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Japans.ss vho tesids In this city NAV
nov read tho nsvs ~ the week In pspsr
published h,fs In thcif own language. for
,hs Japans.s. Amstiean Weekly Nsvs has
msds II. modes, appearance In 'hs news
paper world
A. tho head NJ the nr~ psss -hioh would
bo tho last IN an American paper. N" mans
IL sivcn In English AMI In Chinese characters
In IN. latter. the sisn FOR the sun represents
Japanese and tho sign for rice does duty
for american" The japanese do not pre-
tend 10 SUPPOSE that America IL the original
source NJ fIcc as they fancy Japan Ia tho
Land ~ m" Rising sun. but ss 'm-, tn"
most prominent syllahle In America, IL
also the nfst syllable In -msshi.' rice, the
IN for rice hns been adopted ss convenient
hicroglyph to represent the name OF this
country
The paper has four small page. which
are lithosraphrd from handwritten copy,
as is the case still with many papers and
periodical. in Japan This Ia very tedious
and cumbersome process. but thu enterprise
| could not support the considerable expense
! of brins sing from Tokyo the fonts Of typo
| for the Japanese and Chinese CHARACTERS.
| The style Of script used 10 what Is known
| a. the hragana. or smooth character, used
| In cur.ivs or running hand II IL intricate.
! di Ylcult TO read and ugly but tho japanese
| generally prefer It TO the simpler and more
| lcgiblo katakana, or side character. The
! col INNS are IA usual literally stre~n with
| ihinesc sigils, srill dear TO the japanese.
| ss a knowlrdge of these ideographs is re-
: gard-d as a Credential uf education IL II .
sort OF intellect Iai game IN "niSh tne % iu,as
! bIt are read in Japanese equivalcnts ne
| reader Of the JGpdEes' -Ams1cdn, W.sh.v
| N,Ws must have high degree OF education
! Otherwise fc would miss the chic, idea in
! almost every sentence. and could not possibly
worA through a column OF his paper
and JGIane, means .Stnr.Orisin, IS the
! proprietor, and the editor ana publisher Is
! Nlasato-h Fukutoni OF n? West Sixty seventh
| street Mr Hosni l. IN his last ear M CO.
Students here, he Is study ing rolitical economy
| aud the science al government and law
| The entire paDer-nrws articles. market
reports, ediioria -. .22dv"r,lSeigenis .nd PLAN
/ tgrlsh. Of Mr. fukutomi. who writes or copies
| everything lie has had to try ms hand at
| American nag for the advertsement'
There are some 500 japanese N this CITY
70 read the paper. and from 1900 t. s'oO9o
| these cannot read their own language when
II IL written or printed with chinese Signs
eusally IN Japan when the G9hSIfIy ,htnSss tan.s
nut for his readers to crack he kindiy writes
at the side what is called the kun, or the
t1SHre yicti,Hici, II But the Japaness- 4mericdn
weekly News does not make use o. th,s n, iab%r
paper too expensive. and give to 1t 90 motley
an appearance
OF the most advanced school lie is an ardent
believer in Japan much moro modern ana
newer even than the New Japan OF Count
reform moveinents he Ia enlisted n the cause
Of the Romali kwi or the -ocirty Whiom ~
boring for the sub 1ti0 tut @ by SnS StGShd KINDS
Of kama" or native characters. and the
Chincse signs He wants the JapaEeSs Hra,s,19 70
conventicnazed pictures OF ideas -
Mr. Hoshi expects 70 ad9pt roman TYPE yp
He completes bis course ~ columbia this
session, and will spend St +. lea, two ySars ~
Europe his travels and studies; and he Is
dnsirous ot promoting the adoption of the
kGma by using IN M s,oa paGrr Gd a. poyssbie Sy
among the Japanese in this country ana ~
Japan He thinks, tha. nearly all Of his
can easily read the Roman, and that there
arc AT present az least 100, 900 persons In Japan
who Sy Hnd IL nearly saf RmoH
these more than a million ot Japanase the
RomaJi kwai expects to iind M soGy ,-,i.iic 81 re-
nacaronic. illeEible script OF the japanese
into the reat and clear Roman type now
used by the great BODY !. OF Gy7cd pssoRs psonan
letters with tremendous gain in clearn'ss,
SIMPLICITY ard utility
But Mr. Hoshi has another Idea, worthy
Of a true reformer OF language He thinks
that the use of the Roman type for the Jap
anese may lead 10 still more extensive boz
nIsteiv, tho Yankees Of the East" and the
Yankees Of the West. together win ne BIT
ish. Canadians, Austral sians. and south Afrl-
cans, will speak the same lanruace English
the true lingua franca Of the future.
This hope seems to be justified by the prac-
tice Of the modern Japanese who are re- /
sorting more and more TO the English 10 |
ind words TO express modern ideas and to |
rara modern things. 4 glance az any recent |
Japaaese beck or nsTspapeT Tfyeas Mord de
! Of the Japanese kama" are visible on every
page and in every paraGraPh Ka;!road Is
The le"; cafes or restaurants Of Tokyo Or ,Yoka-
hama one sts at !eSsrG far bns1 instead H1 81
rande" for brandy, He takes batta" instead
Of butter. -bifltski" for beefsteak: -chiisu"
for cheese jam for Jam hsmh in.is5d to5 H@ nf
| knife. drinks "suppu" instead Of SOUP. ents
"sashidzu" for SAUSAGE and -shirhu ior
He instead rsais Of Inner or anne ss
a 'furokku toto" for a frock coat. and his
Randkerchi-i, di-dainins the native word
c6aq Is ironeS fcS Sows to s" II he !. ii
he may have @jifuteria" instead Of d,ph-
theria. or "chifus" instead of tyIhus fever;
merely yrss fe aaHIa Asrean has
fu!ly nationaiized as "doru," and the dollar
mark as bow with two strings
guage, many Of the words given above would
| be practically Identical with their English
forms Gyo them an and they Will take
from us mile instead OF -mairn as they
Mr, Hoshi wants his countrynen to do
even more, and 20 tske as much Lpgllsh noa as
| OF tran sformation, japanese Will grow into