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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
GLIMPSES OF JAPAN
Peculiar Customs Which Are
Rapidly Dying Out.
How . European Traveller Came Near Bee
ing Married without His knowledse-
Picturesque Shinto Priests - Ply
sicisns and Their Attendants.
Especial Yokohama letter.

Especial Yokohama Letter.
The almost marvellous evolution OF
the Japanese from absolute barbarism
to refined civilization has been dis
cussed and commented upon so fire.
1uently that it would prove tiresome to
dwell at length upon the many causes
responsible for the change. 1t has
been said by some British critics who
are not prepossessed in favor of the
Japs that the progress of the people OF
the Asiatic island empire is due to par
rot-like imitation, the like Of which
could not possibly obtain among ma
ton conscious of its dignity and proud
of its institutions. From this they
argued. even short time ago, that the
Japanese are a mercenary race and
totally unfit to cope with an enemy
worthy of their steel. Recent events
IN China have demonstrated the fallacy
of such reasoning. The japanese PEN
chant for imitation has enabled Field
Marshal Oyama to lead an army into
the howery kingdom which will not
rest until it has reached Picking; while
Asiatic conservatism has placed the
greatest empire of the world at the
mercy of comparatively insignificant
power. Chinese brag has availed moth
ing against japanese tenacity, modern
scholarship and more especially against
Japanese patriotism-the creation of a
liberal form of government copied from
the republics and constitutional mon
arches of Europe and America. Japan
is the freest country in Asia and there
fore also the strongest. Its soldiers
fight for their liberties as well as for
their monarch, and therein lies the Sc
cret of japanese success on the battle
field.
Travellers who have spent years in
Japan are unanimous in declaring it's
people happy, jovial and thoroughly
honest and honorable. Baron De Korff,
one the most famous naturalists and
anthropologists of Europe, after pro-
tracted visit, was led to exclaim: What
a wonderful, remarkable, sympathetic,
glorious country is Japan. L am
tempted to repeat this sentence twenty
times over in single moment. Would
that all foreign influence could be sent
to the dogs so that this small paradise
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

There are virtually no limits to
the liberty enjoyed by japanese
girls. Many mobiles Of the purest
blood have been known TO- WOO the
mothers OF their children in tea houses
and similar resorts or have permitted
matrimonial agents 20 pick out wives
for them 81 such places. The strangest
feature of this state Of affairs-and one
which 10 foreigner can expIain--is that
girls so chosen are among the most
faithful of wives and most deroted OF
mothers
The japanese, Ike the French are
great frequenters OF summer and win
ter resorts They have their Nice and
their Ostoad. where the nobility and
the rich traders attempt 10 Outslo each
other IN he matter OF initiating the
WAYS of the few European visitors The
most attractive features 81 japanese
summer resorts are the tea houses
whose pTop-isiogs. make : , '..s,9e.ss -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Biggest Pie Made ia Washington.

The biggest pie ever made in Wash
tngton was turned out at the close of
the war by baker named Lamb. He
was great pie maker, and during the
civil war his shop on Capitol hill pro-
duced hundreds of thousands of little
bits of pies which were sold to the
soldiers at ten cents each. When the
grand review took place in May, 1865,
he made a tremendous pie in four
pieces, each piece being as large as his
big oven would hold. The four pieces
were then brought together and made
one enormous round pie six feet in
diameter and over eighteen feet in cir
conference. This pie was laid on a
table on the sidewalk in front of the
bakery. The shop was open night and
day during the grand review, and thou
sands of soldiers saw il. Many of them
had done extensive foraging during the
war, but none of them tried to confis-
cate that pie. 1t was too immense
even for "Shermans bummers" to
tackle. They admired il, and bought
lots Of Lambs little pies; but the big
pie overawed the bravest of them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

and writer's OF authority have insisted
on its value as protection against
toothache and facial neuralgia Tins
is a goodly sum OF advantages to tho
credit of the beard.
DIR. Chabbert, of Toulouse. has, how.
ever, vet more TO say In its favor. Ac
cording to this practitioner, the beard
seems to be a very efficient defense
against that form OF facial paralysis
which Is caused by cold. This affec-
ton is far more common In women
than in men. though the latter are, OF
course, much more exposed TO tho
cause which produces IL When facial
paralysis frigone does occur In men,
they are almost invariably individuals
TO whom nature has been stepmotherly
in the matter of beard. or who has
wantonly thrown away the protective
covering with which she had clothed
their faces. DIR. Chabbert cites the ex-
periencc of several physicians, in add.
tion to his own, In support of his opin-
len. Prof. Andre, of Toulouse. has
seen several cases of the affection in
question in women, but not one in
man; he had heard OF one, indeed,
which would appear 10 be an excellent
example of the exception which proves
the rule, for the patient was Lyric
artist" was the faccia di musico so dis
tasteful to Lord Bryon- Prof Pitres,
OF bordeaux, has seen twelve cases in
women and only two In men; both the
latter shaved. though as one OF them
underwent that operation only twice .
week, his case, perhaps, does not count
for much, unless IL be held that his
face was more vulnerable after these
periodical foundations Similar OBJ
servations are quoted from DIR. Oliver,
of Toulouse, and DR. Sudre. Of Carmaux
These facts. though hardly sufiicien,
10 found an induction on, seem At least
10 establish a prima-facie case for the
utility OF the beard against facial
paralysis of the kind referred to In
these days, when mans traditional
privileges are one by one being invaded
b. the new woman" he may perhaps
be forgiven for making the most al
such advantages as may be considered
exclusively his own-British Medical
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Although breaches of peace are Of
rare occurrence, Japan is the best po-
Iced country in the world. No stran-
ger can pass through city without
being asked By some uniformed guar
dian of the peace to present his creden-
tials at police headquarters. IL his
papers are clear he is allowed 10 pro-
coed, but not before informing the cap
tain of his destination. In fact, the
system of police espionage prevailing
in the island empire is as perfect Is that
OF autocratic Russia, which. as every
body knows, has but two mastcrs-the
car and the gendarme.
WILLIAM WALTER WILLS.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
PIES THAT ARE NEVER SAD.

mediately passed along to the other
end of the table, where highly skilled
young woman does nothing but ladle
out from tub whatever mixture the
pies on hand are being made of, and
puts big spoonful of it on each lower
crust thus prepared. After seeing the
work done in the so-called bakery, any
one can realize that the Texan is cor
rect in his belief that the proprietor is
manufacturing pies by the wholesale
TO sell and not making them to be eaten.
But they are all consumed. and the con-
sumers wonder afterwards why they
have to pay so many doctors bills. The
Texan, telling of his visit to the pie
factory, drew a long breath and SOL
EMMY said: Blessed is the man whose
wife can make pies for her family. And,
gentleman, L am that man."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
ome-M.d. Pies Foster Content.

"Why do You know" he added with
some animation, my wife is the smart
est and handsomest woman ever saw.
love her and she loves me. We both
love our children: and our children love
us. This condition arises mainly from
the fact that we have homemade pies
/ do not believe that my wife would
ever deceive me in anything; but, much
as love her, if / was ever to learn that
she had bought a factory pie and fed it
to my children, would sue for di-
torce. or have her sent to an asylum.
No good woman, who is sane, would al
low her dear husband and children to
eat pie from the factory as long as she
can roll up her sleeves and knead
dough-"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Pie Made in Factories.

Quite a pie-eating community exists
in Washington, and nearly every de-
partment clerk or schoolboy carries a
piece in a napkin as part of the lunch
which Is eaten IN the departments or at
school at the noon hour, when people
elsewhere throughout the country are
eating their dinners. One bakery here
produces fifteen thousand pies every
day. Pie-making is wholesale bust
ness in all large cities: but the best of
their pies are inferior to those our
mothers and sisters make on SATURDAYS
for home consumption, with cookies
and cake. on Sundays. In our big pie
factory all of the materials. as a matter
OF course. are bought in great quantities.
Apples, grapes, pineapples, buckle
berries, blaclSberries, pieplant, pump
lSins,- peaches, straw berries. apricots,
lemons, and beef for mince. are laid in
stock by wholesale. The purchase of
many OF these depends necessarily on
the season OF production.
Sugar. by the hundreds of hogs
heads, is an important ingredient. To
begin with, the fruits Or vegetables
save Strawberries. blackberries and
huclleberries, which are put in raw
are stewed in huge copper vessels
Mince for the pies is cooked in this
Iay with apples and spices The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

lemons for lemon pie are grated, both
skin and pulp, the seeds being first re-
moved by hand and the stewing process
following. Machines are en- nioyed TO
hash the meat, to pare apples-v'hether
used for mince or apple p;es-to re-
move the cores from the apples also
and strain the seeds from the grape
pulp. Many of the fruits are canned
in season and kept on hand the year
round TO dump . into the pastry and
rush into the big ovens. In fifteen
thousand wholesale pies there are con-
cealed hundreds of cases of dyspe psia.
The -four is the cheapest obtainable,
and everything else is cheap in proper
tion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
How One Woman Makes Money.

An enterprising clearinghouse land
lady is making money on pie, even in
the dI1lest seasons. Nearly all of her
boarders are from New England, and
she feeds them on pie and pastry at the
breakfast table. She has an unusually
large oven, and is making pie by the
wholesale on small scale. After
breakfast her cook makes as many extra
pies as she can, and cuts them each
into four pieces. Then a neatly uni
formed, brass-buttoned negro boy is
started out with tray piled high with
pieces of pie in little paper bags. He
goes through the various Offices where
girls are employed, and his daily sup
ply is speedily disposed of. They are
better made than the factory product.
and are not calculated to wreck homes
and ruin strong constitutions.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Pie and Beer Do Not Mix,

There was once large fat woman,
as jolly and genial as a woman could
be. and with a Hlile as big as full
moon constantly overspreading her
countenance, who sold pies in capitol
corridor; and they were very good pies,
too. Maj. Morrill,, who was recently
elec ted governor OF Kansas. was a reg
ular customer of Jennie" Whether
she had any other name or not nobody
knows. Maj. Morrill, and Judge Baker.
of Rochester. \. Y, used to lead the
procession OF statesmen to Jennie's pie
stand at noon every day; and Judge
Holman. of Indiana, was one of the
prominent figures IN the crowd of con-
gressmen who wendell their way TO
Jennie's pie counter. But when Tom
Reed was speaker he cleared the corri-
dors Of all stands of that character. and
Jennie departed. There is no pie eoun-
ter now in the capitol building; but the
factory product can be obtained near
by. In the senate restaurant, Mr.. Page.
the proprietor, furnishes genuine New
England pies. 1t was the octogenarian
Senator Morrill,. Of Vermont. who one
day said: Many senators come and cry
for Pages popular pumpkin pies" The
venerable statesman used to stand
there and eat pie. and afterwards drink
a bottle of beer, and then go to his COM
mittee room and wonder why he had
dyspepsia. The pies may have been all
right, but pies are not made 10 mix
with beer So great & man as Senator
Morrill, ought TO have known better.
He now eats crackers with milk Tor
lunch. SMITH d. Fry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

might be kept in statu quo for years
to come" But the fact of the matter is,
European customs and European modes
of thought are fast supplanting the
habits of centuries: and he who wishes
to study true japanese life must do SO
before the present generation of ccun-
try folk is extinct.
Some japanese customs-especially
those relating to marriage and court
ship-are amusing. A stranger not IA
miliar with them NAV find himself mar
ried before he knows it. DR.. Carl
Stangen, the German traveller, had a
funny experience IL this line. OF which
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Bu;,t ON the Contract System.

ssThese pies are not made to be
eaten" said the Texas man. 'They
are simply made to sell. They are
built on the contract system, like the
houses Of spectators. II makes me
melancholy to see the sadness OF the
under crusts Now, there is an old
colored woman down in Dallas who
makes pies which are never sad. and
nobody is sad after eating them, either.
She beats the whites of eggs with
sugar. spreads them thin over the
under crust and bal1es them a little
before she puts in the apples, peaches
or other things When the pies come
out of the oven the under crusts are
crisp and cracking, and just yum
vummv.1 II makes me pie-hungry to
think of them"
But no such care is taken in our
big pie factory. The material for
the insides of the pies is poured
into tubs, the requisite amount of
sugar having been mixed with it.
Paste for crust is made very much as
dough for bread is put together, only
that very much more lard is used and
the -four and the lard are mixed at the
beginning When the dough is finished
it is taken from the mixing trough and
rolled upon table into cylinders about
four inches in diameter. A man chops
these cylinders with knife into pieces
of Just the bulk necessary to make a
single crust, under or upper. Another
operator takes these pieces as he wants
them and rolls each OF them swiftly out
into a very thin layer of dough. This
he slaps upon tin plate which is i'm
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
ALL SORTS OF PIES
Some Breed Dyspepsia, Others
Add to LIES Pleasures.
The Kind Made In Factories Is Bad for
human Stonaachs a Few Stories
Which. Although Venerable.
Arc Rather Amusing.
Especial Washington Letter.l

A modest but very entertaining man,
In newspaper work here, tells some
very interesting stories when in the
company of congenial friends; but he
never likes to see his name in print,
Except when it appears attached to
articles in his home papers. This
evening he was in very happy mood.
He said that in Texas all people eat pie
whenever they can get it, at breakfast,
dinner or supper, and when they
dream of Heaven they dream OF big
fields full of growing pie. "And yet,
he said, ''there are only three kinds OF
pie made in all Texas; the kivered, the
nnkivered, and the cross-barred."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

pie. The rebel bullets were destructive,
but the Yankees nearly all had pie,
while the rebs Were going hungry.
There was an old Irishwoman selling
pie to the blue coats at Alexandria,
Va, and they were all of the 'kivered'
variety. One of the Yanks asked her
how she could tell the various kinds be-
fore cutting them, and she said:
"'That T. NJ on tn crusht names It's
mince.'
"'Yes. but these others have T. NJ on
them, too
"'Av coorse,' said the woman, but on
thin pies the T. NJ names faint mince
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
ADVANTAGES OF THEsssaRo.
Safeguard "a the Threat srd . Prot~esiez
Against Facial Paralysis

Safeguard "a the Throat srd Protscstcz
Against Facial Paralysis
II Is 70 be feared that too rnsny men
deprive themselves Of what Shakes-
peare calls '-valor's ezc-ement.- With
out counting tae possiblscost. Whether
the beard os an ornzm 70 The unss-
culIne coznteusnce. we must lezTe the
ladies TO decide. IL certainly has i.
Uses IN hiding . weak chin and u
some cases IL seems - D. cultivated a.
vicaxious compensation sor hairless
scalp Il = not however. IL is eoSrzstI.
so much IS IN is hygsenic aspects that
the b,essedress % the bea-e--in which
term We include the whole % ~ bar
vest usually claimed by TIE raza--s.
moSi apparent That !; Is n safeguard
- .Ac- threat = generally as9uas,.sS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

-kiPang. Barrie, Jerorn-. Hnw.ilA
stockton >iedrnan. Mark Twain. Brs.
hArts. boYssen. saiius. are none Of
'1rin above medium height. and s.v-
ga OF them arc actually dirninntivs.
A1r1on Crawford and Conan DOYLE are
tail aihleiie-iooxing men. bs. they
arc ne exceptions ina; prove the rule.
-Ihon--s Foster. who has ja.t been
sentenced a. Londoa 10 three years
penal serSiiade for = numb~r % ps,ty
irASdz, 'Ts> he originator % the ..rnis.-
ing word craze. Of which newspapers
al over The 'soun:ry some time aga
sTailrfi themselves To boom circulation
lie has been living On Ais Wit. foa
leAA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

Prudery is failing that has never
existed in Japan. Men and women are
admitted to the public and private
baths-and of these every japanese
city and village has large number
indiscriminately and most of the at
tendarts at these places are women.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
EdlforiaI Acupen.

Novice-On what theme would GID
blers Magazine most likely aeeep: az
article?
Zen Theron the relative strength
OF tue d.Sereat Oa1i1z powdesA~
Truth
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
In the Rocky Mountains.

-Traveler-But / can't see why
you're so down" on the dude eastarE
tourist.
Grizzly Bill-S.ranger, I hain't go4
no use for fSller that cuts his pants
OF al the knees, when ne might wear
Iem long enough 20 tuck q MS ooots.-
n Y Advertiser
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

ne says: cit may be known 20 but few
that purely platonic relations with the
members of japanese family may end
in legal marriage. All that is neces-
sary TO be thrown into such predics-
nent is limited quantity of good ma
ture. You are invited b. the head OF a
family 10 call at his house- While there
you are introduced 20 the daughter in
whom. perchance. You take a little
more than formal interest. The mother.
Noticing this weakness. will at once in
vite you to visit the theater with them.
. Mother and daughter dress as COR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
A Esa.cnsbI. Inference.

II see that Jones has taken the lee
ture platform.
''Indeed2 Didn't know his wife was
i1-"-Atlanta Constitution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
Mothers

have never found a preparation
SO well adapted to the needs of
thin, delicate children, as SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil, with
Hypophosphites.
Children almost universally
like the taste of it, which makes
its administration easy, and it
supplies their blood with the
food properties that overcome
wasting tendencies.
SCOTS Emulsion enriches the
blood, promotes the making of
healthy flesh, and aids in q
healthy formation of the bones.
Don't be Persuaded 10 accept a
: substitute.
Ssat& R0-ue. Y. Al Druggists. SOC. and 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
lie Never u,0.

Biggs-George Washington neve,
went fishing.
Barker-How do you know?
Biggs-Because he never told a lie
brooklyn Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

4 trip round the world would con-
vince you that Dr. Prices Baking Pow
der IS sold everywhere.
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The Reason Why.

The Reason Why.
wsr docs the buoy bee Away
Improve each shining hozr.
Aod gather honsy ever day
To save scr xistry hour
100 cTrie gave his ere . leer.
And rave his mouth . punkes,
And sad. That fsnt very queer;
For hs's little sucker
--PhiladsiphiA RESORT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

why. Arthur, for PHYS sake. whsA
have you been doinz~
Il was in the ash box. mamma
In the aSh box! And whvT"
We played mythology and 7 wa
Phraiz risinz from if.e ashes. --Fus-
gsTsis Elaetter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

JAPANESE PHYSICIAN AND ATTENDANT.
cine case on his back, every doctor be-
ing his own apothecary. OF late years.
many young Japs have been sent to
Europe and the United States to study
medicine, and in the large cities and
seaports old-fashioned practitioners
find no patients outside of the poot
quarters
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23
An Ancient Pie Story.

During the war;" he continued,
''manya Yankee soldier was killed with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-23

x % a poc o wi
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
POPPiES.

The suns golden censor hos swung
Half way out tween the glow and the gloom.
n the air is an anthem unsung
And the breath of a ~languored perfume.
The shadows have driftcd away
Somewhere out of the path of the world,
Not u sigh bends the grasses astray,
And the sails of the cloudboatS are furled-
1t is noon!
1t is noon in the heart of the world
My hands with RCD pnppios are filled.
On a bed of white peoples l lie,
And the sweet OF life's joy twice distilled
They exhale as they wither and die.
Red peoples and white. white and redl
Love or sleep, sleep or love-which is bestf
To burn with IA JOY sorrow fed
Or in sleep with their slice png to rest2
White or redl
White or red, love or ~sleep-which is bestf
Oh, pOppies, with dreams In your heart,
To my heart a soft lullaby Groom,
AT whose music unrest shall depart
AS the shadows steal skyward at noon1
Say, poppies, all dropping in sleep
In the silence, the glow and the CLEAN,
Can you sink me in slumber SO deep
AS shall make all the years but a drea1n2
Soft and lol
Soft and lo-l am drowsy with sleep!
Kate "A. Bradley in Detroit Free Press
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-02
Rented Diamonds,

It is gradually becoming known
among pretentious people that dia-
monds, like houses and horses and
carriages, car be rented for the sea-
son. This will enable those who have
a high social ambition, but limited
means, to make a greater display
than they have been able to do for
merly. You can go to certain dia-
mond dealers in Maiden lane in New
York and obtain rings for the fin
gers and ears, necklaces and brooch
es, pendants, hairpins and all the
other kinds of diamond jewelry by
depositing or giving bond for the
full value of the article and paying
5 per cent a month for their use, and
this, I am told, is getting to be a
very large and profitable business.
New York Letter in Chicago Rec
ord.