The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-24
JAP SOUVENIRS
COME VERY HIGH
Jane Nearly Lost Her Breath
Pricing Them
COST FROM $500 ON UP
A PORCELAIN VASE COVERED
WITH zoos PORCELAIN MON.
KEYS $500 CAIRO WOMAN
SAYS SHE is NOT "LlT.
TILE EGYPT"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. Louis, Oct. 2z.--Like nearly ey
cry one else who visits the Fair, Jane
wants to take back 20 Cairo a few
trinkets as souvenirs of the exposi
ton and as remembrance for friend:
and like nine out of ten American wo
men, she turned into the Japanese
section OF the Varied Industries
building TO make selection.
There is popular notion that the
Japs are the only ones who make
souvenirs worth carrying home and
judging from the displays to be seen
in the Japanese pavilion and bazars.
in exhibit palaces and on the Pike,
should imagine that every Jap in the
flowery Kingdom who was not a: the
front fighting Russia was engaged in
ars and brc-a-brac OF every descrip-
ton for this expedition. There must
be several ship-loads of vases alone.
Indeed, the Fair is almost submerged
In flood of japanese wares.
Prices Alr3st Take James Breath.
The first "trifle" which Jane priced
almost took her breath away. /. was
a cloisonHe vase with two birds on
II ana Jane thought Ii would be very
pretty remembrance for one of her
school friends. The price was 5000.
Another cloisonne with wisterla and
cherry blossoms on II was $3.50. After
Jane had recovered Consciousness she
made GD her mind hat smaller vases
.5ouid 10 but even these ranged in
prices from $3.50 TO $50 and she final
ly learned what every one has to
learn. that Japanese cloisonne vases
are not "triles" to be carelessiy scat
tered among school friends. The ivo-
ry trinkets are even farther beyond
the ordinary purse. The Japs are
very fond of carving 10. of tiny ele
plants en- one ivory tusk and they ap.
pear not to he anxious, for we noticed
that one tusk with eight little ele-
plants carved out of ii and mounted
on piece of ebony was marked
$3.50. We also found cloisonne
vase marked $4,000.
Japs are Artistic.
The Japs are artistic and ingenl-
Gus, doing their work with Infinite
patience and skill but they have PEE
culiar tastes. We saw large por-
cslain vac covered with miniature
porcelain monkeys-2.O03 of them by
actual ccunt--in every conceivable
position. all apparently clinging to
the vase for dear life, as though they
were AFRAID of falling OFF | could not
find out how long 1t took the Jap TO
make his vase, but the price mark
was $3.50.
After all, the monkeys are an i'm
proyement over snakes, lizards and
sea serpents. John yentured the
opinion that the Jap who made 1t
had monkey and parrot time" of
Il before + was completed, while |
Jane thought he must have been aw.
fully tired when he got to the last
Wanted scar No. tf27."
AS We boarded our car after the
days tramping vas done we saw a
couple who had been waiting for
hours to board a car. Although doz-
ems OF cars had gone by, they siill |
patiently waited and refused TO get
On any Of them. Finally a guard ask.
ed them why they did not get on. and
the man replied:
We are waiting for car No. 1927
That's the one we rode out in this
ami The conductor knows
just where we want 10 60"
This couple was not from Cairo, but
they greatly resembled some OF Cal
ro's visitors who flock into town on
he Sunday excursions.
LITTLE EGYPT"