Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-29
THE MIKApo OF JAPAN.


 car drawn by bullocks consecratcd to his imperial use. When he died, it was believed that he entered at once into the company of the gods.
 The present emperor is somewhat taller than the average Japanese. He does not look nearly so imposing in his European garments, which were adopt cd some years ago, as he would in the old style imperial Japanese robes. His complexion is described by q traveller as being about tho color of coffee with plenty of milk, his eyes are of n bril- liant black, and his eyebrows havo the arch which in Japan is considered in dicativc of aristoCratic breeding. His person is somewhat stopped, and this is believed to have been caused by his re- taining the old time Japanese custom of sitting upon tho floor during his early years. This has now been long aban- doncd. He now not only sits on chairs as Europeans and Americans do, but he also takes his meals at table and eats with knife and fork
 It is the ambition of Mutsuhito to adopt whatever he considers best in the ways of western civilized men and to procure tho adoption by his people and his government of western methods of living and of doing business so far as is desirable and practicable. He shows himself to his subjects at brief inter- vals He sometimes rides horseback on these occasions, and when Inc does so is accompanied by the imperial guards after the manner of the czar of Russia and the emperor of Germany. Some IA. l. .l,..,- l.., riagcS. which were imported from some European country, were the wonder of all Japan when he got them. He gives | a great amount of attention to the af- fairs of government and also to the con- duct of his own personal business mat i ters. These latter are of considerable | magnitude, for he is ill his own right a very rich man and is allowed a salary | of S2, 800, 900 year to maintain the imperial establishment. Tho number of persons included in his household is very large. and it would be interesting if there were space at command. to speak of it in detail. Among the off cials are included nine physicians. The culinary department is considered of great importance, so great indeed that Iwakura. a prince but once removed from the imperial blood, Is grand mas ter of tho kitchen and tho cooks. | Ever since his accession to the throne Mutsuhito has been devoted to the army and navy 1o has been in the habit of reviewing the troops several times each year, and his ordinary costume is the uniform of an officer in tho Japanese army. During his reign the military -s-EE E1, nn exceedingly high grade of efficiency. He is fond of outdoor sports of various sorts. especially bunting, but although he is himself gnod all around sports. man he often prefers to watch the oth- CTS rather than to take part.
 It Is easy to see that the emperor of Japan must ba busy man. He rises early, kas breakfast by himself at or 8 o'clock in the morning, and by q o'clock is ready to receive his ministers in his study Audiences with them last Entil l2, when he takes lunch. After lunch he reads tho Japanese papers oi the dny and translations of articles re. ferring to Japan from American and European periodicals. When he hos fin ished his reading he devotes some time to exercise or recreation. and dinner. sometimes with the empress and some- times alone, follows He has never had time to learn the European languages, much to his regret
 The empress Is about the same age as her husband Until a few years ago she wore the old Japanese costume, but now she dresses in European style. Both are personally very popular, and the emper' or's deolaRtion of war against Chine has caused one of the greatest outbursts of patriotism the land of the chrysan .kemum has ever seen.
 She Got It.
 Tn an unfrcqucntcd corner of the law fete, where he had dcftly led her, he tool occasion to remark:
 Don't you think that people In real Tiff arc often set into local coloring us true t their natures and needs as any novelis could dcviscS What, for instance, coul be more attuned to tho narneless longin of an msthctic soul than tho glamour c theso soft lights, tho distant music, tn sweet consciousness of isolation from tn vulgar throng. Does the moment lac anything to complete Its poetic fidelity ( the idealP'
 Yes" she replied, with a decp sigh.
 ''Name It," he cried eagerly. "Clarct lemonade" said she, with he soul in her eyes. ''Clnrct lemonade, wit one straw '-Brnokivn Life