Superstition plays an Important part in the Tao Yuan ceremonies, the chief of which is fortune-telling by means of a Jatge wooden planchette that writes messages in sand. These communications from the spirit world are supposed to guide any who sock for advice or comfort. Some. years Yo a foreigner, living near 10 the Tao Yuan, received a request to translate into English a message that had Just come, vid the planchette, from the Virgin Mary, She, using the Chinese language, had, sani a special greeting toa Roman Catholic assembly about to meet at Lourdes.
Tu former years outsiders were allowed to visit the Tao Yuan and even to see the large planchette at work, but now-a-days such acts of friendship are discouraged, nor are the members of the society communtalive about what goes on within the walls, That philanthropy is an Important part of their scheme of things is evident. The school already men-toned "has a well-equipped play ground, where the children "may amuse themselves after school is over, well as during the regular teer: tion periods. Outside the elly {air-sized hospital run by the Red Swastika Society, the medical branch of the Tao Yuan,
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