Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-07-03

sections Af the city where sailors are
wont to resort. This reveals the side
OF Yokohama life which Jack Tar sees
when no gets shore leave Some
streets have lines OF saloons and dives
blazoned forth as "Old Glory Saloon
Red. White and Blue Saloon" Amer
i"an Sailors Resort" The flags O.
America. Britain and France are
hown ostentatiously. The sailor 10
fair prey for certain classes OF ma.
uveG. He has money, and the orient
knows well the art OF fattening Oh
such. Up in Toxic | mat q couple OF
American sailors who explained their
presence there with the remark
There is nothing doing in Yokohama
for man unless he Is drinking hard
For the sailors comfort the Ameri
can Seamen's Friend society main.
tains a mission in Yokohama, which
attempts to care for the diversified
needs of Jaor Ashore. There is g
reading room. ; ;ame room and ar
auditorium, where entertainments are
and the missionary pays regular visits
to the warships that may be in port
This mission, however, is largely fol
the men of wars men. For the cen
mon man before the mast who n
ashore from the merchant vessel,
that crowd this harbor there is only
the Salvation Army and it's rescue
work. Here. as in America, this or
ganization does splendid service. nc
man being too low to be worthy of its
kindly Offices.
When Hawaii Helped Japan.
Other signs of the presence y mis-
sion work here are to be seen OIL
many sides. In addition to the impos
Ing edifices Of the Roman Catholic anC
Protestant Episcopal churches. there
are a number of native church build
ings. The oldest of these has a chape
that was built nearly so years ago b3
money sent from the native Chris
tians of Hawaii for the help of the
heather Japanese,
Up on the bluff. where most Euro
pean residents dwell, one would have
to shade his eyes to escape seeing tho
large buildings of the mission schools
Most impressive. perhaps, is Ferris
seminary, of the Dutch Reformed
church. although large institutions
are maintained, with literally eouip
ped class rooms and big dormitories
by the Presbyterians, Baptists and
Methodists. The Women's Missionary
Union runs school for Bible women
The Baptists have an important theo
logical seminary This educational
work of the missionaries is beyond
question creditable and success
The schools are filled with girls from
all grades of Japanese homes, and the
quality of the work done is guaran
teed by the government, which will
not permit the maintenance of an in
efficient school. In addition to having
received an education most of the
graduates have become Christians.
What They Say Of Missionaries.
From the foregoing it is plain thai
the sweeping statement that nothina
Is to be seen of missionaries or theil
work in Yokohama is without founda
ton. Just what those best qualified tc
speak think Of the missionaries and
their work is another matter. | have
been asking various types of Yokoha
ma business men their opinion upon
this point. At the Yokohama United
club. which is the leading social or,
ganization of the city, asked an Amer
lean whom / CHANGED to meet what
he thought of the missionaries. He
has been resident here for 30 years.
and, L later learned, is not a church.
going man himself He is a Missouri.
an. plain and outspoken, the type OF
man who says what he thinks. His
opinion was as follows: "Oh, | think
the missionaries are all right. OF
course, | believe that missions are a
business with them. 1t is their wy
OF making living. Some few of them
are OF no account, just as there arc
men In every other kind OF business
In Yokohama or anywhere else. who
are OF no account. Most of them are
men CT real ability. / never hearl a
whisper against the morality of any
or them. You will hear some peoplc
say that they are rich. but that is all
nonsense. They do not live as we'll al,
the business men here. One reason
that they do not go into society. | sup
pose. is that they can't afford IL "A
Tor their work. whatever one thinks
OF religion, there is no denying that
their educational institutions are o
success"
Another man said that tho only def
mite criticism he had to make. or had
heard made of the missionaries. was
against their tendency TO sanctimcni.
BUSINESS and oflishness. They are in.
clined to draw apart from the other