Show BO davi a i A secrets that at came to the mountain on wings of the morning IMPERIAL HOTEL TOKYO EACOCK ALLEY a western PEACOCK institution unequaled as a source of publicity and brought into existence by george boldt when he built the waldorf in new york has a branch here like the old P A ot cil fifth avenue and thirty fourth street where the empire state building now spikes the sky for a worlds record the tokyo promenade supplies quite an eyeful to those who would look and see pageantry of all peoples a passing show bewildering in its variety and color warp and woof of the world india asia africa the drab inquisitive european the boarded briton the ambitious show me american in funds and also in in trade each on his own pass in in spectacular review dejac detaching hing themselves from the procession a man and woman dressed in dark colored ceremonial kimonos simonos indicating some sect in native priesthood took seats immediately adjoining mine and became absorbed in the panorama without loss of time I 1 made a remark in english to which the man replied in kind my wife said he does not understand your language she is here in tokyo for the first time our home is on mount koya at the buddhist seat founded eleven hundred years ago by kobo daishi I 1 am a priest clergyman takes bride fare are buddhist priests permitted to marry oh yes for many years under matrimony has been encouraged cou raged my present visit to tokyo has to do with arrangements for the marriage of a young buddhist clergyman of the sect now residing in california for more than a thousand years the priesthood on mount koya which is scored with temples were not allowed to marry or to eat meat nor were women permitted within the sacred precincts consecrated to buddhist teachings with the advance of modern thought it was deemed expedient I 1 introduce marriage although vegetarian diet continued for some time gradually however the restrictions strict ions a against mea meata elwerd were brok en down the wives of the priesthood and the priests themselves taking rather kindly to the mixed diet diet which brought about a pronounced physical improvement among the disciples and their children A sensible and progressive step I 1 regard it at this juncture of the conversation two hindu women garbed in flowing silken robes and be decked with gold bracelets rings and anklets danklets jangling softly as they moved down peacock alley passed in in front of us new world opens up with wide eyes the wife of the buddhist priest watched the dusky women of india saunter along jostled by europeans and japanese women clothed in rainbow hued flowing kimonos simonos ki monos their dark hair arranged in modish fashion and gleaming with decorations all of this beauty appears tonight for the first time to my cifes eyes said the priest himself lured by its splendor she will talk endlessly of these thing when we return to the sacred mountain and there is no knowing what thoughts will come to her the sound of music drifting in from a ballroom oh off the promenade smote our ears through the procession of human peacock thinning out at inter intervals vali we caught glimpses of dancers and of the western world gliding laughing without restraint and merging thus continued the holy man from mount koya where for or centuries his forebears walked in in the cool of the morning end accompanied I 1 compa nied with their prayers the setting sun she has known nothing until now that which is written upon her face betrays nought but uncertainty cooking via radio kadio the sun also rises I 1 said yes he replied but will it set the sky is filled with color and the air with new voices you refer to radio has this speech upon the ether reached the mountain of the faithful yes but of these things I 1 would speak with approval for it is on 1 the invisible wave that my wife learned the secrets of western cooking what skill she has acquired in the art of preparing food for stomachs that have come to appreciate preci ate the combination wrought over fire of blending vegetables and meat of making a ceremony out of what in the past was a mere detail to sustain life is not to be dismissed lightly it is well that this wisdom which arrived upon the wm wings i gs of the morning should be spread among all peoples and it is good that from day to day the companion lon of my bosom should by way of the he air add to her supply of learning copyright gel alq |