Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-02
Japanese Picnicking.
A COUNTRY WHERE THE BAGaAGE-MAsTER's LOT Is
NOT HAPPY ONE.

A COUNTRY WHERE THE BAGaAGE-MAsTER's LOT Is
NOT HAPPY ONE.
Hong Kong Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The deep green OF Nagasaki's hillsides are illu-
minated now with the brilliant naples, and In
every garden and temple grounds the crimson
leafed trees are flaming. Branches of cOlored
maple Leaves NIL the flower vases in the tokonOna,
or recess in the guestroOm Of each house, and gay
picnic parties go out over the hills to famous maple
groves and tea-houses where the usual vigOr OF
mountain and fiOrd is now made more beautiful
Old men are as given TO these pcnics for the
viewing OF the maple leaf as younger ones, and a
missed, had his absence explained as
having gone to see the MONTH To
the younger people the MONTH has significance
that puts In poetic shape the crude expression Of
''giving the mitten." It turns on their elaborate
and incessant play OF words and puns. which are
CONSIDERED dne great acnievements OF literature
and for love Is The same In japanese, irO being
pressive OF both fervid things When Japanese
girl gives her lover maple branch, he is supposed
To be able TO that the color and the love- both
iros. have changed, and to betake himself accord
At Nagasaki we reinforced the passenger list
with a Russian family from VladivOstock, Fin
landers they were, rather, and returning TO Fin
land after twenty years absence They came out
voyage. They go back by mail steamer TO Odessa,
and thence by rail across Russia, and Will end
was Just freezing as they left, and in fortnight
they Will be boiling In the Indian Ocean and
later the Red sea. and In two months Rebound
in the other end OF Russia For change and
variety and odd types OF the human race one need
go no farther than this part OF the East There was
japanese family on board, swells OF the most ap-
proved pattern, who wore European dress with
ease, and were devoted to cheese bitter beer and
other foreign things that the Japanese usually
slow 20 adopt The Japanese always wear their
best clothes when travelling SO as to declare their
rank and means, and the little woman rang the
changes in her wardrobe three times q day, aud
her husband kept up with her. She had many
astounding hats huge-b rmmed and high-crowned
things bristling with wings, loops, birds and dag
gers and when 1t came to leaving the ship each
hat was brought up on deck tied up In large cot
ton handkerchief, and every article they possessed
travelled separately. Their baggage made heap
that measured feet every way, and the largest
piece was a japanese basket no larger than
good valise: There were thirty-ive small
pieces to be brought up and counted, and passed
over the side OF the ship and counted again. and
the little boxes and bottles and jars and handkeF-
chief bundles and loose pieces OF clothing would
have sent an average man mad. The little jap
anese danced around in pearl-colOred trousers and
black cutaway, and seemed to enjoy f1ourish1ng
the paper on which the list was written, and
counting his wtfe's hats, and he prolonged and
peated the ceremony until quiet lOokers-on were
ready to believe 1t piece OF acting and not plain
incident OF travel