The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-23

man started of on a trot, mad presently
stopped in front Of the steamship Office. /
Wait" 1 said, and when I came out,
he was waiting. Back to the hotel"
said, and back to the hotel he went.
you, you do not understand them
have no idea what the people Of Yoko-
hama have been saying to me today
Travelling is all right and Interesting,
if you can leave the steamships out of
it. find myself fretting today because
1 shall be compelled to embark on the
Siberia" again, next Sunday, and go
on to Hong Kong.
The japanese are spry enough to
please the most exacting Yankee.
was advised to buy two suits of pongee
silk, for the hot weather in India I
went to a tailor shop at , p. m, and,
returning an hour and a half later.
they were ready to try on" BY
Thursday night, they Will be COM
pleted, and sent on board the Siberia
am row person OF considerable
importance, and in future more atten-
ton should be paid to my statements.
This morning, in Toxic, the capital OF
Japan 1.-The. two young lady daughters of
his majesty, the mikado, bowed to me
quite politely. It came about in the
following manner We went out sight
seeing with a distinguished looking
CThe guide carried cane. and man
carrying a cane always seems to me 10
be a man of importance.) Rickashaw
men were pulling US as usual, and we
found our way into one Of the ripal
parks of the city. A runner came along,
shouting something. Immediately our
important looking guide told US to
alight, which we did. Away down the
avenue we saw two carriages approach
ing Probably royalty" the guide ex-
planned, excitedly. The two carriages
apnroa ched. preceded by a runner on
foot. The guide took off his hat and
I did likewise. In the front carriage
were two handsome japanese girls. The
guide bowed politely to them, and did
the same. The girls smilingly returned
our bow.
The two young daughters OF his
majesty" the guide said, very much ex-
cited.
Then I became excited and curious
They bowed to you I said
mo. no. the guide replied; Ito you;
Then he explained that it is a Gus
tom in the royal family. when in pub
lie, to return the bows of Americans
and Europeans.
In the carriage with the princesses
were two elderly women. In the car
rage following were four grave looking
men. The pTincesses were probably out
for a morning drive in the park.
If I am not the only Kansas man who
the two daughters of the Emperor OF
Japan, let the other man speak up Inc
incident occurred exactly as 1 have re-
lated it. and I can prove it by Mattel
I may return home wearing plug hat
and a kimona; a costume, by the way,
I actually saw last night in the lobby
Of the Imperial hotel
I think our guide of today must
be the president of the University OF
Toxic, at least. He is very distin-
guished looking. and very polite; pos
sibly he has large family to support,
and acts as guide on holidays ThlS
is holiday in Observation-Disclosures
ay-thanksgiving for the rice crop,
which is generous this year. Our
guide bowed to a good many dis
tinguished looking people on the
streets, and by his manner seemed to
say. alphabetically: Il don't like
this. but for mercy sake, what is
man to do who is pOOr.'
The more I see of Japan, the more
respect I have for the japanese. I
have just returned from a tour of To-
kio and feel as though I had just re-
turned from, a long trip through a
great art palace; I am tired of see
ing wonderful things, and willing to
sit by the fire in my room. I had
always thought of Toxic as a sort of
curiO; as a city of little houses Oc-
little houses, and nearly two millions
Of the little people, but from my ho-
tel Toxic resembles a modern Amer
lean city in many ways. I can see
electric cars passing on double track
street railways and the cars are
crowded. I arrived last night after
dark, and Toxic seemed to have as
many electric lights as Chicago. From
my windows I see great modern
buildings with towers, and the palace
a q "a -zE f17.o
old French kings at Versailles. About
the palace of the mikado are three
great walls and a moat; the walls
built of enormous blocks of the lava
rock so common here. will not at
tempt to describe the grounds of the
palace, but the buildings are stately
ana lmposing much more so than
l expected The government build
ings surrounding the palace grounds
are also impressive; as large as those
or the French, apparently, but not Sc
imposing architecturaIIy. E. W. H.