The sun., 1907-03-28

SuCe CneerIully snow one the place wher'
the ball had gone I'M and the men who wer,
returned to Toxic because OF illness anC
without a wound were 80 ashamed that they
dId not let their families know that they
were in the hospitals.
The laws for keeping the body covered
are OF course obeyed as far as possible, bu
without an understanding Of their mean
ing. The policeman who was discovered
IN the altogether on the sea beach declared
that he had obeyed the law. as he had wOrr
ms trunks into the sea: that now he was only
drying himself
Saxon instinct which with us often takes
the place of exact knowledge; he does moi
catch on with our readiness and he thinks
with arduous roundaboutness and cannot
approach subject squarely and at once
Our way OF Pumping into the middle OF
things il most disooncerting; he likes TO he
able to get ready by degrees.
tie says that our houses, crowded with
furniture, pictures and good and bad junk
are confusing. One beautiful object in ART
absorbs him. and when his mind is filed tc
satisfaction with the color outline or story
he removes the precious object TO his go.
down storehouse- brings out another
To brood over.
THE child is taught early in life 10 rever-
ence all things in art. and to obey. He is
literally To do his duty in that state Of life 70
which he is called, and IL happiness comes
his way it is to he enjoyed as a God given
day in June. not as a right. but as an Incl
dental light amid the shadows.
Everything that is taught in schools,
manufactures, or in the field is taught
slowly, with patient reiteration-there are
no short cuts to knowledge. The officer
who drilled raw recruits hours and days
In our great garden or in the adjoining
street never raised his voice in command
but be evidently went over the same ground
hour after hour. day after day.
In n long yVindad talk he would aVnlaip
what he wanted done. then he would go
through the movements himself. then with
each man separately, and finally all to-
gether. The practice Of running in COM
panies over the great military reservation
was kept at. but with great informality
II a man became winded ne sat down and
rested. No one howled at or jumped on
him for doing IT,
The Red Cross surgeon who lectured
on Fridays to Princesses. Duchesses and
so on would gently reiterate the same thing
for an hour. We would have learned it
or thought so-in a few moments. No
detail was omitted and the audience after
ward practised folding and fixing things
in exact accord with instructions.
when l asked why there would he any
hurt if once in a while the right side flap
was under side instead Of top side. the
surgeon said, No, the exact uniformity
must be maintained
II wish that that surgeon had had the
training of Japanese shoemakers and
tailors. shoemaker might make you
a hundred pairs Of shoes. but he would
take your measure carefully for each pair
and each pair would be little larger than
the other; when you objected, the next
pair would be too small
The tailor also takes a new measure
for each article made and gradually pares
edges down until the garment is always
a little too small or a little too large. That
you prefer your shirtwaist to fit your iDdi
vidual size is quite too unreasonable for
consideration All shirtwaists look alike to
him. whether thirty-two or forty.
mo Japanese has learned a thing until
he understands il; he cannot learn by rote.
nor study with his eyes without Use Of his
mind and he has the infinite patience to
teach and TO learn until understanding IL
complete. There is nothing that is me
chanical that he cannot learn to under
stand and to do To perfection.
He will follow any design il you have
the patience TO explain it slowly, over and
over again and then again. until he says
he knows After that he will work with
a skill and deftness that are unsurpassed.
A body of workmen will accomplish by
hand and physical power alone the lay
ing of huge stone walls and foundations.
with skin and rapidity quite impossible
to us with the most modern mechanical
appliances.
Il doubt If any japanese convert TO
Christianity ever understands his new
belief any better than the policeman
understood the lew for bathing clothes.
He may become a good japanese Chris
tian, but not "A British or an American
Christian; he cannot regard Sunday as a
church day and not one set apart for the
doing Of odd jobs nor can he replace his
hereditary ideas of politeness with plain
truthfulness Sad to relate. none OF us
wished to take our servants from the ranks
of converts.
"A bright young student said to me one
day, you seem 10 be very good in your
country, you haven't any one left who
needs religious instruction or you would
not send 30 many missionaries here
The serious bar in our relations with
the japanese il their lack OF warm hearted
responsveness they are never really COM
panionable and never by hook or crook
let you find out what they are really think
ing They smile and smile, but with the
mouth alone, once in while perhaps with
the eyes, but never with the heart or soul.
II a man wore goggles and peeked over
high stone wall at You you'd know about
as much OF how he really looked as you do
of the mind of a japanese after you have
talked to him a month.
"He keeps his feelings in cold storage,
aud they don't thaw out except on the
edges Of polite society talk Of wind and
weather It's the more exasperatinR be-
cause Won know he has leaps OF interesting
ideas and thoughts-and then he's often
good looking. and in such immaculate
attire. and gives such an impression gener-
allv Of being a man Of the world that one
expects him to he simply delightful, but
H. l. A bore continually 10 bump your head
n raingt the stone wall OF his reserve"