The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

and there will be a display of all the quaint musical instruments used by the Japanese. There will also be model schools for the deaf and for the blind showing how these helpless creatures are cared for and made to be useful to their fellow men.
 The Japan sea is well stocked with fish and the people are large shippers as we'll as eaters of fish. Hundreds of diff ferent specimens will be brought to the worlds fair in aquariums and shown in the forestry, fish and game building. There will also be shown the different ways of fishing and netting. a most com prehensive exhibition being made of the whole industry.
 One feature of the fish display which will be especially attractive is a collection of live eormorants birds which are used by the native Japanese in catching fish. The fowl is held by long string while 1t sails over the water in quest of prey. When it has gathered from the deep it's full the bird is hauled Into shore and the fish are extracted from its stomach. The bird is invaluable to the fishermen.
 Who Makes the Exhibit.
 Japans entire industrial exhibit Is be- ing made by the Japan Exhibit associa- tion which includes all the leading mer- chants and manufacturers of the coun- y. receive the exhibits from exhibitors in Japan, bring them to St Louis, install and display them and when the exposi- tion is over to sell or return them. The expense of the organization is borne by subscription of its members and gov ernment appropriation of 10000 yen.
 Next to an inspection of the exhibits will be a peep into the dainty Japanese garden. First of the buildings to be .,f the Japanese reservation, which is on a hill just south of machinery palace, will be the Formosa pavilion, a typical Ori- ental structure. surrounded by vines and flowers. where the famous Oolong tea is served by dainty Japanese maids. On the other hand is the pavilion in which are quartered the commissioner and his staff
 Leading upward, a footpath winds it's way through beds of fragrant flowers tc the bazaar, where such of the trlnkets and wares as were seen in the exhibit buildings may be purchased. Then the sight-seer crosses a rustic bridge and penetrates more Oriental flower beds to find himself at the doors of the main pavilion. where all public receptions and Japanese functions will be held.
 Duplicate of Castle.
 The building is a duplicate of famous castle and has many interesting features. In its hall will be a gallery of statues, each figure garbed to represent the dress of succeeding epochs from the beginning of Japanese civilization to the present time. The wall carvings are gorgeous and the mats and curtains of the most valuable quality. Unlike the Americans, the Japanese does not crowd his apart ments with furnishings, but strives to use as few as possible. The idea is to attain simplicity and comfort, but there Is no intention to be niggardy. The fur nishings, while few, are often changed and are always in keeping with the sea- son.
 Bellevue pavilion, which overlooks beautiful lake in the center of the gar den is constructed entirely from woods taken from the mikados imperial for ests, no two pieces of which are similar. The construction is unique and the carv- ings among the richest to be found in the Japanese ornamentation. In this building tea is served for the pleasure of visitors. It Is rather a refreshment spot than a place for demonstrating the quail ity of the beverage as was the case at the Formosa pavilion.
 Kinkaku pavilion, the next reached in a circuit of the grounds, is q reproduce tion of an ancient house at Tigota Ja- pan. It was there that Toyotorni Hide yoshi, a noted Japanese warr1or, enter tained his followers in the old feudal times and served them with tea. He taught his people to drink tea and believ- ed that the soothing effect of the bev- craze would make them meditative and strong in their convictions when once they believed they were right.
 Tea will be served to Japanese visi- tors in this pavilion just as it was served to the warriors of old many hundreds of years ago. The traditions that cluster about the building are indicated In the carvings and in famous war scenes which adorn the wall.
 Water plants brought from the Orient have been transplanted to the beautiful lake in the center of the garden and about the edges there are flowers of every kind common to the little island. Trees and shrubbery that help to beautify the spot were all brought from Japan and have been cultivated in their new surroundings by native gardeners.