Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

nusbmen dancing their hideous zorro
These cannibals ranked as the
lowest Of the human anily: lnoeed. one
Of them discovered about TWO years ago
was so apA-like that a naturalist opineh
that IL was the missing INK ne
bushmen never domesticatad an amman.
vet PLAYED cats cradle before they
ever saw a white man. A bushman
counting an unwilling maiden knocks her
over the head with a club and carries
her off while she is unconscious. then
after living with her for aWhile ne
trades her for the wife OF friena-
Jack will see one of the human won
ders of the world If he comes across a
native boomerang thrower. Indeed. II Is
a sight to see one Of these crescehts OF
wood spin 1-1 feet or more up III the ar
then turn over. curve to the LETT. rise
now 10 a height of fifty yards and hnaiiy
return to the black hand which threw H.
4 more likely place TO ee such won
ders is the wild country about Albany.
in the southwestern corner OF Australia.
on St Georges sound. This port Is
reached Sept mber IL. after six days
sail from Melbourne. and here the nest
Goals for six days. putting or Tor Asa
on September II. After nine days stop
in the Philippines. Yokohama is reached
October Il. Thus in IA month Jack Eas
passed from early spring tnroush MID
summer into midautumn. Yokohama IS
as far above the equator as The Austral-
ian ports We're below II.
Land of the Geisha.
The Japs now have week to look the
fleet over and judge of our proves. ana
this is perhaps Jacks most delightful
week of all. He rides about Yokohama
in lis jinricksha at 10 cents an hour ana
alights in Isezakicho, the city's .iidway
. Plaisance with its side shows. tents.
booths, toyshops. bazaars. theaters. eel
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geisha girls wait on table while Juggiers
| and musicians perform. After enjoying
! dip at Honmaku Beach. takes twenty
| mile ride TO the colossal bronze BuddEa,
! fftv feet high. and has his picture taken
/ sitting on the prophets thumb. After IN
/ specting also the navy yard and arsenal
! he prepares next to go to TOXIC Inc
capital of al Japan.
Toxic is only eighteen miles away ana
the railroad fare is so cents. second class.
for the round trip. The mikados palace
is never open to sightseers. but our OF
ficers are hidden across its marble DrlGSe
To attend fete Jack visits the gor-
/ coous PARKS and temples. with their
yard-long gold fish. before which sacred
edifices he must drop his shoes. eNcept IN
that Of .Asakusa. where he Is surprised 10
find thousand amusement aces INSIDE
booths shop~ theaters side shows. n ar
tificial volcano and a mock E.inel lower.
from which is viewed the houses OF To-
kio,s million and a half There are three
/
/ botanical gardens and the tents OF the
great colony of wrest'ers who give a
Tourney in Jacks honor. and then there is
Gina Tokios Pike. succession OF
Heaters. wrestlers' tents. she shows:
flower shows toy shops. fruit shops and
candy stands. all ahlaze al night with
double rows of lanterns
'Tis hard 10 leave this fairyland Octo-
hoy. ., when the big armada divides in
half one squadron going direct TO Ma
Mia and the other pausinE SIX DAYS AZ
Amoy. where Jack gets acquainted with
! his Chinese cousins. This little island
civ on the Strait of Formosa has JUNK
crowded harbor and very few sights 10
| offer save the hustle of commerce, but up
tho river a little way is the great city or
Chane-Chow- Foo. which Jack mos sur
rounded by a wall four and half miles
around and which he enters by bridge
| $50 feet long Inside he finds broad
streets with fine shops. ornament q
arches and picturesque trees he VISITS
the magnificent Ruddist temple. 1.IS
wears old and the quaint factories Whefe
the amiable natives manufacture sugar.
silk. mirrors. crystal ard quicksilver
Finally. November q. having Travelled
6oto miles snca leaving San Francisco.
sixty-nine DAYS ago. Jack arrives IN Ma
Mia, where he awaits the itinerary OF
the third reach Of his cruise aroInd me
world. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.