The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-21
they SEE PORT ARTHUR FALL
CRITICAL JAPANESE Would LINE
TO KNOW WHAT 1T COSTS.
AlsO wonder al Six Foot NlppOnese n
the stOIen LADY Win Her Hair Down
Her Back. al the smOOthbOre annOn
and the Dlficulty Of Hitting . COssOck.

ana tne DlWCultl OF HllVhk = OOssOch'
Surprising you were one Of the fifty
seven varieties from Japan who are doing
the quick j~iu-jitsu around the woriu in
ninety days, and just supposing you went
to the Hippodrome yesterday as n OF
them, would you throw up your derby hat
OF the vintage OF 70 and shrek with en-
thusiasm when the intrepid Japanese Of
Forty-second street scaled the papier-
mache Port Arthur battlements and would
you sit open mouthed in wonder when the
horses and men plunged into the tank
10 the smoke Of battle? Not II you we're
one Of the ifty-seven varieties or any
variety Of mar that lives in the Emperor's
tight little islands. You would simply sit
tight and your face would be as epression-
less as the asphalt pavement in front Of
Jacks at 5 A, NJ.
OF course il would be a surprise TO 20 TO a
theatre where people take of their hats
and keep their shoes on. when at the big
theatre at H~onchodori, In Toxic, people Of
course take Oh their shoes and keep their
hats on. Also IL would be a surprise TO
find that the actor on the stage pass on
and OF from the side when in all well regu-
lated theatres Of your acquaintance the
actors passed up and down the wooden
sidewalk built on the level Of the heads Of
the audience, Still. they do things one
way in japan and another way in America,
and naturallyit is amusing to see how they
do il in America.
Now, take the theatre tself-everybody
insists on sitting on seats instead Of mats
on the floor. A big plaoel Oh, yes. quite
large. Wonderful stage? Why, yes; no doubt
wonderful. But the main question il, how
do they make the stage; what does il cost;
how many yards OF cloth are there in the
curtain; what makes the curtain 20 up
and down; what kind Of a light Is It that
comes down from the roof. and is II differ
ent from gaslght; how much would 1t cost
Messn. Umehana, Taisero A Co, to put up
such a theatre on the China in Toxic, and
" the common people Of Japan make about
80 a month and spend S.SS for living eX-
penses. what would n charge as admit
tanoe 10 such a theatre2
Now the curtain dropped and there was
Port Arthur, Yes, IL looked like Port
Arthur. maybe; maybe il didn't. Those
must be Cossacks on horseback, but all
those people penned up in prison cannot
be intendedGfor Japanese, for they wear
shoes instead Of getd, 1t is foolish to repre-
sent Japanese with men six feet tall and
women with yellow hair, Maybe Ameri-
cans think there are two races OF Japanese
and that some OF them are like the Aim,s.
Curious that Americans should want TO see
a representation Of how Nogi-san took Port
Arthur. anyway.
Ah-ha-al SO that Ii the way the Russian
hairy bears drll-in quick little dog steps.
Those steps are not long enough to per-
init Of their getting away from the Japanese
when they, are charging from the zigzagsl
Ohio, 90 descd, 30 that Is the funny Ameri-
can conception OF a japanese woman, stolen
from her honorable father. Why Is sbe
stolen; what was she doing at Port Arthur
anyway; why does she wear her hair down
her back like q oma coming from the
bathl This must be an American comic
piece.
Night on the battlements Of Port Arthur
(Act y. The Russians have smooth bore
guns poking out from the holes In the fort.
Those guns wouldn't shoot five miles like
the Osaka babies Of Gen. NoRi. From
whata read Of Port Arthur and what