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New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
Men Whose Education He
Directed Will Take a
Prominent Part.

rho centennial of the birthday Of General
pohe-t E. Lee which is to be celebrated next
c,undav has again brought the name of the
k,ous soldier and educator to public notice
10th In the North and in the South. Celebra-
.ions in honor of the day are to be held in all
,srts Of the country. At Washington and Lee
,-riversity in Lexington, Va, of which he was
.he president for the last FIVE years of his life.
memorial ceremonies TO be held, which will
he attended by alumni from. all parts of the
,r,,ted States many of whom were students at
.,e time Of his presidency; by old Confederate
so,diers who served under him in the Civil War.
and also by sons and daughters of those who
a,sd IN the cause for which he vainly battled.
In this city the Confederate veterans are to
,od a campfire on the eve of the centennial at
r,xedo Hall and the New York Chapter Of the
oauehters of the Confederacy is TO conduct me-
ro-al services on the afternoon of the 10Th inst.
at the Hotel Astor.
In spite OF the fact that another generation
hes grown I'D since the death of the chief soldier
., the Confederacy, on October -, 1870 the
nam. Of Robert E. Lee is said TO be greater in
,he South to-day than during his lifetime. Ac-
corAing to many writer's, ha is better under
stood now than then. Immediately after the
surrender of his army at Appomattox Court
House for example, he was bitterly criticised by
many Southerners for not retiring to the noun
.a,ns and continuing the conflict by engaging In
xuerilla warfare But when he was urged to
take such a step. he is quoted by Charles Fran
cis Adams making this reply: THE war hav-
ing been decided against u.s. it is the part of
wisdom TO acquiesce in the result and OF candoc
TO recognize the fact
Appeals were also made TO Lee to fee from
the country, and his resistance to such idea
vss for a time denounced by some of his fellow
countrymen. There a widespread move
uent In Virginia at the end Of the war TO pre-
serve the spirit of the old state by migrating
bodily to some foreign country. General Lee
was asked 10 go with a number of other Vir-
riaians TO England, where he might live life
of ease and comfort But his answer to this
proposition was as follows: The thought of
abandoning this country and all that must be
left in II is abhorrent to my feelings and pre-
fer TO struggle for its restoration and to share
its fate rather than to give up all as lost.
cannot desert my native state in her hour OF
sdvsrsity / must abide her fortune and share
her fate
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

day. Many Christian methods as preaching.
sunday schools. Young Mems Buddhist associa-
tions the sending of students to Europe, etc,
are adopted to stem the ebbirg tide. but in vain.
My candid opinion is that. while the sincerity
Of many Buddhists and Shntoists may not be
questioned the one vital and increasing religious
force i'm japan is Christianity. While visiting
Ise l attended a missionary preaching service
and among more than one hundred persons pres
ent old woman who had been eighteen
years Christian. She told how the missionary
had formerly heen stoned when he went there,
and how she herself had heen bitterly prosecuted.
Nov all is changed At the seat of the impe-
rial shrines Christianity is listened to respect
fully and accepted by increasing number.
That same sort OF thing is going on all over
Japan. Priests and priests families becOm-
ing Christians and even preachers. The Christian
propaganda is carried on at the big temple fes-
tivals Hundreds of school teachers and other
government officials have become Christians.
The student class seems TO be giving more at
tention Christianity than to any other
iig!on. The native believers whom / have met
manifest happiness and earnestnesS which are
"onspicuously lacking in the case of adherents
OF the other cree1s- In a word, there is a life
apparent in the Western faith which Buddhism
and Shintosm do not show.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

Here the Emperor came to worship at the shrine
Of his imperial ancestors 70 give thanks for the
victorious conclusion OF the recent Hither
also hundreds of thousands OF pilgrims come an
nually from all parts Of the empire on ordi-
nary days the number is from 700 to 1000; on
special occasions II mounts 5000 n day. or
course when the Emperor here there came
also multitude which man could number.
These two shrines the most impressive in
Japan-far more than the ornate Buddhist
temples al Nikko, Kioto. Toxic and elsewhere.
He who expects display VIII be disappointed.
one traveller exclaimed: There is nothing TO
see. and besides. hey won't let YOU sec it,
The simplicity OF the shrines is really grapd,
with plain, unpanted timbers and never
an ornament IN sight They suggest the
c.i Hebrew tabernacle Idea. AT the outer gate.
before which hangs white linen curtain, the
peoT. q worship. Twenty-Five feet more within
this largest inClosure, which contains nothing
but rough stones. carefully swept. is second,
with q gate parallel with the first and similarly
curtained Thus far men of certain rank may
penetrat,, as did Field Marshal Oyama and
ma Jest his pous pilgrimage. The Emperor
himself and he alone, is permitted 10 enter the
holy Of holies.
The extreme sanctity which surrounds these
shrines (there two OF Identical pattern AZ
Yamada although called an inner and an outer
shrine) Is shown by the fact that when on one
occasion a member of the Cabinet, educated
abroad attempted raise one of the curtains
with his cane he was followed and assassinated
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

conference less like a formal procedure or
surrender and more like business meeting be-
tween two practical Americans charged with the
settlement Of affairs involving great responsible
ties. Grants magnanimity, his prompt proner
of generous terms to spare Lee the necessity or
suing for them. the delicate courtesy with which
he endeavored to avoid woundng the feelings or
a conquered antagonist, commanded the admira-
tlon of friend and foe alike.
Lees conduct throughout this trying scene
thoroughly characteristic of the Confederate
leader. He calm, dignifed and impressive,
and his bearing was that of a courteous gentle
man endowed with all the moral courage neces-
sary to acqut himself so commercially through
out so painful an ordeal. The conspicuous eX-
ample set by General Lee in this surrender was
soon followed by all the Confederate armies
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
C. F. ADAMS TO SPEAK.

The growth of the university at Lexington
Va. from the time General Lee became its
president until his death, striking tribute
his ability educator. Students focked
to the institution from all parts of the South,
and in the five years Of his administration nine
hundred were enrolled. OF these more than
five hundred are still living.
That the centennial celebration at the insttu-
tion where General Lee spent his last years, and
where his bones now rest, is not q sectional but
a national occurrence is shown by the fact that
both the North and the South will he repre-
sented The orator of the day, for instance Will
be Charles Francis Adams of Boston, grandson
of John Quincy Adams. who. although he fought
against the that Lee champoned. has
characterized him as "one of Americas noblest
sons
In Baltimore there will he services in memory
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
PILGRIMAGES AS A PICNIC.

The white robed pilgrim. with his bell and
umbrella hat, is one of the sights of Japan.
Some of these pilgrims mere mendicants,
bell in front Of each. and generally. in rural
parts at least, receiving from the householder
a rim two Ca rim Is one-twenteth of a cent?
These pilgrims have their outer garment
stamped in red each shrine they visit, the
most coveted probably being that from the top
Of Mount Full.
This sort of piety and plain Anglo Saxon
morality are by no means identical. pilgrim
age is less of a picnic. The stock of
excuse be needed, for any lapses from virtue
Thus ii comes that white light upon the char
acter of Japanese religion is thrown By cond!-
tions at points of popular pilgrimage. AT hu-
wano' to cite particulars, the famous Buddhist
shrine in Ise eight of the thirtytwo streets are
devoted exclusively to the social evil Yamada.
the seat of the imperial shrines, contains six
hundred inns, four hundred of which are of
character that would cause them to be raided
We're they situated in well ordered American
community. At Kioto | found the quarter de-
voted to licensed vice cheek by jowl with one of
the most famous temples. For ;ilat matter, the
head of one of the Buddhist sects. who lives at
Kioto and is relative of the Emperor, has
forty concubines. whereas his imperial kinsman
has only sixteen
Buddhism is undoubtedly declining in Japan.
Not only has ii lost its grip upon the people.
but the governmenmt has recently ordered the
consolidation of many smaller temples. Some Of
ing themselves. notwithstanding the fact that
practically every Japanese family belongs" to
some temple. Tourists are n source OF revenue
TO the more famous ones At the Shiba temple,
In Toxic, the priest informed me that the aver
age attendance of japanese Is only fifteen .
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

about it, and often by purchasing for their own
use articles made by craftsmen So that. with
out in reality entering into competition with
the work of the machine. which has become
necessary part of civilized existence, and which
ordinary things Ot life the believers III the value
OF the hand made have already COINED a modest
following and proper place Tor the Things
which they PRODUCES vas lately shown in
special bulletin of the government Department.
Of Commerce ard Labor.
All this has come 10 pass within ten years
for the hammered brass work and painting OF
realistic roses. paEsies and lilies plaques.
which many regarded as decorative art In
Gus aaudcraft. At this time nearly every
American city has its local arts and crafts soci-
ETY.. with occasional exhibitions and in some
cases permanent salesroons. At the St Louis
exhibition the applied arts were admitted for the
first time to a place Of equal honor with the
fine arts, and at jamestown. according 10 ad-
vance notices. handicraft will be specially srn-
phasized.
So much has been accomplished within a few
done-that the Society of Arts and Crafts pur-
poses TO make it's anniversary exhibition an
event of national Importance. Copley Hall,
which. through the international art shows OF
the Copley Society. has become certainly one Of
the most famous exhibition halls in the country.
has been engaged for this exhibition. which
will be held between February and Feb
ruary 20 At the head of the exhibition COM
mittee is Professor H Langford Warren, OF the
department of architecture of Harvard Univer
sity, who is also president of the Society OF Arts
and Crafts. Mr.. Warren will have special
charge of the exhibits of wood carving. Ths
other arts and crafts VIII be represented fol-
lows: Pottery. \. W. LOngfelow; silver work
and other metal work George p. Kendrtck;
stained glass c Howard Walker; other glass,
Harold y. Warren; printing and engraving. ID.
B. Updike; textiles and embroidery. Miss Alice
]. Morse: ecclesiastical work. Ralph Adams
Cram: leather work. George r. Shaw; bookbnd-
ing Miss Mary Crease Sears; jeweiry, T. Allen
Whiting; loan collection, J. T. Coolidge. jr; for
eign exhibits, Edward r. Warren; ba sketry,
Miss Amy Nj. Sacker.
That the celebration of the tenth anniversary
OF American hanGicraft should occur in New
observation-disclosures the contributions TO make it
successful will come from every part Of the coun-
try-is particularly appropriate. because indus
try in the New England States Is tending TO
change from the lower grades 10 those IN which
the artistic skill and taste OF the workers I'M
part high value to the raw materials. Such an
exhibition will normally attract not only tee
persons who are especially interested In the dns
arts, but the general public Of wage earnero -
employers OF labor from all over the Land
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

the person whom he or sha wishes TO marry on
a slip Of paper and thon tie II with one hand
10 the screen the prayer will be granted. II the
e-handCd feat cannot he performed. then tht
coveted object will not he attained The sight
is more pathetic than curious when one re-
members what little part either the aftet TONS
desires OF the indi1 idUals most concerned
play in Japanese marriage.
Akin 20 this is tho rractiCc "t writing our
prayers and then chewing them into spit balls
and throwing thsw Ht the IDOL !: they adhere,
the prayer is answered. One rather handsome
idol that ! recently noticed had a large splt
ball In his eye. seriously marring his good looks.
II IS common 20 throw stones into the laps OF
tho idols IT into the big stone lanterns at
temples. and IL they land @afely the prayer Is
heard At Nikko is a small shrine the roof OF
which IS covered TO the breaking point with
wooden sla rs or which arr written prayers for
an easy childbirth. Shrnes especially devoted
TO wives desiring children abundant and
popular all over the islands And. Judging from
the number Of children that swarm in every
village and CITY. these prayers are fully an
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
LEES PERSONAL CHARM.

The character Of Lee is illumined by a pc
culiar radiance in the Southern mind to-day
because of his great personal charm because of
q certain kindly grandeur which has survived
the grave
"sir Garnet Wolseey, in his recently pub
hshed autobiography" says Professor Minis
gives an account of his visit TO General Lee
during the Civil War. and adds: Forty years
have come and gone since our meeting, yet the
majesty OF his manly bearing, the genial. win
impressive dignity Of his old fashioned style Of
dress. come back to me among the most cher
ished Of my recoiections' If a disinterested
English general could be thus attracted, We need
not wonder at the somewhat heightened express
gons OF Souiherners with regard to their favor
lte hero. Paul Hamilton Hayne saw Lee at
Charieston in 1861, and spoke of him as the most
su1kng figure he had encountered, erect
q q poplar yet 1.-THE and graceful with broad
shoulders well thrown back and the
quiet. dauntess step of every inch the gen.
uernan and soldier Sidney Lanier saw him IN
retersburg at religious services. when he seemed
IKE some majestic god presiding at a terrible
yer sublime contest of human passion. His old
Enthusiastically Thomas Nelson Page-agree
mat much OF his influence over them was due
20 The reverence inspired by his very presence
Inc Confederate veterans, fast falling
swsy carry about with them the memory OF an
neroc age IN which the knightly Lee was the
.ohmandinz figure. His personality and his
.eeching must be counted among the spiritual
srsses Of the past generation His picture is in
we cabin and the mansion. in the remote coun-
EclcCln0use M "a
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
THE LEE STATUE.
At Lexington. Va.

quered and Lee the victor. Colonel Marsnail,
when / asked him afterward how It came that
on this Sunday morning they appeared IN sucn
fine clothes, prepared apparently to go TO church
while were in condition that scarcely rose 10
the dignity of the Shabby genteel, ex-
planned that they were pressed so closely that
they had 20 abandon their baggage. and those
who had more than suit OF clothes put on
the best and deStrOyed the rest
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
So Says an Investig ator
Who Is Studying Mis-
sion Work There.
BY William T. Ellis.

Copyright 1907. by Joseph r Bowles)
How much religion have the japanese and
what is il? A sweeping answer to that question
would be that Japans attitude toward its re-
ligions is pretty much that Of the small boy in
the country toward the eel skin which he tics
around his ankle to keep away cramps when he
goes in swimming He doesn't much believe in
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
a STRONG CONTRAST.

Inc personality of General Lee contrasted
"ien that of General Grant has been portrayed
y General Horace Porter. Grants aide-de-
amp At the time when tho Confederate leader
sencered 20 the chieftain of the Northern
ICES. General Porter in Tho Outlook" recent
- sfots ae follows Of the way the two oom-
AA@oosrs arranged fes meeting IN . house as
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
LEES SINCERITY PROVED.

General Lee proved the sincerity Of his desire
70 rebuild the South rather than to continue its
struggle OF abandon il in utter hopelessness by
accepting the presidency of Washington College
fnow Washington and Lee University. in Octo-
ber 1868 just half year after his surrender to
Grant. II have led the young men Of the South
10 battle" he said: 81 have seen many of them
die on the field Now / shall devote my remain
ing energy to training young men to do their
duty in life Each state should take the most
energetic measures to revive the schools and
colleges and If possible. to increase the facili-
ties for instruction and to elevate the standard
of learning" And when he was invited to be-
come the head Of a Southern life insurance COM
pany. at a salary of $4,000 year "a sum which
a. that time equal to- three times that
amount to-day) he declined to take advantage
OF the opportunity 1t was his duty, he said. 10
work for the intellectual uplift of the South
and not for his own private aggra ndiZernent.
and ne added: The thorough education Of all
classes of people is the most efficacious means
in my opinion, for promoting the prosperity or
the South
II is for this reason that the centennial exer-
cises at Washington and Lee University have q
special significance.
Northerners ALSO in the opinion of many STU
dents of General Lees career. have come to
understand him better and to esteem his char
acter a man more highly. They have come
to that he did not lead in the secession Of
the South and in plunging the nation into war.
but rather, he drawn into IT by circum-
stances that were overwhelming.
mo other great man ever had little 10 do
with making issue in which he was to play
prominent a part says Edwin Minis, pro-
fessor of English literature, at Trinity College
North Carolina. in recent article in The Out
look" Theoretically he believed in the right
OF secession, but he did not that there was
sufficient ground for il in 1861 After reading
the life Of Washington. whom he admired more
than any other character in history. he ex-
claimed How this the strife which he foresaw !
would grieve the soul of Washington Looking
at the problem from the standpoint OF the
founders Of the government, he agreed with
Webster that the nation was not the result OF a
compact: that there must be a central govern
ment. He was opposed to the abotionists. who
seemed 10 him to thwart the aims that he and
other noble minded Virginians had In view-the
gradual emancipation of the slaves-but he
would have even sacrificed four million slaves to
save the Union. AS one reads the letters of Lee
written from Texas in the period 1S57-61-
letters that reveal political judgment far
ahead OF that OF any political leaders the South
had at that time-one cannot but express the
regret that Lee and Lincoln did not know each
other and the wish that, the trusted repre-
sentatives of people who now reverence them
so greatly. they might have found basis of
agreement. They were not very far apart"
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
A SHRINE FOR LOVERS.

Among the numerous charms which / have
gathered up at japanese temples, each gua-an-
teeing safety in body and good fortune in es-
tate. are three from the imperial shrine at Ise.
which cost the munifcent sum of 2l2 cents for
the three. These adjuncts of Japanese wor-
ship are Of interest and Of Importance as well.
for they illustrate the statement, often made.
that religion here seldom rises beyond an ex-
pectation of material benefits TO the living and
safety to the dead
Al the temple at Shiogama for instance, there
is one idol who Is the particular friend of
lovers The screen about his pedestal is COW
cred with hundreds OF wisps OF twisted paper.
The idea is that If one will write the name ot
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13

by devotee, and the latter's grave became itself
a shrine The wood of which these buildings are
constructed is made into relics for pilgrims, the
shrines being torn down and removed every
twenty years.
Pure Shintoism is abstraction; In practice
It plays upon popular credulity and need. Here
at Yamada two sacred horses which the
spirits of the ancestors ride and sacred horse
Is an adjunct TO each of the large shrines
throughout the country. TO feed this horse Is an
act of merit.
Before one approaches the shrine at this place
right at the corner Of the sacred inciosure, TO
be exact--is large, shapeess stone said To have
been once image. but now worn smooth by
the constant rubbing Of afflicted ones who think
thereby to heal their diseases. / have seen pill
grims polishing it with their hands and then
passing tho hands over the part of their person
which Is ailing. There are also two sockets In
a rock here where pilgrims afflicted with sore
eyes hathe. The same thing is found at most
large temples either Shinto or Buddhist. and
have seen more than one idol with his race
rubbed off by sufferers from toothache or head
New-York tribune., 1907-01-13
ARTS AND CRAFTS.
4 Decade of York To BE Celebrated
an Boston.

Boston. Jan. 12.-Celebrating the tenth ami
versary of the beginning of the arts and crafts
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-10-04
An "Inch" of Rain.

Few people have an adequate idea
of the amount of water that descends
from the clouds during a rainstorm.
We read in the weather bulletins that
two or three inches of rain some
times fall in day, and that in our
last rainy spell nearly five inches fell
in forty-eight hours; but these figures
really convey very little information
to our minds and give us no idea
at all of the prodigality of nature.
An acre contains 6,272,640 square
inches of surface. and an inch of rain
means, Therefore, the same number
of cubic inches of water. A gallon
contains 277.27 cubic inches of water.
and an inch of rainfall means 22,622
gallons to the acre, and, as a gallon
of water. weighs ten pounds. the rain
fall on an acre is 226,220 pounds.
Counting 1000 pounds to the ton, an
inch of rain means over 113 tons per
acre. An acre is about half a st.
Louis block, so that a rainfall of an
inch means a downpour of about 226
tons of water on every city block.
Multiply this by FIVE, the number of
inches of rainfall during the wet spell
in the last week in May, and no one
can wonder that the cutters were in
sufficient to carry off the water. The
occasional overflow of sewer in the
lower part of town is regarded as
very remarkable thing, but the won
der really is that there is not an over
flow every time it rains.-St. Loul
Globe-Democraf.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-10-04

Every family should have a curfew
which should positively ring to-
night" and every night if needed.
These curfews are inexpensive and
can be homemade. Take a piece of
siding two feet long and whittle one
end down to handle; then take child
that needs the curfew and bend him
over a barrel. Now take the piece OF
siding in the hand and use it for a
clapper. Put it on hot. Divide the
strokes evenly and see that none miss.
Good for a boy or girl up to the age
of sixteen, and applications are war
ranted to cure the most pronounced
case of street loating that exists. The
music the curfew makes is finer than
singing Where is my wandering boy
tonight Ideal Power.