The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
MINE MEMBERS
OF THE ANU RACE
! HAVE COME TO THE
s WORLDS FAIR
; FROM NORTHERN

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Nine members of the Ainu race from
the Island of EZo in Northern .Iapan.i
have come to St. Louis to participated
in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
They are the first of their race 10 go,
outside the borders of Japan and n.
The great congress of strange pcJplcsI
10 be seen ut the Worlds Fair the,
Anus will stand out conspicuously.
The short but well-bult men, withs
coarse black hair hanging we'll overl
their foreheads and SO long that il coy-s
rrS their ears. are no more intcrcstings
than the women. whose curiously TAFT
toocd lips offer an unusual attractiout
10 persons who have visited the Indiank
building. where the primitive folk ares
luartcred.
The Anus were Il populous race ius
years gone by. but it is said that they.
are rapidly dying out.
The women would not he unprctty.e
save for the mark of indigo blueS
which adorns their lips.
1t is virtually the only primitiveI
characteristic of the Anus. for; thcyE
have been converted to the ChristianE
faith. and in manner of dress appears
as we'll as some of the people of thet
lower section of Japan.
The tattooed lips of the woman de-
note that she is married and il h3sI
been customary for all women of thc|
island to receive this mark as soon as
they We're eligible TO matrimopy
A law recently passed in Japan pro-
hibits this custom, so What the growing
generation of the Ainu tribe will look
Just like other people.
In the Worlds Fair colony there areI
three married couples. one single mani
and two little girls.
The youngest of these is years old
and her name is kinu. KIM is the
Ainu name for Chrysanthemum.
Kinu looks more like japanese doll
than a baby.
She has disposition that soon wins
The admiration of visitors to the In
dian building, and it is feared that she
will he spoiled baby before the Ex-
position is ended.
There is something in the character
istics Of Kinu that causes visitors to
marvel.
She is Il keen observer and amazing
Iy quick nj conception. Apparently
she has Il longing to become the pos
SCISSOR of everything she sees.
\ lady who visited the Anus last
week gave KIM Il rubber doll. 1t was
the first doll that the baby had ever
seen, but she was quick to appreciate
it. She kissed the doll and then
showed it to her mamma.
The glass eyes of the doll made a
great impression upon The baby mind
of Kinu. She showed her mother those
remarkable glass eyes and discussed
them in the best goo-goo language of
the baby Anus.
Kinu fondled the imitation baby just
as an American child would and so put
the dolly ito sleep
An opinion prevails that KIM will
make Il good American if her parents
decide to remain here.
The polite manners sf the Anus are
their chief mark of distinction. Ther,
was some disappointment when the
band of primitive folk arrived. They
were the hairy Anus. true enough
but they weren't man-caters. dog-ca'
ers or wild men.
With their soft manner of expression
kindly bearing and uniform courtesy
however. the Anus seem destined t.
make a good name for themselves a
the great Exposition.
Another disappointment in the Ainu'
vaS there cleanliness, but the arriva
of the Patagonian giants forestalle'
possible regrets. The Patagonia'
giants are primitive folk and incident
ally the dirtiest people on the globe
Being also quartered in the India
building. the PataGonians make up f"
all the cleanliness Of the hairy Anus.