New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16


buras properly solemnized.
The eagerness L: DC up and doing Is espe-
cialy noticeable among the young priests OF the
Jodo order The alumni Of their college in Toxic
are about to get out in a body to act. not only
as spiritual CONSIDERS. but in any required capac-
ity. their expenses being betrayed by the in
stitution to which they belong. The hremen OF
the capital. all poor men. have made up among
themselves purse OF 30C yen, which goes 70
the general war account The wrestlers. those
athletes Of giant thews and sinews. whose feats
are twice year the delight and wonder OF the
capital, have offered to go forth as common
laborers, or bearers Of burdens demanding ex-
traordinary physical power for their transporta-
ton They are Of low rank. as are indeed all
purveyors OF public amusements, yet their cordial
desire to render such assistance they can best
SUNNY has won them the esteem OF those who
have habtually looked down upon them from
lofty height How the youth Of the country
participates in the universal feeling is indicated
by the students in various provinces. The chill
dren of a tiny school in a mountain hamlet OF
Yamaguchi have gathered in their pocket-money
a little less than two yen. and forwarded IL 10
the nearest military office The boys Oh most
OF the primary schools are spending their sum
mer vacation in the work OF manufacturing
straw sandals-always used by japanese soldiers
when marching. The Middle School pupils are
everywhere forming volunteer corps, and send
ing petitions that. II the occasion should ever
arise, they may be among the earliest 10 sup
pement the forces now engaged. The move
ments OF volunteers OF all ages have assumed
magnitude which somewhat embarrasses the
authorities who have great difficulty In per-
suading the numerous applicants that the regu-
lar army Is sufficient for all emergencies. One
regiment. 1000 strong was fitted out a fort
night ago in a Southern city, every expense
being borne by the local Inhabitants; and when
It's promoters were notified that 1t could not
be enrolled they were consoled only by the
promise that II volunteer troops should ever be
needed their organization should be given the
first opportunity.
In spite Of the dscouraging admonitions OF
the Government the diilling Of private bodies
goes on without cessation. Several thousand pro-
fessional hunters the North. accustomed TO
track the boar and follow the bear to its den,
have banded together in the expectation that
they may be useful In mountain operations, or
in regions inaccessible to masses OF infantry. In
the metropolis the leading actors. Including the
gifted and over-caressel Darjuro. are giving per-
formances. one-haf of the proceeds OF when go
to the war fund and one-half to the provision OF
dcllcacles and uxuries for sick or wounded SOL
diers. Equally Jealous are the Samisen players
and other musicians. many Of the most dlst'n-
gushed Of whom have started upon concert tours
with the determination to collect substantial
addition 10 the national resources. The geishas
or dancing women. are no. behindhand. oneTines
ranging from ten To fifty yen are received from
their various district headquarters In TOXIC 10
be repeated as frequently as their earnings VIII
permit. More remarkable. perhaps than any or
the other combinations IL that OF the class which
society nowhere recognizes. and which In most
countries is credited with none but the most de-
graded propensites The women or the foshi-
wara have sgniied. In terms of humble plead
ing their longing not to be excluded from 'he
list OF those who contribute TO comfort OF their
countrymen I'm arms. The sums they offer are
munincent. considering the hard conditions under
which their lives are passed. II seems incredible
that any one with spark OF humanity can feau
their piteous appeal without emotion; yet 1t mas
been made the subject OF ribad bufoonery by
more than one representative OF foreign en!ignt-
eminent in the far Fast Touching also In It's
simple and superstitiOus way Is the proposal OF a
number Of abjectly poor women In the neighbor-
hood Of Kioto and Nara. Having nothing else 20
give they have - II of and sent their halr III 'ne
hope that IL may be twisted into ropes, 10 De
used on occasions when great strength Is ue-
manded II is "A common belief among the io"e'
and urcducated orders that such ropes nave
pecuuar virtues and will rever yield. when
the huge beams OF the Hongwan temple In kioto
were lifted 10 their place in the roof. only cords
Of this description were employed, the hair oe'''s
SMILED by myriads OF Buddhist votaries
n | should repeat the examples Of self-sacri-
fee with which the native newspapers are hHeu
all Of them being attested by the Government
offices which keep the records snoulu man.
lnordnate claims upon The Trbune's space L
venture only 10 present two illustrations, not d-
ferng In significance from hundreds OF others s,
but chosen CHARACTERISTIC OF the spnit
which animates what would ordinarily De
called the lower stratum OF the populace.
In Kioto servant girl seventeen years
old hearing her employers DISCUSSING the
situation. and understanding that contributors
~ MI nractIcal kinds were offered by high and
low asked leave OF absence for hair a DAY, SOFA
all her clothes except single coarse SUIT ana Vi
the money thus obtained laid out part III puy-
I'M, four bags OF buckwheat when she Carrieu ~
the military agency. depositing the balance-oHe
ven and a haf-for the war FUND In OSAKA d
mechanic about fifty years of age entered ,ne
nollce station Of the ward In which ne dWeIIs'
and asking the attention Of the officers Tor d
few minutes drew from his waist-belt bag
which proved TO contain three yer IN copper
pi.cas mostly of one rin (the ttousaAdth part Oh
= voni HIS appearance indicat ted extreme pow
erty. for his clothes were Ike patchwork: thousn
quite clean and In decent order Being ASKED now
he happened To have sue sum maue Up 81 ,, w
smallest coins current. he said that at the utie
~ the Formosa expedition, twenty years ago ne
conceived the idea that II was his duty 10 lay ny
v hat he could each year In order 10 accuhuia'c
a sum m 10 be offered 10 his Emperor IN the
ovan, ~ another war. He therefore DroVlueu
himself with the bag he now showed ana mas
ever since set apart his mite each month"; SOME
tines adding a few rim. sometimes sparlhs Il
san or two from his wages. The day before his
,,si, no counted his treasure. and found that II
amounted to two yen and ninety-siX sen; where-
ron he called his children into consultation. ana
IL was agreed that they would go without
s,,nsr using the price OF that meal 10 make up
ne total Of three ycn which he reverently
begged might not be rejected In scorn by MS
beloved sovereign. And TINS WAS no. az. I",i,ns
80, ,rd ,bree little girls who had followed him,
~ the respective ages of thirteen. eleven ana
eight he bade the eldest tell her tale OF renui-
o'etion. 1t was very short but full ct meaning
Thee the mechanics daughters. were accus-
toned each year IN summer time to receive new
dr. sees The mon " to pay for them was reiuy'
but on learning their fathers intention. tncy 50
earnestly declared their willingness to go without
The change Of clothes II they might therep?
win the privilege Of joining their contribution 10
lis that he had brought them to share the nap
niness Of doing homage 10 the Imperial master.
7, 10 nleasant to remark that sense or reclp-
un,i ANY IL nor lacking on the part of the high