Telegram-herald., 1891-08-04

INDIA. China and Japan has ocen prc1<
able 70 high degree.
Japan Is most lovely country. Ny
trip Of reeitals through China has been.
am glad u say. exceedingly success
fsA We left Bombay on April "A. ON
the p and o. steamer Rasenna. bound
for Hong Kong, Shanghai aud YokohAr
ma Our friends came down 70 the
Victoria dock 10 see Us OF, many OF
them with Old Glory@ il their hands and
on their carriages. and | believe the
Stars and Stripes never bad quite such
an eBthusiastic ovation here as Ia the
crowd On the pier that morning ! ouly
gave six plays in Bombay. ''Tosca,"
s.Froa Frou. Camille" David Car
rick" ''she Stops To Conquer" aud
The Lady Of LYONS. supplementing
these with reeitals from "Hamle."
Romeo ard Juliet" Richard III" and
'.Mac6eth"
IL is these last that have been using
on my recital tour through China. The
season In bombay was as successful
peeuniarily a. IL seemed 10 be other
wire.
On Saturday, May IS. we opened 1T
the Thester Royal in Hong Kong.
China and Japan are scarcely largo
enough for a company, but for a recital
field They are in very close touch
with the United States
India, OF course. is more English.
Toxic. the capital of Japan, Is . very
large city, but of course does not seem
much after the big Indian cities.
Japan seems ~ me like toy coun-
try. the houses and people are all so
small. Oh, the lovely silks. and tho
lovely curiosl they pass all wardsi
] do not know whether IL Is generally
appreciated in New York or not. but it
Is great deal cheaper to buy japanese
goods there. strange as IL may seem.
than IL is here In Japan, for some rea-
son or other Japan and China are very
expensive countries either 10 shop or to
live in Perhaps the foreigners. Eng
lish and Americans especially. have
made this so. But dollar here goes
about as far as q rupee in India or q
shilling in London.
We have been In Yokohama four or
five days, and are delighted with its
surroundings. At the Japanese navy
yard, which Is about two hours sail
away, met an old friend, an American.
named Harold Dulaney, southerner,
who Is leading the most curious kind of
life here. He and l were at one time,
when I was very young, excellent
friends, and cannot tell you what o
shock il gave me 70 have him suddenly
come before me after so many years
absence. in Japanese garb, with his
head shaved, barcfooted, leading the
life of hermit In rocky cave in the
hills Just outside of the Buddhist tenn
pie near the navy yard.
He sent me his card-fancy . bare
footed hermit having cards. but I
learned afterwards that In his cave he
had . great many Of his American
traps-and said he knew me at glance.
II was a long. long time, however, be-
fore could reconcile myself to looking
upon the face Of my old friend amid
such painful surroundings in q strange
land. From whst 1 gather, he has .
religious monomanis, and expects to
become Buddhist priest.
This Is decidadly foreign city, that
is, foreign to Japan, there are SO many
Americans, English and Germans in
business hero. Yeddo is only half an
hour away By rail. There Is . splendid
hotel here; by the way. several of them,
indeed. 8. L. Wolfe. formerly Of San
Francisco, and who st one time, be-
leve, thought of establishing thcatcr
here, has a charming caravansary,
which faces on the water. The growth
OF the city is astounding, considering
that thirty five years ago it was only a
fishing village.
I judge from what you write me that
O great many curious things have been
published about me from time to time in
the two years which have elapsed since
left New York l rejoice that the time
Is so near at hand when I shall have an
opportunity Of correcting those that
need correcting and Of setting myself
right in the eyes If the public which has,
here and everywhere. been so generous
to me. Ny plans for next season are not
yet settled. but | expect that they will
be by the 18th of August.
Yours with friendship ever.