The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23
ODD WAYS OF JAPAN.
Everything Seems to be Turned
Cross Ways.
Ksoto Cor. New York Sun.

Many things here seem odd to Amer
lean eyes It all begins wrong to start
with. Thus, a person from the United
states goes west to reach the far east,
but the remotest west, from the Japan
csc standpoint is the country he first
reaches when sailing due east.
The inhabitants of an island van an
immense cOastHne might be expected
to be largely interested in shipping af-
fairs and to possess modern means of
water transportation On the contrary,
the first thing that gTeetS the eye in the
inland sea is a sampan, that curious
Old craft that has probably remained
unchanged and unimproved for centu-
FIeS- II is a clumsy boat propelled by a
single car and that with joint in it,
Where there are double railroad
tracks. the trains are run 50 that they
pass on the left side instead of the
right. as in the United States Street
cars do the same thing and persons
meeting pass TO the left Railroad
travel is less expensive than in Amer
Ira. as a first class fare on the govern
menr lines is only sen mile. or 1Ia
cents American money. More than 80
per cent OF the japanese public travels
third class.
Men make of themselves beasts of
burden and horses are rarely seen
WHAT few there are have their heads
I-.1el down instead of up. Their noses
are un level with their knees. Bull
locks wearing shoes of matted straw.
ar. used tu some extent. The output
a.. the great copper mines in the in
I..I1r- employing 10000 men, is hauled
Twelve miles TO the city of N5kkO by
al.l1cks hitched siHgIy 10 I5W-WheeIed
cars each carrying half d ton of the
metal
carpenters use tools in the reverse
Way They draw The planes toward
'-aH ta shave the wood and the saw
GUS only when drawn up instead of be-
ing pushed down.
The government is now taking mp the
question: of increasing the number of
..Ht~-s- The estimated population of
-..- empire is t0,DuO,oJU and there are
only 900 dentists, or one dentist 10
every i.--'r" persons. IheTe are cities
'- $1,000 population without a single
professional dentist. 1t is asserted.
however that the Japanese have good
ana "eil preserved teeth.
A. babies have their hair shaved
-'M part of the mead. It is common to
see nude girls of - or years playing
q. me streets each with a baby Sc
...-- strapped upon her back. 1t is
1.-' possible Cd see a mother hiIched TO
o. wagon heavily loaded and carrying
A child upon her back. Cradles are
.... used frequently and the babies
..a % be in some ones care constant
- iu continental Europe women
'.. 1rIs are common and are quite as
.t. lent as the men. A WOman's hair
u Dol only her browning glory but also
-.E greatest care in this land of the
i- sun. 10 Is arranged ia so COM
-..--atea fashion that in order not 90
-.~alfanSe 1t while sleeping, a large
l.llpn of the women do nor use OTdi-
nary pillows. The substi ute is wedge
-FHed cushion that fits the back OF the
--.'h Some Of the poorer women have
e--lE nalr dressed only one a week.
g. Hpples are rarely seen in Japan. A
'honama ply iciap explains this by
s-- absence Of all sO-calied Iabor-sav-
'ng machinery.
Nov was the emperor's birthday.
ana "a national holiday. There was a
Eiahd review of the first army corps
anu me Imperial guards by the en-
Ieiof at O2yama. Nearly 10000 SOL
u--Is. including twenty-five batteries Of !
a. tiiieTy and about 4. 600 cavalry. were +
mere. Several regiments were lust /
nome from the Chinese war and carried /
'-e4r torn battle flags. Yet there was (