The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-02
AnArLrSs PEOPLE.
The Japs Not Afraid OF the DIreet
Hays OF the sun.

The JaRs Not Afraid OF the DIreet
Rays OF the sun.
Said the man from Japan as he read
of eighteen men and women overcome
by the heat IN a single day: II never
heard Of a sunsiroke over there among
the natives. don't believe there Is
word FOR II IN the Japanese language
I'm going back don't want to drop
ON the street and have an ambulance
JOLT out the little life LEFT In getting me
to the hospital just In time for n death
certificate.
Il cau't say why folk don't have
sunstroke IN Japan Foreigners that
have been long In the country declare
that II Is the electricity IN the atmos-
phere. Perhaps II Is. never heard
the action Of electricity explained.
zone doesn't hear OF gunstroke cx'
rept from globe trottcrs and 'griihns.'
'Gnilins' are newcomers. They have
elaborate outfits OF camphor bags,
cholera belts. plth helmets lined with
lpOngc ana douhlc-felted hats with
patent vcntilators They also carry
umbrellas. and II they walk four steps
a. any time between sunrise and sun
sct they drink brandy pegs TO reduce
their temperature. A peg said q
globe trotter once. Is n panacea Tor
'vcry M
"Surcly. n sunstrokc were possible
II Japan there would have been No
Japanese 10 Conquer China, for from
The time they are born the sun has
'very possible chance 90 Kill them.
They are taken out before their eyes
are open or a single hair can be de-
tcctcd on their bobblng heads, and,
with no covering. they are trotted
about on the backs OF their wee nurses.
These nurses themselves are only
large enough 10 walk. and, like their
Infant charges. they are barcheaded.
1.-The principal occupation OF these
lalya. as they are called Is playing
hopscotch. This they do all summer
long. the Infants on their backs being
of secondary consideration The babes
head rolls round ON It's own and lis
bearers shoulders, while the rays
from the sun pour down with no more
effect. apparently. than 10 develop a
healthy-looklng brown complexion.
THE wearing Of hats II new fash.
Ion 10 the Japanese. aud Il quiiC un-
necessary. The word for hat Is 'shap-
po.' from the French 'chapcau' Hats
ARE common enough In the cities,
where there II an idea that, like swal.
low-tall coats. they are mark of civ.
lllzatlOn: hut throughout the rural dis
tricts they are seldom seen, and In the
towns the children have no use for
them. Youngsters heads are shaved
ln various fanclful ways. aud hats
would hide the tufts Of soft black hair,
which are ~ much n mothers pride
ms are the golden curls on the heads "
the precious little Fauntleroys Of
America.
"Some children are always out OF
doors In Japan. except when they eat
or sleep. but danger from sunstroke Is
never thought o. Upon the farms the
men wear n 'fund0shl only. This Is n
strip 81 cloth six feet long and one foot
Wide They are brown as the soil they
til. but are never sunstruck. Their
wives, who work beside them. are
naked 10 the waist. Boatmcn. too. 90
naked well nlgh the whole year round,
and coolies are not buricncd with
much clothing Yet they thrive.
II grew skcptlcnl Of sunstrokes soon
after reached Japan. and despite the
protests ~ other new arrivals. | dis
cardcd hat aud clothes never felt
better In my lie than did then. les;
I'm going back 10 Japan, nature aud
the sunshine. New York Press.