Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-28
LOCAL JAP HEIR
TO VAST FORTUNE
MlLLl0NAIRE'S SON IS HOUSE
SERVANT
is STUDYING AMERICAN LIFE
Jonosuke shImsds, Whose Fathers
Estate AdJoins That Of Marquis
Ito, Living Quietly In Los
Angeles
is STUDYING AMERICAN LIFE

To be the son of millionaire and the
sole heir to vast estate in japan, adj
Joining that of the Marquis Ito, i'm the
heart of the land of the midnight sun,
and yet to be in Los Angeles earning
his livelihood ministering to the do
nestle wants of small family with
the usual modesty and silent PERSONAL
ity which characterize his race, is the
simple way in which Jonosuke Shi-
NADIA, whose family name Is hailed
with pride throughout the mikado's
empire, is learning the social and re-
ligious life of America.
Shimada, or Gal" as he is known
among his friends in Los Angeles, is
in the employ of DIR. and Mrs. Alex
ander ]. McIvor-Tyndall He is just
twenty-eight years old, and besides be-
ing close student Of current literature
he is a writer and poet of no mean
ability in his native language. Since
coming to America a little over a year
ago he has written some very clever
prose and verse which have been pub
lished in the Japanese newspapers.
Nephew of En- San
"Gai" is nephew of En- San, the
famous Japanese artist and writer, and
he Is very proud of his family connec-
tions. 1t isn't everyone who can have
the only son of millionaire to preside
over his domestic arrangements, cook
his food and wait upon his guests, but
to DR.. and Mrs. Tyndall, as psychic
scientists, these advantages come as
a iAatter of course on the principle
that he and she are master and mis-
tress of circumstances and may call
on the universe to supply the needs of
their physical as we'll as their mental
beings.
To the students and visitors at the
McIvor-Tyndall institute "Gai' proba-
bly, appears as a particularly good
looking and superiority educated Jap
anese. but in reality he Is something
more. He is a philosopher, and he
proposed to exert an influence on the
religious thought of his own country
upon his return in a few years, that
shall last as long as the orient itself.
Japan Wants New Thought
Japan is ready for an advanced re-
ligion," says Shimada. "At present the
masses are bound by the varying de-
grees of Buddhistic theology, with a
sprinkling of Shintoism. Christianity
has made practically very little head
way for the obvious reason that it Of
fers scarcely any advantages over Bud
dhism. AS far as the intellectual
thought of Japan is concerned, there is
a growing tendency to materialism.
This carries with it strong socialistic
tendency. AS an instance of the power
of the socialistic view as well as ma
terialistic philosophy, Nakaeism spread
in two years so that his book, "A Year
and Half, reached seventeen edi-
tions of $4,000 each.
"Nakae taught the philosophy of free
dom. He was called a revolutionist by
his government and there is no doubt
that his philosophy has had an i'm
mense influence upon the thoughtful
Japanese 1 believe the time is ripe for
a revolution, but not one of blood
she'd 1t must be a revolution of
thought. Buddhism has paved the way
for the higher spiritual thought that
shall bring individual freedom. just as
your Christianity in the occident has
paved the way for higher conception
of freedom"