The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-07

unc,nny In their resemblances-thess thing,
are 4 part OF the importation for mimic
7 japan.
| 4 dozen Of typical japanese bridges will
| span the reaches OF water from mainland
| to islets-bridges OF peculiarly woven ham
| boo Of tree roots. the drum bridge and the
| rustic country bridge. each different in typo
| and style.
| on the shores OF the lakes appear a gym
| uasium where the SO-t Of ath,eti" lessons
| which President Roosevelt found invigor-
| ating will be taught by Japanese professors.
| \ music stand with full Japanese band.
| Is another feature az the lake region.
| A!ight.uS from the rickshaw. On the
F., shores Of the lake. YOU may tlae a sonpan.
| Il japanese pleasure boat nrFos seen In tbs
country and CrCssI ?; the smooth h.im. reach
| the tcahuuse whose verandas overhans
| the further shore. Then you are in thu
| atmosphere u the geIsha sItL
DRESDEN CHINA MAID"
| WITH HER GUITAR
| She will fit softly to you and serve tea.
| Music * demanded and most o5ediant Of
| all maids. she brings her guitar and croons
| dainty dit;ies In the dim glow 81 lanterns. or
| she may glide dreamliy through The slow
! dance of her tribe.
| Take The soInpan. carved out Of one piscs
| of wood ard propelled by a native oars7nan.
who used a paddle in the stern of tho
| craft. YOU cross the lake again TO the main
| esplarade and stop at the Japanese zoo.
| Jansnes. lap dogs Will be for sale there.
| The gardens about the teahouse. by the
| vay. will contain the japanese maple. the
| ,uri, or white lily, the shahoeu, The Jap
| anese cactus and native wild flowers Of the
! kingdom. The stunted. human-shaped pines
| and oaks will abound in this vicinity
| At the extreme end of the 6eo-foot avenue
| stands the big japanese theatcr. the cul-
minatlng advertisement of mimic Japan. 1t
| is a REPRODUCTION OF kahuhisa. the great
! theater Of Toxic. a typical piece of Japan
| csc architecture.
| Comic operas. vaudeville, tragic drama,
! se!sha dances. magtcians and acrobats will
| be shown in this place of amusement.
! The auditorium has been designed TO seat
| LOO persons.
! 1t will he airy and have powerful fans TO
| keep the hreezes moving through the house.
! II the C!evernrss of Kushibiki goes far,
| Japan. the Flowery Kingdom. will furnish
! one novelty that is a wonder OF the world
| 1t Is a man who caryes a human figure
! out OF a grain of rice.
! You stop and say impossible jus, as the
Prince of the dim ages OF the gods ex-
claimed and with this man will go the
story.
( Tradition has It that the man whom
/ kushih!ki seeks to have come to st. Louis
! is the son OF a son and so on for genera
| ticns. all OF whom have carved images
! from single grains of rice
Il has been said that he is the only man
In all Japan who can achieve the feat and
indeed the only person in the world.
4 Prince of the years dead In Japan. was
iacreduious about the ability OF this feI-
( lows ancestor to do the very thing you
may see done in 1901. The legend runs that
the incredulous Prince had very beautiful
daughter. She was besought of many suit
ors. besieged by them was her fathers
castle. Among them. poor carver looked
up 10 the Princess.
He was laughed TO scorn by the naughty
Prince.
Yet something was to be done to deter
mine upon whom of the mighty suitors the
hand Of his daughter should be bestowed.
II was decided that he who performed an
exploit never dreamed before should win
the Princess. and the Prince set the tasks.
What was fair In love was fair in war.
so unto the poor carver, he laid 1t out that
he must carve human figure from a sim
gle grain Of rice. He was granted I'VE
! years time. At tho end OF the period tha
| maiden was to wed the carver II he had
| succeeded.
god came to the carver in his slunaber. .
| He showed him how to make tools delicate
enough to carve the rice grain. Five years
| he toiled.
On the eventful day. he appeared at the
! castle and from curious miniature cas-
ket brought forth two figures carved from
| grains OF rice. He won the girl. de-
scendant of the successful wooer now
carves figures without trouble from the
| staple grain OF Japan.
T. R. MacMECHEN.