The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-08
THE PASSING THROSG.

panx ~ tire R4sHser. He il "a architect ~ pro-
fssssos. tut after many years vogS has prs<fi-
cslay sssi:=s from tia. field Of labor aud ass
taksc up tie more conxsnizl orezpAsoa oi
travelling. ~ cana OVER tnss tiE1e 10 80 sae
aoTs3s fair. where syens ssseEas ceArniiai
we~<~ have nos JUST resusSe1 frosa AIaska
aai shall sail on tae i7En Tor Jspas. retaining
aosse via India This 10 no: sne nrss TINE
have heea in sais country. although il 10 to this
part Of IL Ga former visit stared o.ef hess
sasSz. O year. taxing ia nearly a. paTss o. tss
country except this section and Canada " hlse
here made extensive noses aoou. what Ssv
asd heard asd ;ock great Haany skefehes, ana
on my return bone Published book On Eay
observations which found . good ssle- ny
brother is the publisher o! . scientific journal
and also contribute . number Of articles to IL
The French . very stag -as-hone peopie sHd
do not ssxyei much abroad; u least, not great
many come 10 THE country. As . resal:. they
Ike TO read the i'm pfessions and experiences Of
thoss who do travel. Ia former times they rere
onige rev countries than they are today. Aad
the descendants OF these early co.oaisss form
large part o. the population OF Canada ana
louisiana A. the world fair VS. very much
pleased. although the exhibits were not ali IN
place a. the time was there A. 70 the aseoi-
lecture OF the fair, IL 10 both subject 20 aad
sbrove criticism ifyou look too closely u an
object there and ahu. your eyes 70 al the sur.
rouudingx. there 10 much % be seen which VIII
not bear inspection. OF course one reason for
this 10 the temporary nature OF the creations
there. They are made to last only . lev
months and conse9 uentsy no: 90 much care and
tacroughness Of execution are 70 Be expected -
IN structures intended TO be permanent but
when you take IN the whole fair as . broad visw
efxr,A = =
thing IN particular, tbs architecture II superb,
the who-e work something magnificent and
without parallel. While you undoubtedly have
hDe architects in this country. tie architecture
IN this country caauos compare with that oil
Europe Being . new country, however, IL 10 not
expected TO do So still in the oder and
Weather parts OF the country one rather looks
Tor more tine structures than there are. TIE
u;iiisarian idea seems 70 have predomina;ed
largely TO the exclusion Of the beautiful Ihsre
Is one sainx, however, will say, tina. you build
some handsome cottages here OF wood In that
Geld you have done good work. Now In Europe
We cannot build many wooden bulldogs The
houses there are placed so close together that
there would Be great danger from fire. Couse-
auent'y 10 the material TO Work with we are re-
strieied TO stone, bricks and iron. On the
whole, like this country very much. and
when / return home l shall publish
another BOOK about what / have seen.
/ was up ~ sncqualmie Tails yesterday and
while there waited . logging camp which to
ne Was very interesting. We have forests in
France. but nothing that can compare with
such - you have here, and shall certainly de-
vote = chapter TO what saw in your forests-
have . great many American friends whom l
met In Paris. Many Of them first met while
attending the school OF Fine Arts. OF which
many OF your American architects have been
pupilA"
Among the tourists who registered yesterday
at TIE Rainier was Z. Masujina, OF Toxic. Japan.
He has been spending several months at the
Worlds fair and 10 on his way home. He
brought lettsrs to several prominent citizens
and will call upon them before no leaves. He il
= man OF consequence. wealthy. learned, enter
prising aud thoroughly informed on current
mat;efD in all civilized couutrieA Reared and
educdted in England. he was admitted TO the
bar In that country ami il now \ barrister-at-
law and . prominent man OF a6airs in his native
country. He speaks English ia good style and
withou. foreign accent Owing to his foreign
training and experience he has large clientele
among tn. foreigners in Japan and has been
prominently Identified with the extension of
various foreign enterprises in that country.
While here he will investigate the commercial
facilities Of the Puget sound cities with refer
ence to trans-Paciic trade. Whether his mis-
sion has anything to do with the establishment
OF line OF steamers between fok ohama
and Seattle in connection with the Great
Northern road he declined to stats. bat his in
quiries were Of such . nature a. TO lead one to
believe that he had sucL an IDEA in mind when
making them. As his steamer will not sail un-
iii the 18th he will remain here several days.
Speaking OF his country, he said: Justice 10
administered In our country very much ~ 1t is
ia all civilized countries. The Law is com posed
first OF statutes Interpreted in the light OF su-
pseme court decisions: second. OF custom and
usage which 10 similar TO your common law:
third. OF equity and judicial decisions. Oar
people are very much given TO litigation and
there are too many lawyers in Japan. We
RAPIDLY adopting foreign ideas In nearly all
walks of life. our commerce with all foreign
countries has grown immensely during recent
years, and our eonalry 10 very pros
porous Our trade with China Is
very large. and We export TO that
country far more than We import. Hence the
balance of trade between the countries is largely
in our favor. We number about 100000 in
hahitants, and our country is very dsnsely peo-
pied The japanese have not been n coionizag
people. but rs the population incresse< and an
tercoarse with foreigners makes them mere en-
,erpris,ug. IL is not unlikely that the influence
of our race will grow in ali the countries ada
cen, 10 the Pacific ocean"
Miss Margaret Fesrn.ide. of Vancouver.
y.
leave today a. a. 10. for Chicago. where they
have teen appointed as representatives OF the
state OF Washington in the womaa's depart
mea' of the Worlds Columbian exposition
Mr.. and Mrs.. J. N. shields. Miss Calhoun and
Miss Bgowmlov, oil La Conner. reg issered yesier-
day a, the Arlington. Iaey are on their way to
The " Worlds fair and will iesye Tor On cago to-
day. Mr.. Shields is county superintendent o:
p3tiic schools
Frank ". Pet;ygrove, formerly Of Port Towns
end. Who has been =. Ssls Lake for the ias,
three years, has returned here to Locate Mr.
fe;sygrove joined her husband here and they are
stopping a; tas Arlington.
NJ. and Mrs Charles r. Shepard returned
!rem their yf.it 10 Chicago ami Wisconsin
points on Thursday. Mr.. shepard saws ihs
Washington exaib IL highly cred:;able.
Miss pcrroa, Mrs. Morgan. E Morgan, Miss
May Morgan and David Morgan are party az
visitors from Astoria Who registered a, The
Rainier yesterday.
Among the tourists stopping q: the Rqsaier
srs uersrius T. uertek. Of New YORK: Nathan
H. " ODD. of Pauadelph4a. and J. q. Mays. OF