The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30

than the seeding states. These process
increase rapidly in number until they
eliminate in a grand review of the
armies in Toxic, similar to our grand
review in Washington.
Our dining room waiter at the I'M
perial hotel looks exactly like Andy
Ketchum. He is just Andy's size, and
has all of his lady-like manners. The
resemblance is so marked that our
waiter is considerably lighter in color
than the other japanese. Occasionally
you see a japanese who Is almost
white. These Japanese whites are
said to belong to families who have
always followed the sea.
The japanese women all have jet
black hair; there are no red heads, or
blondes, among them. When a Japa-
nese woman puts up her hair, it is up
to stay for a week or ten days, since
the. process is an elaborate one. At
night, she sleeps on a wooden pillow,
so that her hair will not be disarranged;
a japanese woman hasn't time to ill
her mouth with hair pins every little
while. and fool with her hair. If her
husband gives her a vacation once q
week, she devotes her holiday to fixing
her hair, and 1t stays fixed until her
nuSDanQ can spare ner again. W e saw
q very pretty girl at a tea house to-
day; she acted as our guide, and we
could smell her hair ten feet away:
scented hair oil Of some kind.
Our guide of yesterday could talk
little English. but our guide of today
absolutely did not know an English
word, except Yes, Sir" or %, no,
etc. He was secured by our chamber
fellow: our fellow who makes up our
hrfv7crE T7c hot and
sWers our bell. Our chamber fellow
said the guide was a. friend Of his, and
talked particularly good English But
the guide certainly knew the points Of
interest: this has been our best day in
Toxic. So FAR RS sight seeing is con
Toxic is provided with the usual
public gardens and play grounds; IN
one of the latter I saw boys in kimonas
playing baseball. In one of these pub
lie play grounds I met a kindly looking
old grandma Their caring for two fat
boy babies gave each of the boy
babies a nickel and the grandmother
seemed to ask the boy babies: What
do you say2" But they didn't say thank
you; instead, they gravely arranged
themselves side by side, their grand
mother ehattering and directing them
all the while, and after they were all
ready, they bowed to me ceremonious-
~ LAlCG. nat was their way Ol say AlAG
thank you" and it was very pretty
and effective.
In addition to the usual public gar
dens and play grounds, Toxic has a
number of gardens surrounding sor-
geous temples. These temples are
very old, and We're probably as ex-
pensive to build as the old palaces of
the French despots. They are built Of
wood, instead of stone, but the carv-
ings cost years of toll. Much of the
wood work is covered with gold, and in
some cases the entire structure is pro-
tected from the weather by a rough
buildings of boards. In some cases,
the temples are built on top of hills;
at one place, I counted as I climbed,
and noted that I climbed 1T steps.
called it The Temple of One Hundred
and Seventeen steps, for the guide
could give me no information concern
ing it, further than that it was a Shinto
temple.
I am almost sorry did not leave an
extra suit of clothes at home, and
bring instead a set of cyclopedias.
do not know much about Shintoism,
but I know as much as the average
man; it is not necessary to know
much about It.
At this temple we were compelled
to put cloth coverings on our shoes
before entering. We were conducted
through the gorgeous place by boy
of fifteen or sixteen. While he was
showing US about, and explaining
everything to the guide (whe could not
explain it to us) two giggling girls
and a man appeared. The boy who
conducted us squatted on the floor, and
the two giggling girls and man did
likewise. Then the boy rectted lot OF
stuff in a sing song voice; I could
recognize the word "Shinto," but moth
ing else. I wondered that the boy
should be authorized to conduct q
ceremony, but it would have been use
less to ask the guide about 1t, so
| saved my breath
Then we paid the boy sixty cents in
money and departed. This temple was
surrounded with smaller temples
tonbs, gardens, etc, and the walls were
almost as massive as those at the en-
/ peror's palace. The Japanese do not
seem serious in religious matters; they
pay no more attention to religious
matters than American Protestants. Il
they have boys reading the services. Il
will not be long before they put the
women at it. At the railway tickei
/ Office where went this morning to Sc
cure sleeping car and railway tickets
for night journey to Kobe, only
women were employed. not man il
the place.
We also visited temple erected II
! honor of Budha. II you viii look VI
/ the history Oh bAlild III the <AlttCfASe1A
! cyclopedia. you viii have considerable
/ respect for him. Budha's history wal
/ almost identicaIIy that OF Christ, and
/ as he lived many years before Christ
many critics say our religion Is realll
/ that of Budha. that We are Buddhist
/ instead Of Christians. Any way, 1t vii
| interest you to look UP the brief his