The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

sturdy and muscular, and have the ap-
pearance of robust health. In color
they display all shades of brown, from
a very light to a very dark. While the
ObIique eye is common, it is by no
means universal.
The conveyance which is most popu-
lar is the jinrikisha, a narrOw-seated, /
two-wheeled top buggy, with shafts
Joined with a crOsSpiece at the end.
These are drawn by "rikisha men" OF
whom there are several hundred thou
sand In the empire. The "rikisha'' was
invented by a Methodist missionary
some thirty years ago, and at once
sprang into popularity. When the pas
Senger is much above the average
weight, or when the Journey is over a
billy road, a pusher is employed, and IN
extraordinary cases two DuSherS. 1t
is astonishing what speed these men
can make. One OF the governors in
formed me that rildsha men would
sometimes cover seventy-five miles OF
level road in day. They will take up
a slow trot and travel for several miles
without a break. We had occasion to
go to a village fifteen miles from KagO-
shima, and crossed a low mountain
range of perhaps 1000 feet. The trip
each way occupied about four hours;
each rikisha had two pushers, and the
men had three hours rest at noon
They felt so fresh at the end Of the trip
that they came an hour later to take
us to a dinner engagement In the
mountainous regions the chair ana
kago take the place Of the rikisha.
The chair rests on two bamboo poles,
and is carried by four men; the kago
Is suspended from one pole, like
swinging hammock, and is carried by
two. Of the two, the chair is much the
more comfortable for the tourist. The
basha is a small One-hOrse omnibus
which will hold four or six small peo-
pie: it is used as a sort Of stage be-
tween villages. A large part Of the
hauling Of merchandise is done by men,
horses being rarely seen. In fact, in
| some of the cities there are more oxen
than horses, and many Of them wear
sandals to protect their hoofs from the
hard pavement. The lighter burdens
are carried in buckets or baskets, sus-
pended from either end Of a pole and
balanced upon the shoulder.
In the country the demand for land
| is so great that most of the roads are
| too narrow for any other vehicle than
| a handcart. The highways connecting
/ the cities and principal towns, how
/ ever. are of good width, and Substan-
| tally constructed and well drained,
and have massive stone bridges span
/ ming the streams.
The clothing of the men presents an
] interesting variety III OitiCtoi WHINE
/ the European and American dress pre-
walls. The silk hat and Prince Albert
/ coat are in evidence at all-day Tunc-
/ tons, and the dress suit at evening
! parties. The western style Of dress is
also Worn by many business men, pro-
/ fessiona1 men and soldiers, and by stu
| dents after they reach the middle
school. which corresponds to our high
| school. The change is taking place
more rapidly among the young than
| among the adults, and is more marked
/ in the city than in the country. In
| one of the primary schools of Kyoto
| I noticed that more than half of the
| children gave evidence of the transit
ton in dress. The change is also more
noticeable in the seaport cities than in
the interior. At Kyoto the audience
| wore the native dress, and all were
seated on mats on the floor, while the
| next night at Osaka all sat on chairs,
and nearly all wore the American
dress. At the osaka meeting some
| forty Japanese young ladies from the
/ Congregational college sang MY Coun-
try, IT'S of Thee" in English.
| The shopkeepers and clerks gener-
aIly wear the native clothing, which
consists of a divided skirt and a
short kimono held in place by q
sash. The laboring men wear loose
knee breeches and a shirt in warm
weather; in cold weather they wear
tight-fitting breaches that reach to the
ankles, and a loose coat. In the cOun-
: try the summer clothing is even
more scanty. l saw a number of men
working in the field with nothing or
) but cloth about the loins, and 1t was