The morning call., 1894-08-20
Oracle is BACK.
She Saw All the Sights
in Japan.
THE JOHNNIES ARE HAPPY.
Miss Plaisted to Reappear on the
Local Boards.
WHAT SHE KNOWS OF THE WAR.
An Opera Favorite Has Discovered the
First Thing to Learn in a jap
anese Vocabulary.

always are. and they have the right TO
smile and feel good. There is no reason
to ask why. That is apparent. Oracle
Plaisted has returned.
Oracle, the VivaciouS; Oracle of the
fetching smile and the engaging little kick.
The favorite of the stalls; the adored of
the galleries Oracle, who doesn't weigh
more than 100000 pounds, except when
promptly sitting on one of the remarkably
fresh; Oracle of the light opera.
She has done Japan, visited the temples,
considered the cherries thatswere about TO
blossom and risked her tympanums in a
deserving endeavor to WreStle with the
alleged beauties of Shintu music. She las
escaped all the horrible consequences and
is once more in San Francisco, shortly 10
bewilder the JOhnnies with the exuber-
ance OF her art, the sorcery OF her smile
and the added vivacity Of abundant health.
And yesterday. brown as berry, in the
most bewilderingly siIken of japanese
CONNECTIONS IN the way Of gowns, she told
all about Ii. In just two months to day
from the time she left the dock at San
Francisco until she took the steamer at
the Yokohama bund she has crowded
enough pleasurable experience TO fill a
dandy" volume. At least the JOhnnies
would call it a dandy" anyhow. She has
exploited everything in the Japanese the
atrical line; has considered the present
tempest In two teapots from the operate
standpoint. and has returned to dear old
San Francisco delighted with her trip, but
more so To get back.
She has made two discoveries that no
one has previously voiced. The Japs, imi-
ta,ive as they undoubtedly are, do not
phrase their music and they cannot prop
ery retouch photographs. Incidentally
she has IN her possession the pleasant lit
tie score from which Sir Arthur Sullivan
80 cleverly appropriated that fetching
chorus in The MikadO." beginning "Miya
Sama."
But she isn't little bit proud at all this
success. She is just the same cheerful,
delightful good fellow she was when she
left. And. my. what a reception she got
at the opera Saturday night! After that
those who talk about selfish jealousies
among theatrical folk had better go hang
their heads.
why, bless me-" said the vivacious
prndigal, they nearly Rugged NE TO death.
and practically kissed me until l was
black and blue. Joe HolZ and Mrs. Kre-
ling were the only ones who knew | was
in town, aud they never told a soul; so
good OF them, wasn't it? And when l
went down behind the scenes-my. you
should have seen 1t. Reception? Well,
1t felt that way, anyhow"
And Mrs. KEELING did another thing for
Gracie-it sounded SO cheerful to say
| Grace. Not single soul was allowed
during her absence 10 occupy her DRESSING
room, and when sac came back she found
IL refurnished in the most pleasing man
neT. Who will say now that operate
families are not lovable.
But the Johnnies are getting impatient
to hear about the Trip Of their divinity,
whom they necessarily, worse luck, must
worship from afar. They want to know,
you know. Well, here goes.
When she took the launch that bore her
from the ship to the Grand Hotel in Yoko-
hama, in the land of opera Douffe, it was
hot-hotter than Tobasco. That would
never do, thought she. and she mmedi-
hotel proprietor OF course it would never
do, he echoed. The European residents,
he informed her. without extra charge
which is not the failing of Europeans in
Japan, were wont, In the summer, to get
up 10 Nikko and some other place which
Miss Plaisted was unable to recall, orthO-
graphically, without the aid of diction-
airy. She decided to go.
II went to An Shing," she said, "a Chi
nese tallor-and, say, he's one of these
people you can give pattern to In the
morning and get your dress at o'clock in
the afternoon. had him make me a
couple of thin dresses. some silk waists
and things. Then / secured my amah and
started.
"ArnahP Oh, yes. That's Japanese
for maid. / was very lucky in mine.
She was that happy combination of guide,
courier ana maid, talking English, that
one is particularly fortunate in finding.
She was 40 and no beauty, but she was
enthusiastic on japan. 1t was from her
first heard that war was on between
Japan and China. We were at Nikko one
morning, all ready 10 start out sight
seeing, when she rushed breathlessly In.
"'What is the matter, Nui?' l asked
Nui har s0h Che aaid talI h.
japanese people very much troubled |
asked her what about and she replied.
War War! Everybody go fight China
man!
II asked her If she was afraid of the
Chinese and she said: No, not afraid of
the Chinese. Japanese man very strong;
he never give up. Chinaman he get
scared-he start In fighting all right but
get scared and run away. Japanese man
Kill him straight
That seemed to be the general feeling
OF the rest OF the Japanese l saw. They
could be seen earnestly discussing some
burning question on the streets every time
was out, and l suppose it was the war.
Ihey all agreed IL would be an easy thing
to wipe China off the map.
wv bile the Japanese ara very confident
that they can whip China; while they are
clean. well Led and courteous, 1 must con-
Tess that found them dreadfulIy slow
slower than the millennium. What do Won
think was the first thing learned in Japan
eSe? You never could guess, could Won
Well, 1t was the equivalent for our Hurry
up! y
'Hiaeko.' Nui told me. was the word
and the way rolled it around nv tongne
ana shot 1t AT the easy-goIng Japs on ali
occasions was what have heard called a
terror TO snakes. 1t took them Somewhat
after the fashion of the crack of whin
That isn't really all my Japanese yocabn-
larry, you know, but it certainly is one of
the most effective things in it,"
| Nikko, where Miss Paisted nut in five
weeks of her stay, is the city of tempIes
ana about seven hours ride in the stufiest
kind of little English compartment cars
| from Yokohama. There her health re-
turned in great heart-bounds and the rays
OF the rising sun brought the piouant
brown tinge to the pallid cheek. She Wis
| tied each and every OF the temples
shopped in most of the bazaars, saw whole
legions os clever little Ali Rights in the
theaters and endured the discordant hor-
rors Of Shintu music for the sake of art,
She visited a silk works and was highly
diverted In the pleasure tbs Japs took IN
answering her questions-as if any Jap
could resist the unconscious witcheries of
Oracle. Then she had her photograph
taken on the piazza of her hotel, where
she had given herself over 60 the delights
of the native costume. Sue looked in that
picture just as sweet as ever. How art
| fully is poised the fan. How carelessly is
| the samlsan-a banjo -looking affair at her
| feet-thrown to one side. No, she does