. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. TYPES AT DARJEELING, NORTHERN INDIA, AND AT DELHI,CENTRAL INDIA India has not a homogeneous population. There are almost as many races,types, and languages as in the continent of Europe. The right-hand figure in theupper picture bears a striking resemblance to a North American instrument in his hands is a praying-wheel. TWO RANGOON TYPES Supi-yaw-lat and hercheroot whackin white A Hindu girl Rangoon is a city of gorgeous color
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. TYPES AT DARJEELING, NORTHERN INDIA, AND AT DELHI,CENTRAL INDIA India has not a homogeneous population. There are almost as many races,types, and languages as in the continent of Europe. The right-hand figure in theupper picture bears a striking resemblance to a North American instrument in his hands is a praying-wheel. TWO RANGOON TYPES Supi-yaw-lat and hercheroot whackin white A Hindu girl Rangoon is a city of gorgeous colors and varied human types. But one neednot go far to find the Burmese girl Kipling has immortalized:Er petticoat was yaller and er little cap was er name was Supi-yaw-lat — jes the same as Theebaws Queen —An I seed her first a-smokin of a whackin* white cheroot,An a wastin Christian kisses on a eathen idols foot HINDUISM —AND THE HIMALAYAS 207 lays that emphasis on personality, the sacredness of the indi-vidual life, which is inherent in Christianity and Christian civili-zation, ]ust as the absence of this principle is characteristicof the social and political institutions of the Orient. But let us get back to Benares and its pilgrims. They donot all die, nor do they spend all their time bathing in the sacredwaters of Mother Gunga, as the Ganges is called. Naturallythere are many temples in which they must worship, manypriests whom they must support. There are said
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