Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-16
MARVELLOUS DESIGNS.
JAPANESE POSTAL CARDS ARE
BEAUTIFUL AND VARIED.
Colored Scenes from Nature Prettily
Depicted-Recent War in the
Orient Is Frequently
Illustrated.


vats mailing cards produced in greater
variety than in Japan, and it IL prob
able that in no other country are there
now produced mailing cards 80 novel
in character and so beautiful.
Japan itself, Of course, contributes
largely to this result, and then the ia
panese put on mailing cards pictures OF
many things that are not used as sub
jects for such illustration on the mall
ing cards Of other lands. They make
cards with pictures of buildings and OF
localities, just such as are made every
where, but they make also many cards
with pictures printed on them appar-
emily simply for beauty's sake, cards
with pictures of scenes from nature OF
with pictures of flowers, and many
cards with pictures Of subjects simple
or quaint.
Some among these various pictures
are reproductions of pictures by Japa-
nese artists These Japanese mailing
cards are many of them printed with
theiI pictures on background OF god
or of silver and many of them are
beautifully printed.
In the printing of all these beautiful
cards business is not forgotten. Here,
for instance, is a series Of mailing
cards made for a great silk store in
Toxic, the pictures on them illustrat-
ing various features of this establish
ment, the descriptive titles on the vari-
Gus cards, as is true also of many
mailing cards of all sorts made in ia
pan, being printed in japanese charac-
ters and also in English. This series
of cards gives views Of the store out
side and In.
Ono card has a picture Of one Of the
stores showrooms. Another gives a
picture Of its mail order department,
on another is an illustration Of tho
drawing room of the establishment,
while on still another is a picture OF
one feature Of the store that would be
counted novel in any store, in this
country at least, this picture being de-
scribed in the English title on the card
ss "a garden with water fountain and
some pairs Of mandarin ducks"
Another picture in this series shows
the store from the outside as 1t appears
illuminated at night, and yet another
shows one of the stores automobile de-
livery wagons on the road.
Among the many quaint and curious
Japanese mailing cards Is one that has
for an illustration a picture Of boy
riding on a dog. Here is a mailing carl
with q picture of cats on It. Another
has a picture of a Enthusiastically
solemn owl perched on the branch Of a
tree, the owl appearing in the cente'
of a disk Of black for background.
Of pictures of flowers on mailing
cards there are many, and there are
many cards bearing pictures Of birds
Here, for instance, is a card with pic
ture of a flock of ducks flying low along
an ocean beach, the birds we'll In the
foreground, and so showing large in
the picture.
The ducks are most ducklike and
most vigorous and strenuous in fight.
and the shore and the sea is most real
istic; very striking picture. Odd sor:
of picture though, to put on the back
of a private mailing card? Surely, but
most interesting for all that.
Here are cards with pictures Of men
on horseback and cards with pictures
of women on horseback. Here is a carl
with a picture Of pretty little child
with upturned face holding over her
head a hoop. There are many pictures
of snow scenes and there are many
cards with pictures Of cherry bios
SONS. pictures Of groves or orchards of
cherry trees in bloom, these most beau
tifully and delicately colored
Coming back to city scenes, here IL
a card with picture that would be
striking for its contrasts If for no
other reason, picture showing In the
background buildings of oriental archi-
lecture, while in the foreground rolling
along in front are trolley cars and men
riding on bicycles, things peculiarly
modern. Another card has picture of
trolley cars wonderfully illumina Ell
with ropes of electric lights, as the
cars appeared on the occasion Of some
celebration Among pictures of many
buildings of modern construction in
Japan printed on mailing cards is one,
for instance, of the women's univer-
sity in Toxic.
AS might, perhaps, be expected there
are just now to be found ON Japanese
mailing cards many pictures of war
subjects These include pictures Of
soldiers and of armies in review and
pictures of warships and of fleets o.
warships.
Here on one occasion is picture Of
8 naval party in boats looking up sui
marine mines; another card has pic.
ture of Russian wounded soldiers, still
another shows the imperial princesse3
making bandages; yet another has !
picture of the field funerals In behalf OF
the Russian dead; here is one with 4
picture of q blockading party on Port
Arthur and so on.
In short, the japanese mailing cards
are something more than souvenir
cards.