The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
WORLDS FAIR INCIDENTS.
Adventures Of an American Woman
in a Sedan Chair.

lii Il OCudH OHGii,
Some Japanese English to Be Read on
Sign Boards-The Umbrella as an
Instrument for Testing, Ceramics.
odd Occurrences.
When the first scattering rain drops
began to fall in jackson park, says the
Chicago Herald, a middle-aged woman of.
ample proportions found herself in front
of the Mining building without any um-
brella. She wanted to reach the Manu-
building and didn't want to get
her feet wet.
Two Turks came trotting along with a
sedan chair and were hailed by her as
her saviors. A satisfied smile spread
over her face as she squeezed into the
chair. The smile changed to a look of
concern as the Turks picked up their
burden and started eastward. The look
of concern changed to one of dismay
when the Turks reached the arched
bridge over the lagoon and the forward
end of the chair reared up in front of the
woman She nervously grasped the
sides of the chair and looked at
the bent form of the toiling Ottoman,
whose stout legs tottered beneath his
load. Just as the summit of the bridge
was reached the bowling zephyr that
came from nowhere in particular struck
the sedan chair and its carriers began to
execute a diagonal shuttle down the steep
descent. The chair passenger opened
her mouth and let out a scream that
made the Turk in front stumble as he
turned his head to see what was wrong
U0L,,, che cr1pa mod bo1tdaYs OK, f,.;,l,t
ened a flock of sea gulls off the wooded
island, and made a Columbian guard start
on a run from the west entrance of Manu-
features building TO inquire into the
trouble. The woman was hardly to be
blamed for screaming, for it was all the
chair carriers could do to keeptheir feet
in the gale that was blowing When
they reached the building and unloaded
the woman she paid 81 for her ride. and
was so glad to get out of the chair alive
that she refused to take any change
JAPANESE SIGN PAINTING.
The politeness of the Japanese is pro-
verbal. 1t manifCsts itself on all Oc-
Casions and in many different ways.
When a Jap writes or prints a sign he
doesn't forget to be polite about it, You
can see this prominent trait Of the Japa-
nese illustrated in their section of the
exhibit is in state of partial confusion,
but it is so interesting that a crowd of
sightseers is invariably present from
morning until evening. Unlike the Japa-
nese. the average worlds fair visitor
leaves a good share of his politeness out
side Of the gates of jackson park He
wants to see everything, and doesn't hest
tate to lay his hands on anything he
wishes to give a close inspection For
bind IF vic f.,
body else, the Japanese have written
signs. They are to be seen hanging
over costly and curious carvings, rare
vases and other articles. One Of the signs
reads:
Your Hands viii Please Not Touch
the Article
There are other signs more abrupt, but
each one shows studied desire not to
offend and an amusing lack of familiarity
with the art of English sign writing
keep Hand on, q" do Not Touch Your
Hand and please Hands Of, " are some
of the legends inscribed on pieces of board
and scraps of paper hanging in different
parts of the section. One sign in red
paint bars the way to a portion of the sec
ton where the workmen are busy Opcning
boxes. 1t caused many laughs and quiet
smiles yesterday, but it answered its pur-
pose. The sign read as follows
Visitors VIII Please Keep Strictly
Out"
Tochito Sakimya is one of the young
men employed in the installation of the
Japanese exhibit. He is as polite as his
fellows, and speaking English readily, it
falls to his lot to answer d thousand and
one questions daily. Henever grew tired
OF his job until yesterday, when a woman
whose nose looked like an interrogation
point found herself in front Of a cloisonne
vase worth about SO 900.
TESTING POTTERY WITH AN UMBRELLA
She wanted to know how it was made
ana IOchltO Sakimya volunteered the in
formation He explained the process of
working out the design and the way in
which the enamel was applied to the
copper The woman waited until he was
through, and then pointed out pair of
porcelain vases taller than TOchitO Sa-
klmya. She wanted to know how they
We're made, where they were made, what
they were made of, who made them, how
long 1t took to make them. how much
they We're to be sold for and several other
thlngs about the vases. The young gen
llelnan from Japan gravclY answered her
questions to the best of his ability He
even chatted with his brethren in his
native language that he might answer all
the questions
NHdJ are you gong 10 dog IOchltO
suddenly asked, stepping between the
woman and the vases as she raised her
umbrella preparatory to making a thrust
from the shoulder.
Il wanted to see if the vase was hol-
low, she replied coldly turning away
without thank you" The vase is
worth $1,000 and as fragile as an egg
hanging on the west wall of the main
gallery IN the womans building is paint
ing entitled "Eurydicc Sinking Back Into
Hades' The wife of Orpheus is repre-
scented as taking her last look at the
Jhlngs Of earth as she slips down into
9ark hole in the ground and Orpheus
Is seen above her with very
Much grieved coUntenan0e Fury
ulce IS not pictured in possession Of
d 1uI wardrobe, for in the days when
OIpheus twanged his Tyre the gods wore
what they pleased. An elderly couple
stopped to look at this picture yesterday.
Iney We're prosperous country folk, and
PROBABLY sat in front pew at church last
sunday morning and evening He was
oSJ IN contemplation Of the nude figure
ol Eurydice, without caring to know
w Mhat the painting represented. She was
~ at ease until she read the title Of the
picture. Then she stepped back for