Arizona republican., 1904-05-23
sizes, from few inches to eight feet

sizes. from a few inches to eight feet high.
 There 's,also a great display of Jap anese porcelain ware of many varie- ties, sizes and colors, and thousands of bronzes that are truly artistic. The carving is uEexcelled, the expression being as nearly perfect as human hands can make.
 Beautifully carved furniture is to be seen in many varieties. The coloring is of the rich and artistic character for which the Japanese are so famous. There are magnificently carved cabi- nets of red and black lacquer and gold, lacquer tea tables inlaid with gold and fine woods. One can gaze with wonder for hours. on these many thousand beautiful pieces of Japanese work and dazzling evidences of Japanese skill. Passing from the beauties in wood, metal and porcelain, the visitor ap- breaches a most elaborate and magnif- ! icent display of fine embroidery. Here are kimonos in the richest silk, em- broidered in most beautiful colors, and various other articles in silk, such as parasols, fans, curtains and wall orna- ments. Just beyond are many fine pie l lures of animals, birds and landscapes, embroidered in silk. No oil paintings were ever more perfect or more true to life. There is one picture of cock | fight, with feathers flying in the air, | so natural in appearance that the scene seems real and the birds actual ly alive.
 | There are elaborately embroidered screens which required years to make; i magnificent silk shawls, handkerchiefs and other articles for ladies, thou sands of yards of the finest silks; toys in endless variety, fine furs, kimonas of many colors. painting and gliding on leather, a great collection of Japanese hats, Japanese lanterns of all sizes, shapes and colors and thousands of
 beautiful things made by the skillful hands of the artistic Japanese.
 A model of silk factory is a feature of the exhibit; here, too, the thorough ness is manifest in every detail. There is a model of the house where the silk worms are reared and cared for. An other building shows where the silk l5 spun and woven, and the entire process of silk culture is fully displayed. In the palace of education the Jap 1 anese exhibit offers another surprise. ] All the schools of Japan have displays i and more evidences of Japanese thor oughness and attention to detail are | given. Charts show the school attend ance. averages, the number of readers in library. number of copies Of jour nals published. expenditul es, etc.
 The Japanese school course consists
 of eight years in the primary, five years in the intermediate, three years in the high school and in the university | three and four years. They have three | kindergartens also and their technical schools, normal schools and agricul- tural schools besides their regular paid institutes, just as they exist in Europe and America. In the public | schools the boys are taught bronze work, wood carving. lacquer work and to paint in water colors and the girls are taught embroidery. Great care is shown in the methods employed. and l nothing is omitted that might aid in perfecting the education of Japanese | children.
 The busy Japanese are fully alive to ! their fishery interests and have an ex- l tensive display of fishing boats, tackle and fishing appliances of every dis cription in their well-equipped section in the forestry, fish and game build | ing. Nine distinct varieties of fishing | beats are shown. There are row boats with peculiar oar, giving the side stroke to propel a boat, which is a de- | cided improvement over the ordinary oar.
 In the palace of agriculture Japan's agricultural display asserts itself. It is in charge of K. N. Ohashi, Japanese 'commissioner to the Worlds Fair, and is arranged with great taste as well as | completeness. The rice exhibit is the | principal feature and every phase of rice culture is minutely shown. The grain is taken from the time it sprouts to the matured stalk bearing the ripen- | ed rice, twenty varieties of which are exhibited. The insects that injure rice are shown in glass cases and the dis eases affecting rice are shown in their several stages of development. The methods of hunting the insects de- l structive to rice are shown in photo | graphs and drawings.
 A large display of fruits is exhibited, | the Japanese persimmon being present in many varieties. Fruit culture in all l stages is seen in pictures and draw | ings. The culture of tea and methods of growing tea scientifically are shown | in detail, even the fertilizers required by certain soils being displayed. 1 There is a tobacco exhibit of consid- erable magnitude. In Japan tobacco is government monopoly. The exhibit shows the land desirable for tobacco and the methods of tobacco culture. Japanese beer and mineral waters are also displayed.
 At the doorway of the Japanese ex- hibit of agriculture is a beautiful show case in the form of jinirikasha. made of gold and lacquer and valued at $1,000, and large bush of flowers made entirely of silk. the flowers be- l ing so perfect as to seem real. DICT Dl1I nkl CUlRln VI