Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-26
japanese IN AMERICA.


IncIviIities and AmusIng BIunders
Life.
A japanese student at New Ha-
ven writes to the Toxic Times a
review of the condition of the Ja-
panese young men at American
schools, and gives the following hu-
morous touches of their experience:
Most of us have nothing but
gratitude and affection to feel to-
ward our American friends. The
impressions we make on the ignor-
ant mass are somewhat curious.
The fact that we come from the
other side Of the globe seems to be
cause of great wouder to them.
" Do you have the same sun and
moon over there?" was once asked
within my hearing. What part
of the West Indies is Japan Z" is
pretty bad. No difference, as gem
eral thing, Is recognized between
the Japanese, and Chinese. "Do
the Chinese ever have gray hair ?"
was once asked of me. " Why is it
that you don't have tails ?" elbow
llkee Melica ?" and other questions
asked from pure impudence are too
numerous to enumerate. One is at
first annoyed by all these attentions,
but soon learns to take them good
naturedly. And then there seems
to be an idea that every Japanese
In this country is a nobleman. An
esteemed, but not aristocratic
friend of mine, has tracts sent to
him quite often by some unknown
friend, whose Kindness exceeds his
information. They are always ad-
dressed to "His Highness, Prince
." One OF the tracts was in
praise Of some virtuous prince, and
a sentence particularly exhorting
all noblemen to be good was under
lined. A Japanese "nobleman'i
died in Washington a short time
ago. Three young ladies studying
In this country are set down as
''princesses."
There is, OF course, a eomical side
to our student life Anecdotes OF
blunderS which we have committed
would make a very laughable book.
One ordered a well-known meat by
saying, 81 want an OK" another by
putting fork and a knife up to his
head, initiating the horns of cattle,
and then loving to the best of his
ability. shall here give you one
of our most famous stories. A stu
dent living alone in P-(Prince.
ton?) thinking that if any serious
accident should happen to him, no.
body would know what to do with
him, wrote two letters giving certain
directions providing for such an oc-
caSion, and addressed to two of his
friends in N New Haven9
He took the letters to the people
with whom he was living, and ex.
planned what they were. But a few
days after they were mailed by mis-
take, and what CONSERVATION thev
produced in N can be imagined
One of the two, whom shall call
M, thinking that his friend in
P had committed suicide, took
the earliest train there. The other,
whom | shall call T, and who
was out of town just then, was
telegraphed to and came back to
N in the utmost hurry.
There he was disheartened to
learn that there would be no train
to P till next day, and he was
left to spend the time in anxiety and
gloom. Now one of the wishes ex-
pressed in the letter was that the
body should be given to the medi.
cal school in N. So II saw
that day the professor in charge.
and arranged that men should be
waiting for the body when it should
come into the depot. Meanwhile
M, who had hurried to p.
arrived there, but what was his sur
prise. Almost the first person
whom he saw was friend A,
who he supposed to be dead. After
a most oomioal scene, in which each
accused the other of madness, an
explanation followed, and, as may
be supposed, there was a hearty
laugh, Next day Il arrived at
P, feeling very much grieved,1 I
but before half an hour had passed
he was laughing as if his sides
would split. Then, to complete
the comedy, there followed letter
from N enclosing contributions
TO pay the funeral expenses Of
A.. ] youch for the truth of
this story, which has become a
regular laughing-stock among us.
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A oeSFkia Camp Teeting,
Macon (Ga) Ger. New York Sun.
1t is night, and under an extern
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