rice e. e The whole affair is not more th than n three feet high g to the belief of or the natives natives' na fives tives' of ot the Islan islands s aforesaid a got god lives in the tree He Ile is not nett n particularly partie- partie I good goad sort Eort of divinity and If it he I lakes akes a notion to leave the tree ho is liable to do folks a mischief The best Vest way ivay ay to persuade him to stay at home in th til tree Tee is to make the latter attractive b by adorning it In the man mannor nor ner described and by supplying rice in baskets for the file god to eat The god is s a household tod lod and the tree which he inhabits Is is kept in inja f corner of oC the family dwelling t |