The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-28
HOTEL GOSSIP.

De amusing If it had not the tragic ane
pathetic sides to counterbalance it," sais
;. Masaki, the Japanese electrician at the
l<hnutsford yesterday. II the Ignorance
ntlSal economy of the Japanese Chinese
ana other nations in the tar east, now in
ens possession OF the average European
ana American, could be extracted and dis.
titled. there would be enough uquid rc
noat all the navies In the world
we are accused of being idolatrous and
supeTsutlous- There is not half so much
Iolndation for that accusation as coming
! from the western nations against us as
there would be were the criticisms re-
Tersed; AS nation, the Japanese cling 10
| winch. IN SO far as they can be reduced
TO an Occidental form of thought are
tnat man Is under the operation of certain
fnenxiple laws, from which there is neith-
er escape nor deliverance: existence under
them is an evil, priestiy rites and sac
rinceS are unayalling; death IS no escape,
/ OF existence. The supreme felicity 70 be
OBTAINED by perfect obedience 10 moral
4 laws IS Nlryana, or unconscious existence.
Most buddhists interpret NirFana 20
mean the final end of annihiliarion. 1t Is
i a species of fatalisn.
Compare the ascetic life life lead BY
! the average Buddhist and the intensity Of
/ feeling that he always has for what he
4 believes TO be true with the western idea
! or worship and tell me which betokenS the
| higher civilization? Is it not more moral
/ anu eleVallng To- Delieye that pr1eSIly
rites and sacrifices avail nothing. that
naught can come between deed and its
consequences, than to over indulge in the
pro lenten season and then wear sack
cloth and ashes for forty days by way Of
squaring accounts with the recording am
gel2 There seems to me TO be an element
OF mockery in that sort of a religion, and
1t Is little short of an insult to the intelH-s
gence of the Almighty. Do you call that
idolatry? AS for the charge Of being SUI
perstitious: l have never yet seen the
tween the two. Superstition and religion
are relative terms; whether a form of
belief is TO be classified under one head or
the other depends on the point of view.
What is crime in one case is al virtue in
the other. The so-called lower classes IN
Japan are UNNECESSARILY the superiors of
the corresponding classes in other coun-
tries Oriental or Occidental. They are
not vicious they do not squau der their pit
tances in drink, or In catering to animal
instincts; and in a great many instances
they are the betters, mentally. morally
and physically Of many That go to make
UP the upper classes. They are well be-
haYed, Industrious and moral; they COM
mand the respect Of those in authority.
and to me these virtues alone should be
considered in estimating the character OF
the man. The umbrellas. fans vases and
other goods that masquerade under the
name of Japanese wares in this country
are not typical oil Japan at all. They are
manufactured there, but none of the ar
ticles ever find their way into the Japan-
csc homes. The manufacturers are shrevvd E
enough to see that the popular idea Or
brilliant-hued Japan needs to be fostered, Z
and they turn out tons Of stuff that ma 4
tive of the empire wouldn't look at.
= We acknowledge the western antions H
our superiors in the realms of literature 4
and scientific investigation We have the Il
initiative faculties to a remarkable de- {
gree, but lack the originative in the me-
cfanicai and electrical fields. Our art IS n
distinctive, it has not yet been contain 4
mated by that of other nations. We re-
gard the Americans as the greatest and
fartheSt advanced nation in the world IN
the manufacture and application OF ma
chinery to everyday uses. Most OF our &
engineers are educated at the American
and whenever we deem IL ad-
yisable to make an investigation into the
progress that has been effecIed IN practl-
cal engineering We send some one famlI-
lar with the general CONDITIONS % tine
United States to study. the latest Develop
nents. We have two principal electTlcal
that turn out all the small
stuff used in construction work put All
our steam engines, turbine wheels and dY-H
narnos we obtain from the United states:
We are investigating and studying all
the recent discoveries made IN the. Sc1eT-
the world. The Royal unIxersltyso OF Japan
ii Yokohoma encourages its students to
10 so. We have followed the development
of the Marconi system of wireless teie-
sraphy closely and nave apont Iour mliss
Acetylene gas is used to- some extent Dug
Is application is not general There Is
me automobile in the entire empire. We
ire awaiting little more definite infor-
nation about liquid air before believing
i little else than an interesting LABORATORY
experiment."
Isaac e. Blake. formerly president Of
he western branch, of the Standard Oil
and prominently identified with
he Vanderbilt railway interests, is at
he Kenyon. Several years ago Mr.. Blake
constructed the sixty mile branch OF the
Santa Fee that operates between BarstoW
ind Vanderbilt. Since that time he has
dissolved connection with the Standard
Dill company and has interested himself
n the development OF gold and copper
mines in the Rush valley west Of Mer-
sur district He said last nights we
rave done a good deal of prospecting and
developing in the Rush valley and the !
'esults prove that our estimation Of the
mineral deposits In that vicinity were
veil founded. have not been directly
connected with any of the railroad en-
erprises since the completion of the Bar
tow branch but i know enough about J
ne general Situation to say this. All thesb r
abroad interests center in and are con- {
rolled by the New York markets. There
$ very little rate-cutting east OF Chicago t
,ecause the roads are in direct connec- G
ion with the ruling powers the roads p
nut here are too far away to control 50 c
asily and the result is that about every T.
o. often there is a. clash of interest. fne u
xtension of the Titan & Pacific to Los
lngeleS will have to be done by local g
arties IL it Is done at all, because there
a sort of sub rosa agreement between y
lie managements Of the different sys- i
ems in New York not TO build into each II
theirs territory for aggressive purposes
{ the Utah & Pacific is to be pushed !,
own into Nevada 1t will owe its con- =,
-ruction to the fact that the local traf- z,
c justifies the move not that II IS done :,
Dr. the purpose OF weaving away traffic s
ON the mighty Southern Pacific. Iii Z
likes a lot of money to build and operate =
railroad and the project to invade the 1.
rritory of the Southern Pacific would :,
squire big combinations of capital lila
Arthur G.. Williams the advance agent W
!. the Hotel Topsy Turvy'' company, II
i'd a yarn to spin about things theatrical 4.
st night and this is the tale he told n
This IS the season when the college mi
hnny ventures forth in long hair and br
me As rule. the thirst for glory Is 81
ienched by Al hard tackles coupled to a \ III
oxen collar bone and a ride on a shut re
:; In years gone by the college chaps q.
ferior article of manhood produced !
used the market to slump and the pro- i
icing machinery went for what 1T would L %,
ing. The girls saw their opportunity. II ~
,ught in the dumb BELLS Indian clubs H a.
id other rigamaroles, and went to- work 70
ght merrfly to develop their muscles Is
do some heart-breaking stints IN every Je
t Of the show. and to minimize the risk ,
accident, they do d turn at dumb bell "
him whams and trapeze gyrations ev7 III 81
y day.. Picture to yourself Berthe Fow5 u
on the rings. Amelia Glover turning -
and Victoria Stuart punch -
: the stuffing out Of bag All sattted
what whist players term short suits
the green room of a morning. and you =,
ye show that would cause the foot-3iEof
hts to nickerss- Dl
md then MI. " iliiamS$ puttoneda MS hi
~ tailed coat ana noated out INTO the du
mt air. S as