Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
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They Are the Empress and Twelve Conca-
 bines-The Young Heir.


 "TeIl me something Of the daily life of the empress" said l.
 ''She has," replied the court chamber lain, "an establishment of her own, and it is quite large one. She has her maids of honor, her private secretaries and the ladies of the court to deal with Her morning is occupied by the reading and writing of letters. She attends to the su- 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 isters and the princesses who may call upon her, and if 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 a chamberlain
 "She is, you know, the first empress of the new order of things, even as 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 a turn on one of the horses of the imperial stables. She wears European riding habit and sits her horse well"
 The emperor. the empress and the crown prince make up the royal family, or at least the three most important members of 1t, Each of these three have, as I said, an estat- lishment of their own inside of the palace grounds. The. crown prince s heir apparent to the throne. He is the son ofthe emperor by Mime. Yanagiwara, and not by the Empress Haruko. The mikado of Japan has the right to twelve concubines, and the children of these, in
 f-. l.. 1f 1, have the right to the throne. They art all legitimate and noble, and it is to these concubines in times past that the nobles of the court families of today date theil origin. Very little is known about then outside the royal palace. These roya mistresses do not appear at the court Ger emonies, and an told that each has hel little establishment inside of the palace grounds.
 They are part of the consultation O. the royal family, and in the directory O Japan for this year find that the em peror has had by them .line- children though all with the exception of three 0 these have died. Children thus born hav nothing to do with their mothers, ant the young prince was brought up apart asked the court chamberlain about thi department of the palace. He would ga, nothing, and said 1t was not proper fo him to discuss such private matter 0 the emperor's.
 He chatted quite freely, however, abou the crown prince. Prince Haru," sai | he, "is now years old and he was pro claimed heir to the throne about 8 yea ago. He is bright, brave boy, and yer ; fond of military affairs. He dresses i f European clothes and his costume is tha of soldier. The emperor was very muc r pleased the other day by having him giv him military salute when he met hin and Japan expects great things of hin He walks very straight, and, though dig r nifed, is thorough boy. He is fond ( boat racing and goes out every da somewhere. He likes fishing and is b g no means backward in his studies. E attends the nobles' school and he is thel on the same footing as are the others.
 It vexes him very much when tt other boys learn their lessons better tha t he does his, and he works so hard tn; | he stands well up to the head of h
 class. He was sent to this school l order that this rivalry might make hil |, study the harder, and he is acquiring
 thorough education. He is now begil $ ming to study English, and he knows or h or two words of French and Germa. which he gets off when he meets u Il foreign ministers. These are such wort e as bon jour and guten tag, and they al l. always applauded and appreciated l, Frank G. Carpenter.