The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-07-01
IRVINE ITEMS.

IRVINE ITEhS.
Shipping tomatoes is the order of
the day.
Miss Annie Edwards, of WillistOn,
is visiting Mrs. L. K. Edwards this
week.
Mrs. Sara Harvey, of Tallahassee,
is spending a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. Thigpen.
Mr.. Preston Harvey and bride, OF
Libby, Ga, who have been visiting
the latter's sister, Mrs. Thigpen, re-
turned home Monday.
Mr.. Hall McAlister, is hauling lum-
Der from Reddick this week.
DR.. S. L. Davis, and wife, Mrs. DR..
Bitch and children have gone on a
fishing trip 10 Orange Lake.
Mr.. Jno. B. Floyd and family are
going to move 10 St. Augustine in
the near future.
Mr.. Clarence Chitty, who has been
clerking for the Irvine Crate and
Basket Co., has severed his connec-
ton with same and is going 20 -.
Petersburg 10 attend school.
Mrs. ]. c. Mathews, of Pennington,
made several calls TO our burg the
past week.
Mr.. Henry Hall has accepted a
position with Mr.. Meffert at Martin
and with his family has moved to
that point. Y. Y. y.
FAR Japan, the Gem Of the Pike
While speaking of the Pike the
writer takes particular pleasure in
calling 10 the attention of all those
contemplating a visit TO the World's
Fair, the concession known a. Fair
Japan" 1t was here that the writer
was entertained by real Geisha girls
from the Orient; a class probably
never before represented in America.
In the beautiful little Japanese
theatre the Geisha girls chanted the
songs of the far away Orient. and ex-
ecuted the graceful dances 80 famed
in song and story.
The entrance to Fair Japan" is
the most imposing and picturesque
building in the entire fair grounds.
1t is a replica, complete in every
detail, of the famous entrance 10 the
Temple of Nikko, one of the most
revered places of worship in all
Japan. Just beyong the Nikko gate
is a typical street in Toxic, with
booths, bazaars and japanese forms
of amusement, such a. would be
found in any typical japanese city Of
the better class. Crossing a gently
slOped bridge of Japanese design one
enters the theater, where the Geisha.
the japanese fencers and other enter
tanners hold forth.
To the left of the theater il the tea
garden, a replica in miniature of the
imperial gardens in Toxic, with cas-
cades, lagOons, dwarf shrubbery and
other artistic features. Located in
the garden is modern tea house in
which fifteen of the beauties Of the
most fashionable tea houses Of Yokio,
Yokohama and other well known
japanese cities serve the public with
light refreshments of all kinds. Pass
ing the tea house one encounters the
gateway of the Nio-Mon, or the
Temple of the Two Kings, very rare
specimen of japanese architecture Of
the years gone by, with engravings
which prove TO be more than six
hundred years old. The Nio-Mon
was dismantled in Japan and after
being shipped to America was re-
constructed along the original lines.
The Nio-Mon was erected in the
Province of Yheako by Lord SatalSe.
of the noble Satake family, for the
peaceful repose of the departed soul
of his hOnored father. The guardian
angels-the two Kings i'm other
words, who guard the gates Of the
Nio-Mon are Brahma and Indra.
carved from one massive piece Of
wood in the crude but still artistic