The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-12-29

streets here are even narrower than
In Tokyo, and there are no English
signs; SO far as appearances Went
we were party of Americans dis
covering the town. At one place we
skirted rapidly running stream,
forty feet wide and walled on
either side. At intervals steps where
the women went down to the water
to do their washing. We crossed
this stream on stone bridge GER
tainly a thousand years old; q
bridge just wide enough for rick.
sha. The supporting pillars were
composed of huge columns of stone
taken from the quarries In one piece
and the floor of the bridge was
equally massive. The ride to the
hotel of itself was enough to pay
us for our witt here. The hotel is
a great, rambling concern, located
on the side of "a mountain. There
are so many different buildings and
gardens connected with the hotel
that we really need guide to find
our rooms, the dining room seems
quarter of mile away. There are
Japanese girl mattresses in the din
ing room, and they are very pretty,
and pace about in the quiet way
x that distinguishes the Japanese
maidens. Every dining room girl
carries what seems to be knapsack
on her back, but my daughter says
this knapsack is really sash.
Admiral Togo is in Kyoto tod;
and as consequence the town is
celebrating. Talk about lanterns al d
: flags. you should see the town t.
= day. In certain. streets there are
thousands of floral umbrellas, and il
all of them there are big Japanes'
lanterns and Gags. We EN-
ployed guide at the hotel and whel
we departed for tour of the city,
the manager and, the chief clerk were
present to see our procession start
4 ~
), them bow! The further you pene
: trate the interior of Japan, the NOR
3 the people bow and stare. If Pre-
), sldent Roosevelt s..-uld appear OIL
: the streets of San Francisco he
: would not be stared at more thar
}. 1.-THE Atchison girl has been stared a
: on the streets of Kyoto today, She
: went ahead in ricksha, and fol
, lowed, the guide, bringing up til
rear. It seemed to me that all The
+ people in the streets stared at Ma
, teel, but pad very little attention to
me. And 1t should be remembered
: that the narrow streets were liter
, ally packed. The half million
people of the town were having a
; holiday, and there were thousands
!, of visitors from the surrounding
country. Imagine two japanese
; appearing on the streets of Atcbisor
, during the corn carnival and driv-
: ing about to see the points of his
5 toric Interest," the site of Ben Holli-
, days old stage Office; the office d
tle wharf master, the place whe Z
! Parree Butler was set ahoat on his
. trip down the river etc. We were
= treated better, I imagine, than two
-1Japanese would have been treated
y in Atchison on corn carnival day,
3 for we saw only one or two intoxi.
3 clted men, and only one fight. T. {
& Is Hi. Hi, "of the ricksha men opent q
3 way for us every where, bur the
4 e. 'owd finally became so dense tina,
3 va concluded to 60 back to the
4 hp 'el. One party, of young men
{ shouten to US, "Banzil' Hurrah
! Hurrahl" but otherwise We were nos
= disturbed. But if i live a thousand
3 years l shall never forget the crowds
J in the streets of Kyoto. And DUR
I ing our sight seeing tour covering
) several hours / do not recsll-sceing
! single American or European. AL
: japanese of the purest tyye and
: blacksst hair, except one old Jip
whosAad gray billy goat pwhisker..