New-York tribune., 1902-01-16
THE PASSING THRONG.

The best known innkeeper IN Japan II not in the
Orient is staying at the Hoffman House. Every
body who has been to Yokohama
THE COUR- knows the Grand Hotel and
AGE OF everybody who has stayed there
JAPANESE knows Louis Eppinger, the pro-
MERCHANTS. prietor- Eppinger is a German by
birth. and is on his way back 10
Japan from visit to the fatherland. Lounging in
his room yesterday he a japanese dressing
E Fng nRd back o sk ap to the me-
Ing ing country And | am going back more than ever
coming nations. You know. right here in New
Japanese merchants in charge of them. But New
YORK Is only one place where l found this TO be
went. found japanese art goods on sale in stores
owned and operated by japanese l found Jap
enterprise showing itself in dozens Of ways. II is
especially since her victorious war with China.
Previously American and European traders came
longer satisfies the thrifty and enterprsing Jap
anese merchants They must do their ne & own ex.
L pay have known Japanese % tgaders .,o to 60
out till they got on their feet again"
Mr. Matsaki. Japanese who is acquainted with
many Of the artists of Japan was at the Waldorf last
night. He smiled the story that
ART Professor Palmer. OF Harvard has
IN THE choice Japanese vase which he
ORIENT. keeps in a desk drawer. and only
displays occasions. That is
good he said that is the way we do in Japan.
If we have beautiful piece OF workmanship
do not set it in the window to show everybody that
We have 1t. We keep 1t in a cabinet where il is
safe; we treasure it, Then, when our friends come
TO see us We have something to take out and show
them-a treat" Speaking of the school OF Japanese
artlsts who exhibited their work in Boston and
the others learned In Paris and America the Euro
japanese % oo agd prodce m6sy a9pea bau
Ihen, too. European artists have come Japan to
paint ana our painters have watched them The
result resui Is that now our artists applying the
principles for themselves, right in Japan. We will
DO something worth while for the modern art world
after IT'S own fashion,
Charles French said he hated to tell the story
but he told it just the same. talking to two other
Boston men at the Hotel Manhat-
AN tan. He would not tell the name
INTRICATE OF the well known Boston of
PLOT. letters" But the man is we'll
known In the younger literary cir
cles OF Boston and writes under a strange pen name
that is well known. in certain column of one of
Boston's papers. This man was In New-York the
other evening" said Mr.. French, with his wife
In Fifthave he left her while he kept very brief
cross street 10 Broadway and walt for him in the
nrst drug store south of the corner. She went.
Pretty soon he followed. He said he was thinking
or the plot or story at the time. IL must have
been an intricate plot, for when he came into a.
broad street with elevated road he turned
south and began to look into drug stores. He
ne says, and began 70 think he had more of
plot than he bargatned for Then 1t occurred 10
him to find out what street he in II was
SeVenth-ave. He crossed to Broadway walked
back ten blocks and found his wife waiting pa
tiently, for she is authors wife. I am sorry
my appointment took so long he said penitently.'