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the Land of Mpsteiy
Dr. Susan Carson Rljnhart, who spoke
so Interestingly at the meeting of the
missionary social union recently, is even
more interesting in conversation, and
she Is very willing to talk of her ex
periences. Dr. Rljnhart is a native of
London, Canada, and is a graduate of
Trinity university in Toronto. Her hus
band, Rev. Petrus Rljnhart, was a
Holland Dutchman. After some time
spent in missionary work, he came to
America for rest, and while here he
. met and married Dr. Carson.
Mr. and Mrs. Rljnhart went to Tibet
In 1894, going as Independent mission
aries dependent upon their friends
rather than a church for support.
Dr. Rljnhart omits the "h" from the
name Thibet, giving as her authority
the royal geographical maps for Asia,
and says that it is so taught In the
. schools in England, as they, too, spell
It "Tibet," and in pronouncing put the
accent on the last syllable. The Ger
man map-makers were responsible for
the insertion of the letter "h." The
natives call their country "Bhot," but
no one knows where this name came
"from.
Dr. Rljnhart and her husband went to
Tibet in 1894, and in 1898 went into the
interior-and began their- work there.
Xihasa is the capital of the country,
and since 1846 no European has been
allowed to enter the city and none is
allowed nearer than one hundred and
fifty miles. Their religion is that of the
Buddhists or, as Dr. Rljnhart said,
Theosophists, and Lhasa is the Mecca
to which their pilgrimages are made.
The Buddhists send out missionaries,
and have representatives hard at work
in various cities of this country, notably
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Chicago.
Dr. Rljnhart said there are many
more Buddhists and Theosophists In
America than any one Is aware of, and
their growth Is alarming. Their litera
ture is printed in Chicago at the Open
Court Publishing House.
The best accounts published concern
ing Lhasa have been secured by Hindoo
travelers, who are trained for civil serv
ice by the British government. One of
these men disguised himself as a Mon
golian priest, and by the strict use of
his prayer-wheel these people pray by
machinery and rosary he succeeded in
getting within the walls. In order to
accomplish this he paced every step,
. keeping account with his rosary. When
he was supposed to be at rest he made
mans of the road and city, and he con
cealed them within his prayer-wheel.
These Hindoo travelers are not given
names when they go upon the road, but
are known simply by initials. This
man's Initials are A. K.
The May number of Harper's maga
zine contains the only known picture of
the city of Lhasa, and Dr. Rljnhart pro
nounced it e very good one. After the
death of her. child, and the murder of
her husband. Dr. Rljnhart was robbed
of her surgical instruments a serious
loss to her, as her ability to relieve suf
fering secured for her the respect ot the
women. Apropos Dr. Rljnhart says she
has absolute proof of her husband's
death, and that the reports that he is
simply missing, which have appeared in
many newspapers, are false.
In'Tibet the Buddhist priests are called
lamas, and their houses are called 1am
asteries. Mr. and Mrs. Rljnhart lived
in one of these lamasterles, and were
the only Europeans ever permitted to
do so. After the death of her husband
the Tibetans wanted to get rid of Dr.
Rljnhart, so they gave her a passport
the only one ever granted to a white
person to travel .in that country pro
vided her wjth two men to travel with
her as guides and" protectors, and started
her on her homeward Journey. These
men were ashamed to be seen traveling
with a woman, and they forbade her to
speak a word on the Journey, saying
they would kill her If she spoke. She
felt that they could not be trusted, and
kept them in subjection only by exhibit
ing her revolver. Once when her life
was in danger she was defended by a
Chinese man. The entire Journey was a
perilous one. At one time her horse
gave out and she walked fifty miles in
two days; another time, when com
pletely exhausted. Dr. Rljnhart and her
guides -were sheltered over night In a
Chinese lumber camp. The house was
so small that the eight persons, seven of
whom were men, had not room to lie
down but sat up all night. Dr. Rljnhart
said this was the first time in two
months that a roof had covered her, and
the first time she had felt safe, as the
Chinese were friendly. She expressed
great respect for this people.
Tibet has a very cold climate, caused
by being a northern country, and by its
altitude. During this Journey Dr. Rljn
hart was never less than nine thousand
feet above sea level, and she walked
across one mountain which was 14,300
feet above.
When she reached the Chinese border
she was taken to the house of Mr. Tur
ner, an English missionary one of the
famous Cambridge seven where she was
welcomed and made comfortable. Mr.
Turner was sitting on his piazza when
she approached, and her face was so
browned and roughened from exposure,
and her garments bo tattered and dis
ordered that he could not tell whether
she was white or colored, man or
woman.
During this Journey of three months
she had had no water In which to bathe,
and no change of clothing; she was so
covered with vermin that she felt she
ought not enter the house, and her feet
were sore from frost and travel.
The women of Tibet are sold by their
fathers to men who want wives. There
is no regard for the marriage tie, but
when a man Is tired of a wife he sends
her to her father, who soon sells her
again. Notwithstanding this treatment
the women have great Influence with
their husbands while with them. They
are a very filthy people, not knowing
from their birth to their death the lux
ury of a bath. Their houses are built
of sun-dried brick made. In the same
way as those used by the Israelites.
Dr. Rljnhart is planning to return to
Tibet in about a year In company with
a physician and his wife, as she feels
that there Is a work there for her to
do. She has written a book on Tibet
called "With the Tibetans In Tent and
""Temple."
Mrs. Peacelove John, John, wake up!
There's a burglar downstairs.
Peacelove All right. Let him burgle.
Mrs. Peacelove I believe you're afraid
coward!
Peacelove I am. If I went down he
might Insist upon talking politics to me.
Hewitt Do you ever take part In
games of chance?
Jewett Well, I've been usher at a
wedding.
& T& 'f&
"How do you like this wine, old man?"
"Whnt Is It something new?"
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