The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
FROM the Empress down, every
Daughter of the Chrysanthenaun
works for her beloved land when It
goes to war

works for her beloved land when It
goes to war
was one of the finest Chinese scholars in Korea, as
we'll as of great astuteness in public affairs
Literally, she was the power behind the throne.
Hence, her untimely taking off. Korean women of
the upper class in their privacy which exceeds that
of China, are both accomplished poets and painters.
but they have no interest in public affairs. In China
where the military are looked down upon, no patriot
ism, in the Japanese sense, could be expected al
though the Empress Dowager contributed l4vlshly
to the comfort of the Chinese soldiers in the Chinese
Japanese War, or at least tried to-
The profession of arms in Japan is the greatest
of all professions. 1t is highly regarded that in
the late numbers of women volunteered for held
service and much chagrined when their
vices were declined. Their work accomplished in
other directions, however, rank with that of any
other country in any other Japan is a member
of the Geneva Convention, and its Red Cross Society
numbers half million members. To this there
is initiation fee of fifteen yen, and the subscribers
pay yearly dues Thus it is seen that the society
starts out very we'll equipped as to money
The head of the organization during the last
was the Empress Hara, who is always prominent in
phlanthropic matters have seen drawing of her
presiding at meeting of ladies, all in uniform, max
uniform Of the Japanese nurses. This is white, cut
foreign fashion, with blouse waist and skirt. On
the head is upright white cap, with the Red Cross
badge in front
This society sent out its people in companies
equipped for and capable of caring for two hundred
wounded each. These included surgeons, dressers
apothecaries' clerks, accountants matrons, nurses
porters, cooks and instrument sharpeners. Observe
the last detail The hospitals the islands
of K1shu and Tsushina, both being most accessible
to Korea The latter is indeed, in the middle of the
Korean straits In addition to these the large
central hospital in the suburbs of Toxic The presi-
dent of the Red Cross Society the Princess Ko-
matsu, whose husband is cousin of the Emperor.
and she herself is the closest friend of the Empress
To this work she gave her entire time and displayed
marked executive ability.
Their Empress
Leads On the Women.
The Empress Hara was lavish in her gifts of
money, and she and the ladies of her Court made
six thousand bandages with the accompanying lint.
The Empress also visited the hospitals distributing
gifts 1t is impossible for appreciate what such
a visit would mean to the Japanese soldier except
we bring down the Queen of Heaven. For to him
literally she is the wife of the Son of Heaven-a
belief shared by many more wise than the wounded
soldier.
these ladies, if we may credit their representa-
tions provided with cots. This fact insignif-
cant it seems, marks Japanese progress as many
more important matters do not. The Japanese at
home sleeps the floor The travelled man will
tell you how insecure he felt when he frstslept
foreign bed, and how many times he rolled out and
found himself the floor before he became ac-
customed to sleeping raised platform To give
wounded soldier cot seems as fine an exhibition
of nerve that of any other feat in the war, and
confirms the report of his superb discipline The
exquisite cleanliness of the Japanese hospital is
matter of course among people with whom ceanli-
is passion
But the work of the Japanese women of the Red
Cross was not only that of nursing They arranged
for the inspiring send off" given to the troops and
for their triumphal home coming They sent $4,000
packages of gifts free the troops in the field and
5000 to the men of the fleet 1t was indeed the or
ganized nucleus which reused and kept up the en-
thusiastic feeling of the nation during the war AS
those who there said Japan had the appearance
of conducting great festival rather than war
The continually decorated with lanterns
and flags over period of months Every child was
led to do its part
There is pretty story of an orphan asylum which
was taken to Hiroshima where the troops embarked
and went out with teapots of hot to the soldiers
crying Tel Koku, Banzair ("Myriad years. Impe-
rial Landry or playing the national air. KIM i-ga-yo"
whose words translated are MAY our gracious Sow
eregn reign thousand years until the little pebbles
grow to mighty rocks, thick velveted with ancient
moss" Then the people cheered the soldiers wept
and the Emperor saluted the little band
But what may not be expected in a country where
one of the propositions for discussion at teachers
convention was "What shall we do to inculcate the
glory of war and the endurance of hardships among
the young of the naton?"
The Land of the Geisha-the Land of o Yuchie
san-stll remains for the deectation of the globe
trotter But there is also another Japan-the land
of heroic women whose supremest delight is to
serve their country.