Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-02-10

Also novel. 10 see women bathing IN
public is novel. Ever, thing IS strsuee,
picturesque aud dainty, and at first
one is charmed. Then follows u re.
action; other features Of Japan fiji
hun with disgust. Th,re +nsnes u
third state # mind which is about
half way hetwr+n the other two. The
fanatics whose brains have BEEN n
pann-d' claim too much tor tits race.
japan is small in everything. Its
scenery is picturesque, hut never AL.
pine or Norwegian. lis men arr
small; its women look like childr. n;
its babies like dolls; their usual We
hicIe is baby carriage. Their houses
are tin. (anh sp"tIess MS regards floors.
etc rs no shoes are wor' }; their b. ds
and seats are on the floor; their meals
contain tie smallest amount OF huur-
i-hment and of diges'ihl- food tina, ]
ever saw; their art is small, minute.
delicate, .xqni.is-, but never grand.
10 say, MS me do, that japan has
given to the world Ms much art a. It,
ally is to rave like lunstic. Com
Jared with Greece, Italy. or even
Northern Europe, Japan holds the
rank Of B-nvenuto Cellini MS COM
pared with Pni.iias, or M+i-sonier to
Raphael, or Raphael, Sheridan I"
Their architecture is
small, aud in snch peri>hshIe material
Ms wooJ-g,lded and lacqu+red-- so
that it cannot be- seriously mentioned
with the grand monuments of sculp.
tured stone which thrill US with their
aud imp'ess'venrss in Co
logne, Milan or Seville! Japan la.
produced lacquer and clo,so"ns! The
Occident has brought forth cath+-
dtal> and the Apollo Belvedcre! !
am YER. glad to have seen Japan, and
l liked it, but | was ready to leave il,
aud | do not care much to ever visit it
again.
"China made upon me a profound
impression, but it was an impression
Of horror. | hate to be il u crowd,
ana in China | felt as il were ~.
atom in q sewer! The awful TACT O.
Ia bette humane was ever present t.
my eye aud ear. l loathed my race
seemed degraded to the level O.
rats. Canton Is n place which | AM
glad to have seen, hut which almo>,
nothing would induce me- to re.
visit. Carter Harrison either re.
solved to say good word for the CHI,
nese, or else he is less sens,tively or
ga"'zed than | am. He does no
paint Canto" as it is.
"rhink Of city of nearly two mil
lions having absolutely no architect,
ursl features save q Roman Ca,hol,,
cathedral and a few pawnshops I,
vary the mono'onv ef little shops arc
sleeping holes! Think Of such cit'
having absolutely M streets save al
'evs from five to eight feet wide, darl
from the adjacent two storied shops
aud from innumerable wooden sigri
hung like political banners every
where AID thick as leaves in Vallam
hrosa' Fill these ALLEYS with hun
dre'ls Of thousands Of yellow skinned
nasty tusked, greasy, half raked. re
pulsive pigtails, reek,ng with smells
No cab could 90 through these all. rs
| was carried in chair ny tire.
coolies. and crowds gave wav sulle,l'
and closed around me, v. ling arc
pushing. and Swapping like shark
around a boat. Nv recollection of tn.
DAYS ani nights | spent Their, going
through the city and seeing IN,
strange AMI hideous boat life Of thu
place, has left on my mind an indeli
BILE impression.
"There is no art in China, in tn
sense Of architecture. sculpture, II
even painting. a horrihle s,rupgl'
for existence, like lot of hogs ut
trough. or maggots in a cheese--thi
is ell. The Chinese are capable hu
,epu'sive, aud If saw hut the ede.
of It. what must the interior b.?
saw with my own eyes men eating ~
raciouslv around q cauldron Of do.
stew, the dogs tails hing tunp NJ
nearby to prove ,h~ir breed! also
visited cat restaurant. and hearc
cats mewing in kind of 'r-fr,g
orator. and saw the man bu,i, g
lot Of kittens from poor woman!
saw a man tortured in u court Of Jus
t'ce--saw prisoners with boards ah"u,
their neck-, saw opium dens, etc I'M
til was sickened nv the y hol~ OF it
~ touched at Saigon. the Frenci
capital Of Cochin China. A" op.r,
there! Why not? The F'ench gov
eminent at Pans suhsc,ih d $25 COT
for a company to 90 out there for thu
season! The poor colonial eNle
must be amused. parhlen! Else the,
would not stay! How deiiciousl,
Frencay that is!
"My voyage all tho way from Chin,
to CeyIon through the dreaded Chi
ma seas was marvelously smooth anc
delightful. never knew before " ha
ocean travel might he. T,phnon