The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-14
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
A Novel Of Japanese Life That Is BIT Of
/ Japanese Art Observation-Disclosures
Watanna's Story of the Daughters Of
Milo One That Would Admit Well Of
DramatIzation. 80 - rs ~ .-..: a..

Go with ne25to the moon, says Jules
Verne; go with me to- the Arctic, says
Nanseni go with me to Tibet says Hedin;
go with US where fancy leads, say hun
dred or a thousand ronancers, and go you
do. It is the magic Of the mind, the
magic which transcends space and time
and gravity anchored flesh and carries
the mind where it listeth
Last evening it was the list of The
Uneasy Chair to fit to Japan under the
guidance of Onoto Watanna, there to OBJ
serve, the works, not of Mars, but of
Eros (think of two such classic gods SO
far from homeD and follow the love af-
| fairs Of the Daughters. Of MILO
| The story is Japanese art occidentaliZed
Love affairs in Japan do not differ much
| from love affairs in Minneapolis, and the
portrayal Of the heart episodes of the
| daughters Of MILO while it is Japanese
| in effect and intricacy of design, still
makes the same appeal that a romance
| Of Minnetonka as cleverly told would
| make: upon the average Minneapolitan.
| It is bizarre in a measure, yet there is lit
/ tie local color, tho plenty of local at
Imosphere, and withal dainty story,
daintily told, breathing an odor of cherry
| blossoms.
/ One Of the daughters of Milo is an I'M
recognized daughter. She dwells in the
home Of a man and a woman Of common
rank, and is supposed to be their daughter.
She is beautiful. according to Japanese
standards, but is "a girl of weak and
vain ambitions Her name is Massage
Sado-ko the recognized daughter Of the
prince, on the other. hand, dwells in a
palace, but disliies it's garish frivolity
l of royal life and instead loves simplicity
and nature. The two girls might pass
for twins. Massage Is betrothed by hel
parents to juno, sculptor. Sado-kc
/ is expected to be betrothed to Komatzu
la prince. Love him? OF course not
What princess would love the man she
was expected to? On the contrary, she
loves juno, whom she has seen making
Ia. statue Of Prince Komatzu and met al
court and who In turn loves her. Massage
with equal perversity does not love hel
i fance. but has conceived an apparently
foolish passion for Kornatzu.
/ Now Sado-ko IS a princess Of wit. She
considers the situation and decides thai
she lis willing to trade her prospects fol
KomatZu's hand, and the splendors o.
court life to boot, for the love of the art
list. Massage is fearful at first. But she
is persuaded. for the glamour Of cour
life IS too great a temptation. especial,
in view Of the courts imported splendors
She doesn't know just where the impor
tatfons come from, judging from this
"Oh, joyful Such beautiful and gorge
GUS gowns as I shall wear. shall sent
at once to all the most famous foreign
cities. Let me see-to Holland, and to-
Out Of such opportunities surely an in
teresting tale should be made, and surel.
. one is made.
Sado-ko is quite a charming bit OF hu
mainly. Even juno, not meeting he
after her plan has been launched. unit
Il he is coming out of a long Illness fail
to recognize, in his gentle nurse, TIL
Il Princess Sado-ko. He. hears her calle
Massage. and he reasons to himself tina
he has always loved Massage. that hi
passion for Sado-ko was merely, a fame
due to her resemblance to Massage s.
he gives himself up to his love for hi
nurse, the supposed Massage, and tina
throws her into a somewhat confused stat
OF mind
ttYou love her still?. she asked him one day
r lreferring to Sado-ko Now note of fear wa
: In her voice. She could not bear that he shout
e speak or think unkindly OF the Princess Sado-k,
vet the very thought that he should love on
= who was no longer herself rendered this parade
Z OF women distracted
/ 5s.'You love her still?' she asked. catchfn
r his arm and shaking it with her childish jea
! ousy.
siNo, no.. he said, as tho the very though
2 was loathsome, it's you alone love, my iow
j, Her tone was sharply tart. '.You do not ioy
S / Sado-ko?"
: She sighed II would not have Il otherwise,
: she said and laughed happily.
Here is suggestion: The Daughter
ct Milo" would lend itself readily t
( | Decentralization and as q play would max
q a pleasant evenings entertainment.
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