Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28

the riksha right, or carried sunshade
and Il lantern at the same time III the
middle of the night.
Speaking about laughing, the tleets
stay was one big roar from start To
finish, and no one enjoyed it more than
those who We're laughed at. | never in
my life saw such spirit-Why If all the
y. NJ. c. y. hand shakes and w. G.
T.. U. sociahles and missionary fare.
wells. held in year, We're thrown to-
gether and n Frank Daniels and
Johnny Spencer put in TO boot, you
could never get the laughs and the
.lets have good time and forget that
we can't understand each other spirit
that was produced by the thousand and
one American sailors and the Japanese
riksha men all trying to talk at once
JACK ASHORE.
American money was plentiful. rha.
sailors all had two months pay to
blow in" and they "bloWed' it too.
The jinrkisha men were alton their
good behavior, because they knew that
to please the sailors meant fortune
TO them and because even they had the
welcoming spirit in Il way that only
those who have been blessed with II NJ
tie Japanese hospitality can under.
stand. The cities of Tokyo and foko-
hama made a mint of money on ac-
count of the ieet's visit but the money
made means nothing when compared
with the strengthened friendships
which We're developed between tls
japanese generaily ana eiie oni'ei' CIV
men,
While on the money auestiolizll -. ~ i ~,
DC iitSi ea'i,'s ~ ,,,as snant her..
/ won't work the problem out put
merely state the facts ana you San 80
the answer for yourselves. lel 70 " y,
something ike lz,oVu men an. ~ 49, {
ficers in the fleet, Each lhan vas TO-
ed down with two months pay ot -, a.
count of the TACT tiiat no ~ ,i,.,f,,,,n
was granted at M,,'illi t,., -, 80 ,,,ar.
no money was left there. L rom iiie me-.
ehandise standpoint Japan IS W. ~
heaven for buying Things 10 .i'lea aN NV. ~
ladies and there as not nv. oi' ~.
fleet even to the coloitu rs,,,i,;.
who read us ms las. 49,, 1;..t nf
lady love, who olall h''Ne !. ~ -,
things such as kinoIas, i" ,si'l1'i,i ~
coats, SILK stockings; tea sl.s, is'cf fa,,s
a atc'so &c, and etc, a mile long which
they were to be sure to purchase.
Everything but merchandise ana rlks
rides were free. so taare was plenty Of
money to carry out the ladies' orders.
If you had stood at the hotel Win
MS and watched the return OF those
.conauering purchasers" you'd surely
agree with me in saying not a lady
Who gave an order would be disap-
;pointed. Packages, packages and after
that still more packages, jnrilSishas
'fiill OF them, men carrying them Cor
tba already loaded sailors and still
more
Inst to show how things went, on
the morning of the third day went
With onetof the Utah officers shopping.
We went to the Mitsui Dry Goods
oomnsnx., the biggest store in all
Ionan, and asked for mandarin coats.
rrhey had only one left That store, big
as 4 Is prepared for the; fleet too, and
the manager of the foreign depart
,,,s,,t Told me that he had never dream
i ia 10 ! an. like the trade they en-
fu o and incidentally remarked that
~ never before had understood that
tho A,ner,can3nayalo officers wereall mill
' ~ and he wondered what the
' ,,i,,',;,.an congress vas thinking Of
49,, II I.,,isad the salaries of the army
~ wa NV officers % per cent.