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THE MILWAUKEE ROAD

THEOSOPHICAL

',

SOCIETY

eresting Talk

On Shintoism

At the meeting of the Manuk Ledge of the Theosophical Society last evening, Mr. D. O. Silva gave an interesting lecture on Shin- tolam.

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Shinto, or Shintoism, the called national religion of Japan.

GENERAL

“NOTHING BUT CAMOUFLAGED PROSTITUTION

Magistrate's Comment On Escort Bureaux

The girls, who were described as guldes, or escorts, were taken 'out at the rate of $1 an hour, half going to the proprietor and half to the individual girl.

NO PROOF

"It is nothing but camou- flaged prostitution. From the . evidence of one of the girls, who admitted she has praç- tised. prostitution while work- ing as a guide, the registration of these escort bureaux with

Miss Harrop ngreed with His the S.C.A. seems to me to be a

Worship that employees of these form of tolerated prostitution.”

Fureaux were sent for by telephone These remarks were made by and met. their customers in hotels, with approximately 198,000 shrines, Mr. B. R. Butters. Senior Magis- but the SC.A have failed so far prove that prostitution was divided into 10 sects counting 20trate, at the Central Magistracy to million or more adherents served yesterday during the continuation carried on in these establishments. His Worship. I fall to see how by 10.000 shrine attendants, dates of the case in which two Chinese from the dawn of Japanese history women. Chu Po-chu. 30, and Chau girls, such as those in this and is Intimately associated with Lo-sam are charged with traffick- who have been in the Colony for ing in women and girls, harbour-only a short while, can act as the mythology of the race.

ing them and exercising control guides in the proper sense. over prostitutes. The case was ad girls have admitted they were re- gistered as prostitutes in Swatow journed till this afternoon.

by the defendants, On coming to

Shinto is not a religion, since it has no dogmas. no ethical code. and no sacred book. The absence

case.

The

to the Hongkong, and learning that pros-

During the hearing, Miss. P. of a code of morals is accounted Harrop. Lady Assistant for by the innate perfection of Secretary of Chinese Affairs, t.tution is prohibited here, they the Japanese people, who having stated that the bureaux were re- have taken up work as guides in as also the escort bureaux. It is nothing descended from the kami, (gods). gistered with the "S.C.A.

have no evil inclinations, such as were the girls employed by them, but camouflaged prostitution." Occidentals have, to overcome, and whose manners and customs need n. reform. Since there is no doctrinal system, the faith not concern itself about a future state, The precepts of the different sects, which differ only in a few details of ceremony. are: "Follow the impulse of your nature and obey your Emperor."

POPPY DAY FUND AMAH STEALS FROM

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Previously acknowledged. W. Forrester Hongkong Jockey Club JA. D. Morrison HK. & Shanghai Banking

Corporation

Shintoism alms at the happiness of earthly life, and assumes that the souls of the departed can H. E. Stone essentially aid in securing it. They British-American Tobacco Co. are conceived, therefore, to be pre- sent and summoned by those who come to them, by clapping hands, la bell, a drum, etc.

NO SAINTS

no The Shinto gods are by means the pure and exalted forms which Buddhism presents to us. no saints through the overcoming of sensuous pleasure-but affected by all human feelings and weak- nesses. and taking pleasure in everything that adds enjoyment and amusement to existence.

are

MISTRESS Sentence of three months' im- $3,325 prisonment with hard labour was}

the 10 passed by Mr. Macfadyen at 1,500 Kewloon Curt yesterday on a 34- "20year-old amah, Ng Lin-ho, who

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pleaded guilty to larceny of a suit- 50 case, containing money and jewel- 25lery to a total value of $1,284, from 25 her mistress, Lau Sze-inul, 29, of

No. 365, Shanghal Street $4,955 Charges of receiving stolen pro-

perty against Chan Luk H.

door, were Further contributions "will bejemah employed next gratefully received by W. J. Cole, withdrawn Acting Secretary. Earì Haig's Fund, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Bldg. Cheques should be made payable to Thomson & Co.. and crossed: "Poppy Day Fund."

is

Another remand was ordered by Accordingly their worshippers Mr. H. R. Butters at Central Ma- scek to delight them on their gistracy yesterday in the case in festivals, not only with meat and which Ho Ping-nam, 27-year-old charged with drink, but also by theatrical.pro- unemployed. cessions, pantomimes, and so on, several larcenies from tramcars, and do not think It objectionable that streets leading to certain of their shrines contain houses dedi- cated to the worship of Aphrodite. of the servants of the kamí, purity of the body is required rather than purity of the heart.

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The Shinto Kannusht do not shave their heads, as the Buddhist bonzes do, and only wear special dress when exercising their office. They neither practice celebacy nor have monasteries. Shinto worship has

elaborate ritual and numerous rules as to purification. From the earliest period the cult exacted scrupulous cleanliness-si indeed. we might say it regarded physical impurity as identical with moral impurity, and intolerable to the gods.

It has

| religion.

а

The

been always of ablutions, Japanese love of cleanliness has been maintained, and probably initiated. by their re- ligion. The most important of all Shinto ceremotiles is the ceremony of purification, o-haral, as it is called or the easting out of evils.

All the deltles confer prosperity, avert sickness, cure sterility, bestow literary talents, endow the pus lanimous with prowess, and so on.

THEFT OF WATCHES

Sentences of three months' and six months hard labour, respec- tively, were passed on Chan· Siu- yee, 25, and Lam Chuen, 24, both unemployed, when they were con victed before Mr. R. Edwards at Central Magistracy: yesterday on a cbarge of larceny of 12 wrist watches valued at $75, property of the Central Watch Company.

Jewellery to the value of $923 was reported stolen from her rooms at St. Paul's Hotel by Mrs, Louis

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