New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17
AN AMUSING BOOK.
THE JOURNEY OF TWO WOMEN.

Jeanette Duncan. l2mo' PIP AZ ~ NPp'''''
Co.
II T. many a long day since 70 the reviewer las
anneared a book of travels satisfactory as Jus III
il as fresh and CHEEKY and sparkling as book may DC
There IS hardly dull line In ii from cover u cover
and its pictures Of life In strange countries are 10. V
less vivid that they drawn with iemihlhc ls''
ness Of touch The record l. as unconventional aS
the tourney II deScrlbes-a Journey plahhcn py t"o
Young womcn-a Canadian and an English eifi-""'
taken I'm perfect safety and great happiness.
Miss Duncan does not undertake TO be "inotrnctvc
"A tendency which spols most round-theword enron
iclcs-but she graphically sets forth so many "eas
which the masculine traveller doesn't Sec oocS'i
think "worth while" or doesn't remember tiiat sIc
conveys 10 the reader unusually clear IDEAS OF inc
peopIc and customs she has observed. III thS par
ticnlar the woud-be instructive" book cannot APP
nroach hers. Her pages glitter with fun, and now
and then reveal the setter CLEAN OF poetry or patho
in short the little book IS quite modci 81 us KIM.
The lovestory which we get a glimpse. mere ana
there has not. perhaps. an altogether trui a'pec.
but even ii more palpably manufactured we couiu
forgive 1t for the sake OF the amusing ie'n"c Trans
II serves to Illustrate.
MIss Duncan resembles most other gloDe-trOt'cr'
in her delighted appreciation OF japan. Here she
and her young companion enjoyed themselves eN
ccedingy. keeping house In the Japanese iaShon' VII"
native servants, and exchanging various entertain
Ing clvtcs with native families. They went TO
JaDaucSc garden party, anu IDUlu IL '""i'''i '''"
bnation of Oriental and civilized" fashions "Our
young hosts began to present their friends. chiefly
their male friends. evidently under the Impression
that we could not consider the young ladies' lar
enough advanced to be Interesting. They mentioned
the pretty creatures IN tone Of apology winch VIC
felt much disposed 10 resent These Japanese
ladies make their hairs In curious fashion, ISN'T ~
volunteered Mr. Ichitaro lOn wish laugh, en- !
We did not wish laugh in the very least at our
Ill e., tleir worry ~ pf
attire and the sweet Inconsistencies with which they
wore t. or even at the great shiny puns. that made
black halOs round their modest little heads; hut we
did wish laugh prodisicusly at some oi the
specimens OF progress who submitted Their taOTs
and their vocahulaIics to that afternoon. Among
numbers Of them the European costume did not seem
TO be ayprehcnded a. an exact science. We were
sorcy tried by certain hybrid costumes which were
introduced to rs with profound gravity. ON one occa
sion while Orthodocla doing her best to converse
with Young gentleman I'm tennis shoes, silk hat and
dressing Jacket and talked Ia another In tails ana
a Tam O'SLantcr one of the young Takayanagis bore
down upon us with ,t another In irrcprOachabc
evening dress, lavender kd> patent leather shoes
white tie and ALL and garnishcd a. - his neck with
large fluffy, comfortable Manchester bath towel, best
quality suppose the gentleman had cold The
travellers, first experience 81 the inroat, Of progress
IN the country Of the hryeanthcmum wa an interview
with "ccntcmauly rcpotcr"-a young JAPANESE
attached 10 Toxic Newspaper. lie was SENDER
roundiaccd youth. dressed except t. hi- American
boots ana Derby nat In the native fashion
How do You dol- said. seeing that tho silence
must Ice bnh,n and the pTcllHinaiies gone through
"NcS,T he re, pended with al AVAILABILITY that induced
OrtholOcla 10 ct up huiucdly. ana look Ont OF tho
window. Did the rdics arrive to The Duke Of West
mln>,crl~ looains from one to the other oi u.
med atcly looked "a, Of the Window again. / edged
NY char toward no" other winipN. lh'u the clover.
foot APP AID IL snap II not uo H. lie odic d
Che simir T., complete When add That he took 1t from
li.W old /, l.,dy !- calmly Deliberately
~ forget MisiGci ihs historian; "iorty-hve. l
The reporter Put 1t down.
"Uthc' rady. your i,icad-not old oder
Il an, twenty years Of age said Orthodoca,
eraycly. with rrpUacliul glance az me, and l
Wcisn ten stone. freight hvc feet cltW hchc'. III
,hOcs. an "a tn habit OF "carAS h'c'' III sio'cs'
slX aud a haE7
Rad.., viii study Japanc-c pom tcs-plcasc say
Il beg pl,don
Yes rIll, another pa;c. -, J..
Orth0ioca. sulVcly Arc they produced here To-
49, We have here many porptic,-rtarr, con'erva
"Oh.T More recourse to the window.
"Orthodocla,- / said severely. "you mas not be
aware Of H. bat your conduct /, throwing di''rcdii
upon person hitherto fairly entitled t. the World
good opinion which is mc. Continue 10 be absorbing !
Interested In that brick wall and allo~ me = tilA to
~ Ne have come said distinctly othoiooia bar
testimony 10 the fact that sail 10 dtnctly"to scc
Iapan A. far Il, Japan VIII permit. Her politics ,ys
ten Of cducaiion customs and at, VIII b. Oi-"hcAi-
Interest 10 us. We cannot uutliulb lay that wc cN
poet To penetrate deeply into the national llic
Than other traveller, have done. In rcprc'.lu; tins
expectation We claim 10 lee original. We COME that
our Impressions viii naturally bc superficial, but wc
hope 10 represent The cru, charmingly that nobody
viii ask Tor any Of the INFERIOR; the-wen 81 the
Notwithstanding the wcll-lnown r,ticcncc OF the
Jatnes,7 / continued I'VE hope to meet some 81
dome-ticlty than We can scc through the wEdp"7.'
"Nou Will acquire rarguagc OF Japan T.
% ot al Of Il. / think. IL seems ltil' difficult
lut nusical-much more musical than our uay EnS
llsh.- lntcrpoecd OrthodOcia.
Yes. viii sou the stoiy OF your journey please
certainly; We came from Monrc;I to yancouye,
nine hundred miles by TINS route. across The North
west and through the Rocky Mountains
Here OrthOdocia dWclt upOI The r'marhahlc snow
shed. for protection against aval'n,hc.. She went
on with vague confidence a. speak Gi IN Opening up
Of trade between Canada and Japan by the neV rail
about the intcr"t ia Japapcsr art that existed Ia
Montreal and III atvl>aili'y Of IA, Iaptn'," c't2r
l'n!ng hrms Of their OWN there. while the reporter
BATTERED oioqrcncc ~ taking down mote enough ~
iii qaaro volume. We had nc.cr hce!, int r'cwed
c,rmiucd 10 make the occasion N lu-lrlOnS one.
The little reporter bowed himself out highly de
lighted: and returned next mpTn'nc with rs news
paper damp from the pres T. translate his article 10
The radcs." have before me-, says the chr1niclcr
"A pcnclled document IN the handwriting Of thr~
pcrsOns The document contains the Interview a. II
was get down in the language of the translator "h'
,at With an expression of unru'cd rcpUsc. and spah'
aloud from the 'shimbun' ipdpcr which Ec hclC
in hii hand sometimes OrtlrudOcia took 10 down
sometimes he took It down himself. sometimes tool
IT down while Orthodocia lcn the room. The rcasoI
| for this will perhaps be self evident
| Yesterday ran,latcd the reporter socmuly--
must copy tAc document which doc npt give hi IA
Gcscrbabc pronunciation" 10y Canada steamer f1iic
| arrived The correspondent. who j. me, went {,
Grand Hotel. which the radio i. Radcs i Of Cana
| da aud In the time before 81 Engrd!ld. They have
| q bcautifcl Countcnancc.'
| Here the reporter bowed and OrthodOcla left tn
room for the hr,t time. / think she said she mn,
20 and get her pencil ,harpcncd. she left IT Wit!
! mo- however, and took up the thread OF the inter
| View.
"ObJcct Of radlcs rocomOlon. 10 make bcaut