Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-21
THE MlkApo,s WOMEN.
They Are the Empress and Twelve Concu.
blnes-The Young Heir.

They Are the Empress and Twelve Concu.
bines-Thc Young Heir.
Tell the something of the daily life Of
the empress" said /.
"She has," replied the court chamber
lain, ian es Establishment Of her own, and
It Is quite large one. She has her maids
Of honor, her private secretaries and tho
ladies of the court to deal with. Her
morning Is occupied by the reading and
writing Of letters. She attends to the STU
pervision Of her various charities through
others chiefly, and in the afternoon she
devotes herself to social duties. She re-
ceives at this time the wives Of the min
listers and the princesses who may call
upon her, and II they come at the proper
time they sometimes take tea with her.
She sometimes invites these ladies to
meetings to discuss matters relating to
the charity hospital, and she has grand
marshal and chamberlain.
"She is, you know, the first empress of
the new order of things, even Us the en-
peror is the first emperor. She wears
but little jewelry, though she has some
diamond rings and bracelets She is a
fine horseback rider, and often takes q
turn on one of the horses of the imperial
stables. She wears a European riding
habit and sits her horse WE'LL"
The emperor, the empress and the
crown prince make up the royal
family, or at least the three most
! important members of it. Each of
these three have, rs said, an estab.
lishment of their own inside of the
palace grounds. The crown prince Is
heir apparent to the throne. He Is the
son ofthe emperor by Nine. Yanagiwnra,
and not by the Empress Haruko. The
mikado of japan has the right to twelve
concubines, and the children Of these, in
case Of tho failure of issue by the empress,
have the right to the throne. They are
all legitimate and noble, and it is to these
concubines in times past that the noblest
of the court families of today date their
origin. Very little Is known about them
outside the royal palace. These royal
mistresses do not appear ut the court Ger.
emonies, and am told that each has her
little establishment inside of the palace
grounds.
They are part of the constitution OF
the royal family, and in the directory OF
Japan for this year find that the EN-.
peror has had by them nine children,
though all with the exception Of three OF
these have died. Children thus born have
nothing to do with their mothers, and
the young prince was brought up apart
l asked the court chamberlain about this
department of the palace. He would say
nothing, and said it was not proper fol
him to discuss such private matter OF
the emperor's.
He chatted quite freely, however, about
the crown prince. Prince Haiu," said
he, "is now 0 years old and he was pro-
claimed heir to the throne about yeal
ago. He is q bright, brave boy, and very
fond of military affairs. He dresses III
European clothes and his costume is that
of o soldier. The emperor was very much
pleased the other day by having him give
him military salute when he met him
and Japan expects great things of him
He walks very straight, and, though dig
nified. is thorough boy. He is fond o.
boat racing and goes out every day
somewhere. He likes fishing and is by
no means backward in his studies. HI
attends the mobiles school and he Is Their,
ON the same footing as are the others"
1t veXes him very much when tn,
|, other boys learn their lessons better thar
he does his, and ho works SO hard tina
J he stands well up to the head of hi
class. He IVES sent to this school IL
, order that this rivalry might make hin
study the harder, and he is acquiring :,
thorough education. He is now begin
ming to study English, and he knows on,
or two words of French and German
which he gets Off when he meets tn,
} foreign ministers These are such word
as bon jour and gluten tag, and they ar,
always applauded and appreciated
Frank G. Carpenter.