The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-30

able TO exercise an influence Tor good or
evil over the affairs of mortals.
IL any misfortune oyertakes the state
or anything happens to the emperor, 1t
is usually attributed to his neglect Of
his religious duties, and those who at
tend to such affairs endeavor to trace
back the difficulty to the evil influence
Of some neglected ancestor.
The ancestral tablet is a rather insig-
niticant-looking affair, being piece Of
wood about eight inches long and three
inches wide, mortised into a little pc
destal that is usually beautifully
carved and gilded, The tablet itself
often bears ornaments OF gold, but is
usually covered with plain black lac
quer and the necessary lettering in
gold, Every man who dies Is given a
posthumous name under which he is
deified. and it usually has reference to
| some of his deeds while living.
While the bureau of rituals looks af-
ter the religious duties Of the Mikado
the bureau of ceremonies, which con-
sists of q grand master of ceremonies
and twenty assistants, mostly mar
quises, counts and Yiscounts, attends
to the formalities that relate to the liV-
ing, and theirs is a very delicate and
perpleXing duty, They arrange for all
dinners and receptions, for public and
private audiences, teas, garden parties
and balls and as everything is done by
rote and the etiquette is very exacting,
| it requires a great deal of time to ar
range the daily program for the Mika-
do and set in and out of the palace in a
proper manner the people that his Ma
jesty has to see.
The empress has her own establish
ment, entirely separate and distinct,
her own purse, chamberlain and stew
ards, and is just as independent of the
rest of the royal family as if she were
alone in the world The same is true
of the Empress Dowager, the mother of
his Majesty, who lives outside the pail
ace grounds in beautiful chateau that
/ is screened from observation by a min
iature forest and tall yellow walls.
The Crown Prince has another estab-
| Hshment, as I described in recent let
ter, where he lives with eleven cham
! berlains and tutors. The seven coneu-
bines of the emperor live in a detached
palace connected with his residence by
an arcade. Each has her separate
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