The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25

Of him- With Some two q bis chamber
lAins and Z military attendant, he has
been about the capital on an occasions Of
pubic interest ana. like other younsstefs
Of good birth. no went to the mobiles
school six days In ths week Here he
became the familiar friend OF the best
o. japanese youth I met HIM at the
school through the courtesy OF one OF the
chamberIAfns. vfscount Kadeyunokojf. Of
an old Kuse family. and afterward saw
him frequently. Six of his chamberlains.
including bis maternal uncle. formed .
conversation class. which met at my
home in Ka5imachi three times a week
Mr. Coolidge. Harvard man. with whom
was living. had great success IN teach
ing them tho English language. They
eatoyed the conversations hugely, and
part Of their scheme for entertaining tho
crown prince each day came 70 be tell
ine him what fssy Had done ut the house
o. fhe two foreigners. To our delight one
~ - made an exchange Of photo
L5ks NJ august father. Haru-no-niya h
fon1 " 1oeDes. and when the races are
on q IL btnutiful course round the lotus
pond n Ueoo park. ono may surely md
hin tb1Te. Even as q youngster In short
TROUSERS he knew the horses and some
thing % tho riders. too. He seened TO
take particular interest in the horses for
opportunity would ask thisr owners about
them Ne had such a charming manner.
and such genuine eagerness TO learn. that
ons would do anything rather than dis
appoint him. Everything that foreigners
uasd excited hts interest. pocket slate
q washable white cards that had como
to ne a. : present caught his fancy. He
had Dsvsr seen white slate before.
and II pleased him to have one hs could
~ ovsr and over again. for be got II.
81 cOufue-as Il ID quite proper In Japan
70 pass along . gift. A present some
times, especially ct New Years. may
travel . complete circuit and return to
yop again. after faithful service In pro-
vidlng joys and opportunities.
n n his ksen desire to acquire knowl-
edga Doro particularly tho knowledge
that has given western countries their
civilization. that has made a trip abroad
10 desirable for tho crown prince. The
mikndo's councillors had advised II 10
soon ~ HAru-no-miya sh0ulA have mar
ried enA sstah11nAed himself Last May
saw che nupeiel ceremonles.
apparent has : -. plans for tour oe
the west will tahe eAecG
II w0uI1 - dtfocult i.dssd for Euro
psan 70 un0orseand <he vny the Japan-
80 ntn1 wpml1 coateuplass . tour OF the
world ~ IT, @ehnAe Dursoesas are ac-
custcned - royol yesgrseses. but no
miks1e sves weut aorooA unisss we ex-
cspt she esmalo uasa1o J1noo. who con-
auseed Kors& - the third csntury. sc-
cor6eng - JaDnasss historians. Until re-
Gently even the nse1ve japanese could
not - mlha1oI No ro1nned. but ala
NOT rule. In the sacred palace in Kiotc.
Then The 0ooGsins lHsVt HIN shut up with
the hsl9s. OF court uoh,ea His immediate
. 1919 were wonen- ne wss too holy
- - auythiag hignsslf. the nebie women
would not psruft that Thsy clothed
I'm eofiy IN si1ksn robes One must not
wear tAs sAae garmsafs swics). They
basAed MIN. they ksUt hisn from the hsat
Of ~ sun. tbs chill Of the wind and the
evil tnfusace Of tho moon. His life was
that ~ IN infant A. soon a. he had
an hssr ~ shossm put him into yet
greater rsttrement whatever that might
-. and declared there was Z new mikado.
-. - generations sra Of few years in
Japan. there were eftea several mikados
alive 1t once
Mr.. chambsriain. emeritus professor Of