The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-18

million and a half and nobody TO talk
your language. OF course there are the
foreign legations. and few people around
the city, but they are as a drop in the
bucket. We didn't call on the American
minister; blest If I know who he is even.
Wednesday afternoon in company with
another passenger on the Coptic I went
10 Kamakura. about twenty miles out
from Yokohama. TO visit a temple there
and see the famous Daibutso, the great
bronze statue OF Buddha. You have seen
pictures Of this last. 1t is really q most
impressing thing. II is some fifty feet
high. and is situated away of by itself
Up little secluded valley They wouldn't
allow it TO be photographed, but I went
back up the hill and got one from the
rear anyway. eBautif=I country going 70
and around Kamakura; winding roads,
rivulets, terraced hills, thatehed houses.
and always and everywhere the tiny
women and roly-poly babies.
The government OF Japan is making
strenuous efforts to be Just like other
nations. but the people haven't made a
beginning yet And from the artistic view
point this is very we'll Some beautiful
pictures Will be spoiled when the Japs
adopt western ways and costumes. We
visited a japanese theatre where the
people took Of their shoes on entering
and kept on their hats. If they had any,
which was seldom. The pit Of the theatre
was fiat, and filed with little square pens
about four feet square. The partitions
We're about a foot high or Sc, and on top
OF these waters went about serving tea
and little delcacies. No seats Of course;
everybody squatting japanese fashion on
the scrupulously clean mating Speaking
Of cleanliness, that is characteristic OF
the people. Rubbish is a thing unknown,
and the interior Of the houses IS simply
spotlsss. Next TO cleanliness comes anna
biIity- Although everybody was ce-ebrat-
ing, there was no Consciousness. And the
babies never cry. About two women out
Of three seemed TO have q baoy on her
back. The consideration Of every one for
the babies and children was noticeable.
have seen little fellows flying a 2-ceut
kite and get the line across the street
car track when the car came along. 4
They have line OF cars on one or two
Of the broad streets) Would the driver
90 along regardless? Not so The whole
car load Of people had TO wait while he
got out and helped the boy disentangle
the kite
Leaving Yokohama we reached the next
stop, Kobe, after a days sail Here we
visited more temples. rode around the
place in the jinrlkishas, and did much the
same as at the other towns. Took dinner
at a nice japanese restaurant with a
lady from the steamer. Quite charming,
the dinner I mean Had TO take off our
shoes and go in our stocking feet. The
meal was served on little table about
eight inches high, and we sat around it
on little mats, warmed our hands over a
brazier filed with charcoal, ate with chop
sticks, and enjoyed everything Immensely.
The sweetest little girl attended on Us
I wanted to bring her along as a souvenir /
No windows in the house, of course, the
walls being made of thin rice paper, ad-
hitting a soft light. When you want TO
go out you just shove aside panel of the
house, and there you are. The bill of fare /
consisted OF soup 1--WE ate that with q
sort Of porcelain spoon. rice ad lib. ONE |
lette, fried fish, some unknown veget- /
ables. raw fish and some other delics cies. |
You'd be surprised how good the raw fish |
tasted with the sauce they had for it. /
Tea, Of course was served at frequent |
intervals. tied a string TO the trigger Of /
the kodak and tried to take our picture /
seated at the table. but am afraid it
wasn't a success. From Kobe to Maya (
sald Is another days sail. Here it was
sight to see the women coal ship-about
half Of them were women at least. Some (
rude steps were formed from the ship
down to the coal baEges and up the side
a continuous stream Of coal baskets was
kept coming so that we took on some
eight or nine hundred ton in a few hours
At NagasH you will see Russian signs as
well as English At all other places in
Japan and also in China nothing but
English. The bank bills, the railway
tickets. names Of stations, houses, streets
and many other things. are in English as
well as japanese; which speaks volumes
for the English, and points TO COM
pararively short time when English VIII
be the universal language. Same thing is
true in China. I'm 90 glad I learned
English first. 1 could tell you more funny
things about the curious English 10 be
seen in japanese signs but haven't
time.
We left Eagaski Sunday night reaching
Shanghai Tuesday morning. But first let
me say a word about the famous Inland
Sea, through which We passed on the(way
from Kobe TO Nsgasaki Entering and
leaving It the straits are very narrow. and
all through the sea are scattered lnnum-
the appearance. so travellers say. OF the
St Lawrence and the Thousand Is-es
Although winter. the hills are somewhat
green. They ara cultivated TO the very
top. being terraced 10 keep the soil from
slipping down. The sleeper they are the
more land 70 the acre By this system Of
farming land OF both sides. Japan is able
10 sus tain such dense population. Leaving
Yokohama We got an excellent view o.
Fujiyana, several of them in fact. Fin
est mountain in the world as you know.
We reached the bar az the mouth or the
Taugzte KIang about midnight Monday
night. lay there few hours ual-tng t3r
the toe. then steamed about fo-ty-dve
miles up this river 20 the town Ct Wo
Sung q don't know how To spell Sc
names. remembe-l. where the 80 Sung
and the Shanghai rivers empty in ire
lanssce hiaag or Yellow River. Tae-=
Ne anchored and proceeded fifteen miles /
40 the Shanghai in the conpany'ss tug 70 /
tire Paris Of the East. Shanghai Wien
went % school at A5ers' learned rtac
the YanEsce hIanE was one Of the Zig
rivers OF the world. bur I had 70 idea y
f-s iuneRsitv The mighty MSS f-7t
seems small IN comparison. 7 wouldn't
attempt TO say how wide It Is there but
YOU cant see the banks on the ether SIDE, 5