The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-25
ARE LIKE YANKEES
Prominent Men Of japan Wkc
REESE mbie Americans.
Photographs Of Noted State and Army
Leaders That Might Pass for Those
of Distinguished Men OF thu
United States

The typical face of the japanese race
has become familiar in this country
within year through the pictures
printed in the papers. At first it may
have made rather an unfavorable i'm
preston upon the physiognomists and
observers in general, but as people
nave become better acquainted with It
through the study of its peculiarities it
must have grown in favor. 1t differs
from the face of other Asiatic races; it
IS obviously distinct from the Chinese.
L lie Tartar, the Hindoo, the Malay and
* Persian face. 1t bears a nearer re-
sea nblance to the CoTean face than TO
AR other in Asia. Bat in facial out
line s, as in mental characteristics, the
Jara lrese are more like the European
3.aces than are any other Asiatic people.
Prof. GriIis, Of Toxic, says that there
are D vo marked varieties Of feature il
Japan which are strikinGly portrayed
n thei r own pictures. These are the
broad, fat face OF the lowest class and
The ovs / face, with full nose, of the
aigker. Prof. Grifis has been further
led to b, 'lieve that the japanese, whose
prigin b; s been lost in antiquity, are a
mixture. IF two separate races, the one
of which, had extended southwark from
Siberia. hairy and broad featured,
while the other, which approached
from the southwest. had the Hindu
stani phys iognomy and smooth skin.
TO this day the natives of the chief
island, Nig pom, regard those of the
II lnI
Amos. as OIL inferior quality. The face
here spoken. of as typical Of the natives
of Japan IS Vilat Of the vvell-born Nip
ponese, a people who probably owe
their origin to y cross between the
primitive Amos and the later corners
from India.
The face of She milzado, as printed
from Toxic portraits,of him, says the
New York sur. IS one which. apart
from its, complex ion, resembles that of
many ALleri cans'wllo may be seen in
the1strects OF New York any day. At
first. glance it seems to have rather
sull2n expression. but when closely
stud led il gives an idea Of intellectual
ltv.. tglorghtfulness. steacfastness. eau
.io5zss less, energy and observation-disclosures
it is eminentiy indicative of the mans
cha .acter, as illustrated during his
lone~and successful reign. Al theifea-
fure Of It are well formed, and the
bear ing OF the head is in accord with
his Il ats, as known TO the world. ANY
physi ognomist, after Thoroughly ex-
nminA1g the emperor's face and head,
would very surely pronounce most
favorable Judgment upon them. The
face of his wife, the empress, is oval,
full Of intelligence, kindly, and might
Zoe taken for that of fne-looking
American or European woman, in SO
far as form and expression are con-
cerned, yet not, perhaps, as regards
complexion, though it is a truth that
rlany Japanese women of rank, who
rarely 90 out of the house, are fair COM
plexioned.
The premier, Prince Ito, the great
diplomatist, would pass here for Col
nrado senator or a North Dakota specu-
iator IN town lots. Gen. Yamagata
looks not unlike the late Robert Louis
Stevenson, novelist. Marshal Oyama
bears some resemblance TO Grover
Cleveland. Viscount Mutse would be
fine looking for a white man. Vice Ad-
sniral Ito's double may be seen upon
every block on Broadway any fine
HfternOop.~ DR.. Depew. the Bowery