The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-12
SHE LOOKED LIKE A JAP.
As She Tripped Arosnd Now York and
Sew What She Looked For.

As She Tripped Arosnd Now York and
Sow What She Looked For.
New York Sun.
A petite young damssl, with face Of
the most marked Japanese type. who
often tripped along Broadway and 9TH
er streets within the past fortnight, has
left the city for foreign parts. No one
who saw her here had any doubt that
she was Jap; for all Of her features,
the eyes, nose. mouth, and forehead, re.
sembled those OF the Toxic damsels
whose features are familiar through
the pictures that have been seen by
everybody. Her costume was unique.
and she carried over her left arm q
light shawl of gay colOrs. neatly folded
Upon her arrival here she took up her
quarters at a Broadway hotel, but she
went out every morning after breakfast
on her perambulations. She walked
rapidly with mincing steps. and was
seen not only upon Broadway. but on
the Bowery, along the docks, about the
parks. in the ghetto. and other places
everywhere. She would gaze curiously
at a tall edifice, or hotel. or a grand
domicile. would walk through big de-
partment store. would visit the ship
ping, would stop when she saw gang
OF men at work, and seemed to take In
all the spectacles Of interest In the city.
She was seen In the Catholic cathedral,
in two Presbyterian churches and In a
Jewish synagogue. She was always
alone. but would put a question to any
stranger. man or woman, whom she
, chanced to meet. She rode In the troll
leys, the elevated trains. and the horse
cars. She looked at people frankly, in
an inquiring way; she scanned the
dresses Of the New York women. She
visited theaters. museums, libraries.
and Coney Island. At the hotel she or
dered piquant dishes for dinner, and on
Sunday last she drank something from
small bottle which she had brought
to the dining table. When the guests
at the hotel asked any waiter who she
was they were told that she was Jap.
A lady who ventured to address her one
morning at breakfast could learn moth
ing about her, excepting that she spoke
English readily, but with curious ac-
cent.
A reporter who had happened to know
of her arrival here fortnight ago, and
| who was aware Of many of her mOve-
| ments about town, caught sight Of
her last Wednesday aboard a steamer
bound for Europe. 1t was ascertained
that one Of the ships officers was an
acquaintance of hers. He smiled when
asker whether she was Jap. He re-
piled that she was not, but was real
Scotch lassie. born in the Orkney Isles,
| an all-around globe trOtter. and men,
ber Of the staff of London weekly
paper. for which she had come to New
York that she might write sketch Of
the place and tell all about 1t. Just
before coming here, she had been In
British Honduras, and had written an
account of life there for her paper.
Within a year she had visited half a
dozen or more countries in three con-
| tinents for the purpose Of writing
them up" for the entertainment Of the
British public, as she will write up New
York. She spends but a week or two
in any country. and always gives her
| first Impressions Of 1t without caring
what Its own people may think. She
has a bent for travelling, and has never
met with any trouble in all her travels.
She had some relatives In New York,
but never went near them. "As for
her accent" said the purser, ut is the
| Orkney Scotch. just like mine, and that
Is all there Is about 1t. AS to her look
Ing like japanese, cannot say, for
never was In Japan! but there are
| plenty of Scotch lassies up In the Ork-
neys who look just like her; and you
could not tell her from my wife. for that
IL what she Is! As for the japanese
| shawl. 1t is nothing Of the kind, but Is
Highland tartan, and so Is another part
Of her dress. She Is ready writer,
but hardly ever speaks to anybody. As
to what she thinks Of New York, she
has already told me that she likes some
things about 1t, but she will say more
on the passage over, after her manu-
script Is ready for the printer. She did
not want to know any of the people.
for she could see through them without
knowing them"
And 1t Is thus that the romance of
the fabulous Japanese damsel who re-
Gently tripped all over the city. and
was seen by thousands Of New Yorkers,
has been reduced to reality. She is q
British globe-trotter, who writes for the
press, and Is married to a ships purser.