The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-09


papers on the home-lfe Of the various
nations were read The Bulletin pub.
lished these papers and herewith pre-
sents the last Home Life in Japan,
by Mrs. John s. Hacker.
This excellent paper which is writ
ten in Mrs. Hackers inimitable style
is as follows:
Home Life in Japan.
This talk on Japanese home.ife--
when they have no word that can be
exactly translated into homeland to
furnish a staple article of diet when
there is no Japanese word for bread
| has caused me to read half dozen
| volumes and to keep on reading and
thinking Japan until it fails to make
an impression and makes the yacuity
of mind which the Japanese who wish
TO be divnely possessed arrive at
after their bathing and fishing. The
poor brute of body unequalIy yoked
to 30 indomitable a spirit fares i'll.
The would-be pure must abstain
cooked comprehensively from what
eva9 has taste or smell. In short he
should lead gastronomically an utterly
insipid existence using neither tea
salt nor tobacco, Nuts and berries of
a hermit among the hills, buckwheat
f1crH, if though not in the world, he
still he in IT,
He may cal vegetables. dried per
simmons aud grapes. but he must eat
sparingIy; a bowl of buckwheat and
dish of greens IL enough for the day
A diet Of such subtraction reduces
him 10 the lowest mental terms, the
general character of his existence
canduces TO that end. Solitude com
ncte or partial, by we'll known laws
tends TO convert him into a maniac CT
a simpleton. To species of the latter
it Is his ambition TO attain.
It is hard to oyer-ostimate the eff
cacy of such process for producing
utter Darkness of mind. The subIued
chanting over and over again of words
TO which any thought has long since
babe goodbye tends in twofold
manner to mental vacuty. Try con
quering insomnia by methodically
counting TO 100 an indefinite number
of times This is the Japanese art for
divine possession Some other austeri
Ties are walking on the tips of the
toes. picus ballet dancing this. The
austerity of never looking on WON
ans face-a most severe selfinfiic
tion Compared with this the next
must be positive pleasure. To let
unlimited mosquitoes bite one to
safety for seven consecutive piGhts. |
Modern hypnotism could reduce tho
brain 10 this much desired inactivity !
much quicker
These are some of the things done
for happiness hereafter by males in |
Japan.
Think of pile of rope each strand |
as long and as large " ships cable |
made of women's hair, twisted and
spliced with hemp. The Offering of
poor but devout women. One rope the
gift of $500 in one province alone. !
Recollect the pride they take in their
hair, and the entire absence of hats
or bonnets. The occasional streaks of
gray proves that the enthusiasm ex
tends from youth to age.
Fifty-two years ago, with wooden
sandals. cotton hose with a separate
receptacle for the big toe, delightfully."-
g. m 4
scarcely any for the men-and yet
hey are foolish enough TO ape Ame"i
IAN customs Mrs. Cleveland and
'thers asked that they keep to their
pwn fashion-but they would nor heed.
The occurrences of earthquakes will
prevent sky scrapers and the greed
or gain can never be like GUS. thank
Bhuddah"
He is big enough in all conscience
% feet high. eyes of pure gold. full
IS feet long. circumference of the
humb 3 feet and within this statute
% can worship. The statute is Of
rome. on a stone pedestal in the
hape Of lotos flower. made 700 years
Igo and represents the man before
whose shrines more knees are bent
n prayer than Of any other founder
f religion.
The thing that most impresses is
he indescribable. passionless EXPIRES
ion of the face that will haunt ones I
memory forever J
The Buddhist faith declares that to I
estroy any living thing is a sin. Catch
IL fish would naturally he prohibited c
NJ as the waters fairly swarm with y
hem. 10 have forbidden The people =
sb would have removed their staple +
rticle Of diet and caused 2 positive y
aired If the new religion The priests n
g well IS the fishermen knew VII sre b
, draw their lines.
Their pipes hold IS much tobacco 2
) child's thimble Their pillow r. Z
wedge shaped piece Of wood ! foot "
'ng with a wad Of cloth like DO "
gna sausage. tied on top. %