Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-28
YOKOHAMA LIFE AND DRESS.
OF Japanese ways and
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James Brooks. in the New York Express,l
There are five or six little daily jour
nails in Yokohama, rich in advertise
ments, but poor enough in news One
of these was sold the other day, see,
for $4,000. AS to news here foreign
news, there is not enough to keep jour
nalist alive. The wonder is all do not
die. of, ennui, The, writer's, of course,
knowing nothing Of Japanese, can,
therefore, gather up, no police reports,
have no thrilling intelligence--no court
records, no nothing Of etiquette in
Yedo-nothing from the PROVINCIAL pro-
vinces. All we have Is the edit0rial
essay, and the everlasting but all i'm
portant prices current of rice, silks,
sheetings, shirtings, freights, rates OF
exchange. But these are what, men
come to Japan for Ito get rich, and then
go home), and hence nothing is so i'm
portent TO them. The Caucasians live
beautifully here, many Of them near
their places of business, right on the
open, bay, and others Gu the bluffs
above-and $4,000 here in the way Of
living goes further than $40, 900 in New
York City, They shut up shop at 4,
drive or ride till 7, and at I sit down to
dinner, their evening amusement, after
which, a long sitting at dinner they 20
to bed. Dinner is the great event Of the
day! Tifin at / o'clock, as they call
"luneh," the intermediate eyent--and,
therefore, the most is made of dinner.
No theaters, no opera for Europeans, no
libraries, nowhere TO spend their even
ings, they frantically dine, and unhealth-
fully sleep after such dinners, with Chi
nese almost always their cooks. The
Chinese take. to all trades, and Chinese
make the best house servants here--the
japanese not we'll taking to that sort Of
thing, save as nurses for children.
One of the curiosities of the East is
the all sorts of clothes everybody lof
the male sex, ynGrs. ] am not writing
now of the natnrs.cIa9 Japanese-but
they often get cast-of EuroEe&n clothes,
which, when put on, amuse one to see.
There's droll fellow, with nothing on
but trowsers and straw shoes! There is
another with red European-made shoes,
yelloy frock coat, Calcutta hat Ia hat
branching ell oyer the head, forward and
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think with light stuff. that no slE's rays
can pierce through it). Spectacles On,
too. and looking as wise as if some great
philosopher. There is another yet, with
a frock coat only, no shirt, no trousers,
no hat, no nothing elsel When Euro
pean fashions are taken by tbs JAPANESE,
they rush into them, as do the Genital
American negroes, or the North Ameri-
can Indians. But the hats Of the Eu-
ropeaps in this country are of the droll.
est most E&Tiegateds kind you can well
imagine. & l bring hsTs Nv American
head cover, poor concern, UNDER Q
Japanese sun, or in Japanese
rain. 7 cover it all with white
linen, and aibig tail down tse neck
to shed off a hot suns rays. Another
sports big Calcutta, English invented
hat, made in imitation of the Turks
sash, wrapped toqn5 his head or cap
(fez) on hot day, also to Wagd 9F the
sun rays. Another yet, fresh come to
look jannty, sports his American straw
hat. In short, we have all sorts OF hats
human ingenuity has invented, and
hence we look like $50 many birds OF
passage, if not of prey. sailsss .vaia8.t