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where many have safe homes. States.
men who are themselves arrant
rationalists declare that the students
must have some religious motive for
the desired morality.
Even the daily papers are wrestling
with the subject or student immorall
y--a contradiction of the statement
made by some leaders that the recent
shocking revelations have not caused
ripple of interest in Japan. The
immortality has centered largely about
he dormitories and studen, hoardiny
houses, the latter especially. II has
oeen shown that hundreds. II not
thousands, of girl students purchase
'heir education at price that would
seem Incredible TO western ears. For
instance, 1t is admitted that nearly all
or the l.5O0 Chinese students here az.
ioru homes TO Japanese girl students.
or pseudo students. The Chinese stu.
dents-most of whom, by the wav
nave wives at home-are not neces.
sarily more immoral than the jana.
nese. but they are possessed of more
money. The average EXPENSES of n
Japanese college man. including tui.
uon. board. books. clothes, etc. are
less IMAM 10 yen a month. which is
seven dollars and half. The average
expenses OF Chinese student In
TOXIC are estimated at a minimum
or 80 yen. The expenses of a girl stu.
dent are less than those OF man.
The terrible situation here with re.
spect to school girls is not. as has
been carefully explained To me over
ana over. because Japanese girls do
not prize virtue; but because .bey
prize other things, an education, and
realty to parents far more. Girie nv,
sent into Toxic from the country 70
get an education who have no idea
where they are going to board or 10
attend school, and lack the money to
do either.
In all this it is TO be remembered
that the attitude of the JAPANESE
toward the relation of the sexes 10
very different from that of the occi
dent The social evil is licensed
Though by no means confined to
those holding licenses) and IL is COM
mon for a parent to sell his daughter
into life OF shame. Ninety-eight per
cent. OF the prostitutes in the empire
are secured in this manner. Sale Is
not the word employed here; The
keeper lends money TO the father TO
be repaid out OF the daughters earn.
ings. The former takes good care
that the debt is not wiped out until
he Is ready to let the girl 60 The lat.
ter never thinks of rebellng, for flial
obedience is the first article OF the
Japanese creed. Yet II is significant
that no swords, knives or sharp
weapons are allowed in the "Yoshi-
wara,' which is the name of the dis.
trict set apart for this purpose. lest
the unhappy girls make away with
themselves. 1t is said that the aver
age number Of visitors to this quarter
OF Toxic is no less than a quarter of
million n month.
can believe this, because OF what
j have seen. The night I visited the
Yoshiwara, in company with a mis-.
sionary, the streets were so crowded
that policemen stood in the center Of
the road. holding aloft lanterns TO di.
vide the traffic. which is entirely
pedestrian
Two ineXpressibly shocking aspects
OF that nights experience especially
impressed me. One VAS the number
of boys and young men. thousands Of
them in student dress, who openly fire.
quent the Yoshiwara The crowd was
like that which lines the down town
streets OF an American city on the
night of a presidential election. Not
only were there myriads OF men on
the streets, but women and children
also were out enjoying the life"
These would, unabashed, chat with
the girls in the cages. and the latter
seemed to have no feelings of dis
grace.
An Anglo-Saxon does not relish the
sight OF human beings displayed in
cages. Yet hundreds OF these line the
streets of the Yoshiwara, each con
tanning from a dozen girls upward.
True, the cages are beautifully gilded
and lacquered, some of the rear panels
being real works Of art; and the girls
are deliberately dressed in gaudy
gowns, each seated before a toilet box
where she perfects her painting and
powdering in public. The cages are
cages. and the poor painted creatures
within are human beings. thus offered
for public inspection ard sale.
One hour i'm the Yoshiwara Is suf-
ficient to turn any white man forever
against the licensing Of the social evil
Adjoining the Yoshiwara and part
Of g. is the hospital for derelicts.
Everything is minutely regulated By a
special department Of the government.
The latest official statistics show more
than 10000 licensed prostitutes in the
en- Dire. with more than 10000 geisha
girls in addition. Taking all classes
Of prostitutes. there are said TO be. ac-
cording 20 the latest publication on
the subject. How the Social Evil Is
Regulated in Japan" no less than D.