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...mornings. There are, besides, regular lectures later in the day. Among the speakers this year are Boris A. Bakhmetev, who was Russian Ambassador to Washington under the Kerensky regime; Count Harry Kessler, former German Ambassador to Poland; Sir Edward Grigg, from England; Canon Ernest Dinmet, from Paris; Viscount Bir-former Lord Chancellor of England; General Tasker H. Bliss; Dr. Estanislas Severo Zeballos, former Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs...
...have time to speak of only one religious custom of the youths. Their principal god is called Mil Wah Kee; by some, Bir. There are two great shrines of this god in the neighborhood, and the high priests at each are named Adahm and Kahrll respectively. The worship of this god is by libations. The youths are very careful to perform their duties to him at least once every day. As I saw two youths at the shrine, I conjecture that this is the usual form of the ceremonies: One of them calls out and addresses the high priest thus...