The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-23

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to bnrtar for Il glimpse into Ills future
state. seller OF pink sin dried dough Y
cries hls wares iii strldent tones BESIDE
q t,tir Veyof OF yellow literature, Wn ,1a
sl1riek nipid \ for itsolf iii SUCH cclors
ns never cntne from any printing press
but Japanese. 3f
Under the temple steps Is the new newt
able old woman With, evil eyes and ba flt,tI,
.ened stetel,,R sitting ieside Il cage OF WIZ
spnrrows, M sfuttering plteo,,sly ag'lt rst
their ptlsbn bars. She sits and g ,rllfls
and rt,bs 5llel hands, and when some KIM NJ
SOUL Is moved to purchase tile freedom on
Of one Y or tnore Of thcili she bows very
low ind chucklcs.s hen she ,proba Ny schus
her boy off to watch the flight Of the
iittlc sufferers and ITO catch them again
when they stop to rest thclr lred hn ny
stlffened WINGS Ono mounts the long, /
broad temple steps iii the midst OF
clnttcring throhE, and III asto1lsshlime ~
ono !'!.ns to look Upon the scene sprcno
I out below. The great two-fod satoWWa
through which we have come Is palntcd
n brilliant, flnrlng8red, and the Intricate
nrt by which &thebtimbc are joined w
der tho deop#chvcs Is emphasized by
touches Of bright blue and white paint
which lights Zip the intcrstices ana makes !,
the whole structure look Ike ll'igc
puzzle IN bright tculored building blocks.
gale SHOULD have copied the interior. q
the place for tho temple scene III when i
her poor lttle5slnging girl IS made |, ~ |
unwilling vcstnl virgin. but they say the
author Of ST. %FA fJapnnese Nightinsaiei \
never saw Japan so one cannot Wonuer
that her temple was like nothing thnt
ever grewytn this country Of temples.
The Asaktisn shrine would make an ldcal
scene IN Il Japanese drama II ~ were
cleaned upSaH BIT and u few Of the sacreo
donlinicls hens chased out OF IT.
no describe IT. Is quite Impossible
The altar, NIL gold lea If and gcwsa"s. IS
behind a htigo wire net. put up to pro-
tcct 1t from thegchickens, likely, and out
side this not all Is motley madness.
Great lanterns,@ns much as fifteen feet
long and elghttfcet III diameter, are sus-
pended In either end Of the high ccilcd |
room and all around them are smaller
ones each bcaring its message to the
Japanese mind inShugoS black ideogra pms
splashcd upon its yellow surface. GOD
lin shaped drums sit here and there with |
little cotton wrapped malets lying near,
which the priests use at Into rvnls to beat |
a steady Ia. Ia tn lump stump ump! ac-
to their intoned sutras.
The floor is mot covered with mats, rs rs
most temple floors are, but IS made OF I
great rough cedar planks. which give
forth a. continual hollow echo Of huil-
drcds Of clnnlting wooden shoes
Healer Of All Ills.
Over on one side sits dear old Bin
zuru the healer of all Ills. He would
be n ptab1e old chap II he were not
SO much believer for he was once an
Rakkan, or disciple, Of the great
Lord Buddhn, and got himself turned out
Of the holy circle for rcnarking one
spring morning upon the beauty Of "a
passing woman. Since then his Images
are not allowed within the altar rails
oifs the temples and are usually placed
outside in the porch. 1t seems however,
that the Buddha had a fellow feeling
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