The morning call., 1891-01-11
UPSIDE DOWN.
The Difference Between Our Customs and
Those of Japan.

The Difference Between Our Customs and
Those of Japan.
1t is not necessary to put absolute faith in
the legend that when the walters of Dai
Nippon first made the acquaintance of bot
ties aud corkscrews they were wont TO twist
the bottle on the eorkscrew instead of screw
ing the corkscrew into the cork. Neverthe-
less. you may see to this day, at almost any
out-of-the-way country inn, tendency in
that direction which seems to lend some
truth to the story. The little handmade who
puzzles over the problem of uncorking your
claret or whisky has an evident leaning, I'M
til corrected, to solve it with the bottle
When your cook bakes a cake in an ordinary
cake-tin 1t IS as certain that, if left TO him
SELF, he Will serve 1t bottom upward and
bottom suGared withaI. as it is that the but
Ter will open your tins of jam or pate at the
bottom instead Of at the top. japanese
books begin at what we call the end The
lines are vertical instead of horizontal, the
OF the page, and are read down.
ward from the top. The place for
"foot-notes is at the top Of tie
page, and that for the readers marker at
the bottom. Letter-writng, like book
printing, advances by vertical lines from
night 10 left, and is always on one side OF
The strip OF paper, which is unwound from
a roll as the writer proceeds and cut off
where he finishes. To fold the letter il is
doubled over and over from one end of the
STRIP to the other. The postage stamp is
affixed on the closed seal-fap Of the enyel
ope, instead of On its face. As for the mode
OF address, 1T IS the exact reverse of ours
mus, England, London, Printing House
Square, The Times Office, the Editor"
would be the Japanese way of directing
this letter People in Japan are called by
the family name first, the individual or
what we call Christian name next, and then
the honorific. Mr.. Peter Smith - is in
this country "Smith Peter Mr." The car
penter planes and saws toward instead of
from hlm-the wrong way as we should say
yet MS leafs Of planning are extraordinary.
japanese screws are left-handed. and ia
panese locks work " the wrong way"
When travelling you fee the hotel servants
ure. Arrows are launched from the left side
OF the bow. Babies are carried on the back
instead OF in The arms. Candles are blown
out with the hand or a fan, instead of by
the breath. The b0ok-keeper enters his
money figures first his items below them
In place OF the hot food and cold drinks in
Wnlch we indulge at our dinners and lunch
cons the Japanese lean to cold food and
not drinks. Sweets make their appearance
early IN the repaSt Your host takes the
lowest place. CrestS are worn on the cloth
Ing, instead Of being craven or painted on
the household goods Horses are mounted
from Inc right side, where also are all the
harness faSteningS. The name is trained
over the left side. In the stable the horse
looks outward from his stall, and is fed from
bucket instead OF a maDEer. In house
building the roof is the first part RECONSTRUCTED.
on y to be taken to pieces again until the
suostiucture Is ready for it; and the best
room, as well as the garden, are commonly
at the back instead of at the front-Tokio
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