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bundle containing a riceball lunch she
started on her journey.
The old man had been sitting beside
the hre smoking. He now arose and went
her waraji (he straw sandals used for
travelling) the old man was looking with
dubious eyes toward the crimson sky.
A red sunrise calls for the rainooat."
he muttered. slowly shaking his head from
sTe s,ne being sS s1os Weather ppepared az not 20 VIII"
AHai. hail. she responded. quickly
running over the uncovered clay floor and
taking from q wooden peg large straw
cape and hard round hat. also OF straw.
The old man tied them above the bundle
on her back.
'Arigato." she said. with bow Of thanks;
then with another bow she added
..oid man. old man: 60 now
trouble) said the old man. returning the
After long trudge over narrow
country road which ran crookedly between
ricefelds. the old woman reached the town
and exchanged the sandals and the spindles
Of cotton for a string Of iron ron, coins Of t snf.
oil the New Year luxuries to be found In
their simple village life. After resting and
eating her riceballs she cheerfully started
toward another part Of the town who're
was the salted fish store shestroled slowly
upon the gay display Of New Year goods
In the open front shops. Balls OF black
sugar and cakes OF popped rice, wooden
clogs with gay toe thongs, fancy tied straw
cones swinging from the low caves and
stuck full OF cheap hairpins. Of gay flowers
and tinsel. and everywhere punches Of
pine branches and the straw fringed,
twisted rope used for decorations.
The clouds were growing darker. but
they were not noticed by the hunobed up.
topheavy little figure in the padded coat
with the roll Of straw across her
shou iders and the big round hat hang
ing over it down her hack. The tucked up
kimono and the narrow BLUE pettiooat
we're both OF thin cotton. and the straw
wrinkied iAre feet. but neither her knees
nor feet were cold. Her aged body was
dlled with vigorous young blood which
showed In the rosy cheeks. bright eyes
and the black glossy hair loosened some
what at the neck beneath the blue and
white towel. The good old face with It's
shaven eyebrows and wonder opan. mouth
showing the polished black teeth had ex-
Changed it's usual peaceful expression
the Strange and beautiful sights,
Suddenly :here came q dash OF cold.
sMaai Maal" the old woman cried.
Fastening to unroll tho rainooat and to
put the Dig round hat on top OF the towel
on her head. My wise old man foretold
this rain. / must hasten on my way
ing downpour. which started the heavy
thatched caves to dripping and filed the
street drains with rushing water, but the
old woman pattered unooncernedly along.
She had almost reached the salted hsh
shop when she came 10 corner whe7s
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in A JAPANESE GARDEN.

not Of a mere artist or workman like myself.
,r example. They are used too for mats
,out the Japanese prlnts. and the shoes Of
he dancing girls are made Of them, their
texture 10 10 firm and yet 30 soft.
"The woods that the Japanese love to work
in are those mentioned, which include, In the
mahogany class. the white mahogany, the
Cypress. white and black; the oamphor. little
known here; the birch and oak. or these
the cypress we consider the best fitted for
the majority Of ordinary work In summer
houses and for ordinary furniture. The
bamboo we only employ for trivial purposes.
for q roof garden, q tea house. for any struc-
ture either inside or outside where the idea
OF lightness and temporary use is to be given.
Hero IN architect would be ashatned to do
carpenter work. and o builder Ii In class
by himself. Any one OF my men / can trust
to 60 away and plan for an expensive gar
den, to build a tea house or temple, and when
I am not designing something OF that kind
or building. make furniture or 60 about
doing carpenter work by the piece. for We
do not know what that kind Of trade pride
10. NV father was builder and 30 was
his father
He shows garden near Toxic which his
Father buift. IL mas Deen lookeo upon
favorsbly By one Of tho American clients Of
Hobano. who expects to nse part Of a big
estate for an Oriental pleasure ground. In
the foreground are quantities of the blue
and white iris flowers. through which wander
strsggly paths outlined with bamboo rails.
From the clsft in big rock rises rough
barked. crooked limbed evergreen. squat
and grotesqus, like humpbacled cripple.
Up granite steep chambers rustic fight
Of steps. at one side OF which Is tiny
pavilion resting under the mushroom top
Of another evergreen. while on the summit
o straw thatohed tea house II imbedded in
foliage. Across the iris field is series Of
tea houses and pavilions, opening one into
another, Of different shapes and sizes. made
of bamboo, some two stories, with lattice
work balconies.
In the near foreground Is a small arti-
foial lake on the border Of which is porce-
lain lantern six feet high. and across it is
thrown one Of the queer drama bridges,
which looks like half Of huge drum or
turbine wheel. The tea house here 10 more
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elaborate than those further back; Il h
raised on platform to give better visw,
the ground about 1t is made to look rough
and ragged with small stones laid obliquely
across each other. with hardy shrubs and
pebbly bypaths. About the edges OF the
thickly thatched roof are hung wonderful
lanterns OF yellow silk. and from each hangs
In turn a pendant Of silk strings which
sway In the slightest breeze. 4#
In the Toxic garden is walled of space
In which are kept colony Of Japanese
land birds Usuru) and long tailed roosters
(Ohik), with bamboo perohes. There ID
no reason why these beautiful birds should
not be imported. says Hobano, for the
American gardens.
there is no reason. according 70 this
authority, why the Americans should not
find in the japanese landscape gardening
effects az beautiful and quite as adaptable az
the italian formal gardens, Tor which there
has been In the last few years craze insti-
gated by judicious descriptions. The Jap
anese artist In this line is not restricted to
the question Of space. II q man has big
tract Of land In his summer place that he
does not know how % make attractive he
can have It utilized In this way, all Ito natural
IedtuTe3 DolnB hhen huNuntdko oAs uiiu elo
big distances controlled 30 that park effeot
Of proper proportions ID produced. On the
other hand he can take tract Of few
hundred feet and with the same skin give
the effect Of distance and space by means
Of cunning srtiflces. AAss
And another thing about the American
ideas strikes the Japanese as strange.
When you cay garden you always measfe
summer garden With you when the
grass dies and the snow comes the beauty
Of the garden is gone. In making garden
in japan the different seasons are taken
into account, and there are certain arrange
ments of stones and trees and lagoors and
bridges which really need the snow and
the moonlight and other natural fcrctgt 70
make them as beautiful as they are intended
to be. Many Of our gardens are much
more beautiful during the cold weather
than they are m spring or summer. have
impressed this idea on one or two American
patrons who live practically all the year In
their country residences. and pointed out 20
them that much Of the desolation Of the
scene may be destroyed With q garden
built according to our methods
Then the speaker sits down TO his SCREEN,
a three fold arrangement made entirely
by hand, the work in which looks like OBJ
longs Of rose point lace and the ebon frame
n black velvet outline. Il have been three
months doing this he says. .as I &ah for
the American patrons to decide whethsfq
shall make them gardens and build them
tea houses. 1t 10 not bad way to spend the
spare time
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Every time Jarvis met funeral on the
road he wrote to the house that he had
another monument sold.
II the public could be provided with q
table OF personal equations for some 20 Of our our
quick circulars 1t would be a valuable safe
guard. On the other hand. the public
itself has a personal equation which has
to be taken into consideration. Any ad-
vertisement writer OF experience VIII tell
the strict facts Of the case. The expert at
writing advertisements knows to q hicety
how much the public will discount what he
says. how much II will read and how much
i will skip. He puts the gist Of what he
oeuse he knows the public b too lazy to
read IL all unless both ends are intereetinR.
In his exaggerations his skill depends on
his ability so to adjust matters that his
own personal plus equation shall equal the
public's minus equation.
There are many things which can never
be quite relied upon. simply because the
personal equation entering into them 10 not
accurately known. Some fifteen or twenty
years ago there was well known timer ~
athletic meetings who was i iuiiy ccpytnc%sd %
hundred In 4-6. although les eqthuniastlc
watches always made 1t 10 Is. No matter
how often this man ran. this particular
official was always on hand with his watch
Just two-fifths OF q second faster than the
other timers watches.
One day at Manhattan Field he caught
the time az SIS. which staegefsd him a
bit as he looked at II. bystsnder I'm.
medlately offered to bet that the olhcial
time would be evens, although the. r1nher
had never beaten 10 Is In his llfs. and be was
right. Quite tInoonscioValy perhaps. he
had applied the personal eQuation. which
was always two-ffths too last, and had
figured that the timer could not possibly
have made an error Of three-fifths.
This story is told Of the power OF the per-
sonal equation In matters which influence
the public: A publisher bad printed .
fIst edition. 1000 copies. OF LITTLE BOOK
n rood thing. Six months aftcr publioa-
ton only about eight hundred copies had
been soid and the title was sorat9hed on
the llsts a. not worth o second edition.
Returning from Boston one DAY THIS par
tioular publisher had read al the pews-
papers forward and backward ana was
looking around the psrlor car for eomehing
10 suReest an occupation Tor announcer nour
when bis eye fell upon local snoet care-
lessly thrown on the door. =.
Picking II up and glAncing mt9Sen
NV President Roosevelt the day befole *
Bangor. In that speech the Ute oocx
which had been such difappointmsnt 70
its publisher was mentioned, In fact u was
recommended to everybody.
Two hours later the ACCURACY OF the 70
mort OF the speech waa verified by teie-
graph, and then followed Q Vigorous ed'
verfisfng campaign. cxpioiting zoe rre,i-
dents Endorsement OF that pook; nnon'
$4,000 copies Of y were sold WITHIN yesf'
The book was wagner's 'Snpls iAfs'
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AN AFTER EFFECT or THE RACE
TIclxles an Owner 20 Have Car Of Make
which Takes q Big Auto Prixe.

1t is indeed easily noticeable after a
big automobile race Of any sort Ia which
the particular winning make Of machine
gets great deal OF attention that owners
OF cars Of this certain make are apt to look
q little bit more proud than usual. Take
for Instance directly after the Grand Prtx
race at Dieppe, where Mercedes car was
first. There have been folks driving
Mercedes cars In subdued manner about
the streets Of the city for some years whom
the German machine was not showing up
at all well In races.
But the moment that the pews Of Lautsn-
schlager's victory was sprtad abroad they
began to look little more conscious as
they drove about. IL was a. II each
one felt that he had the handling Of car
that might turn out any day and win Just
such q race.
When the Isotta- Fraschini finished frst
at Briarolif that sent the heads Of whole
lot Of owners Of theee oars away up. th the
same with every little thing-a road race
or hill climb or some unusual feat; they
make the driver or owner OF one OF these
triumphant cara bit more cocxy.
When the Thomas car was leading the
others across the continent Thomas drivers,
whether they were handling 1904 or 1905
models, apparently all had mental pictures
Of what they could do to some other makes
II they wanted to. II In sure thing that
each Of theee races has such q result
and sometimes the drivers are surprised
and hurt when In o road brush they get left
by some car that mover won blue ribbon
as racer.
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THE POTATO COUPLE.

In the olden, olden time there lived an
o!a man and an old woman. They were
honest and good, but very. very poor. Not
oh'v we're they poor but ugly as we'll. for
n''h were so badly disfglred by smallpox
''"' their SCARED faces looked like the
'"Hcii Feeling Of potatoes. On this ao-
count they we're known throughout the
Nlage as the potato couple
W." cold, sleety, blowy night these two
o,d PEOPLE sat busily working by the light
~ 10" 'Gs hla2ng in the huge. sunken fire.
graz N Tie centre OF the room. Part Of the
cay moor was slightly elevated and was
,'"'% spread with rich straw, pounded
'"' here the old man was seated weav-
+ ,"s straw sandals. oue- end OF the rope strand
'e!' irinsy between ths toes OF his out
'''''he1 foot, while In used both hands
" 'h'p" 'he sole. Not far away the old
"o'N"H vas sitting on her knees beside a
nW Spinning wheel her left hand busy with
'"r "hlrIinG stick and her right pulling the
w'''h "a!I back and forth with a steady
h'"in-noom- -ooo,u-boomI"
'''' '. man tied the last knot and re-,
va" rs oramped toes, then after few
~" '"r's of the rope me picked up a fin
80 sandal by his side, and tying the two
"s'h"' h,ng them on n wooden'p peg be-
S.c several pthers.
Wei, good old woman" be said. Il eS-
pep' We have worked enough for this one
evening have finished the ten pair and
nCw Nv my set is ready for town.
ine old woman looked up with the happy,
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OLD JAPAN IN AMERICA.
babyisf smile 81 often seen on the gentle
faces Of the aged.

babyisf smile 81 often seen on the gentle
faces of the aged
Yes, oli man, IL is WELL she replied Il
have just wound the last rolls on my spindle.
Tomorrow morning we will rise early and
town and exchange them for sailed salmon
and mochi rice. that we may be ready for
the oongra,uldting season.
Al! Al. responded the old man, rs he
walked across the clay foor to the doors
opening on 10 the street. That entire side
OF tho room was tnatle OF wooden doors
sliding In grooves. Pushing back one Of
them he looked orit into the night The
wind blew In gusts, ruttling the doors and
brin gine interinittently the merry sounds Of
lau ghter aud Of singing from almost cvery
house on the oIie stree. of the little village.
The weaving song Of busy naidens aoated
through the air between the 'chan-kara-
chan Of the shuttle, and the gay voices Of
young men min gled with tho steady "ton-
ton--ton-ton" OF the heavy pestle pound
ing rice dough for ,nooli In the great
wooden mortars. II was only two days
before New Year. aid all the village was
busy preparing for the coming festival.
After listenin moment the old man came
back shivering. He stirred the darkening
logs. saying:
1T is cold. IL is blowy.'
"Yes,r replied the old woman. carefully
laying piece OF broken shingle on tho
home made box which had held the oott on
rolls and setting her wheel back In its
place by the wall, -but we are grateful for
the mended thatch over our heads and the
soft pounded straw on which to sleep
The old man gave her kind look. the
light from the half burned logs shining on
his happy, wrinkled face: then both went
over 20 the rude little shrine. IL was only
a small wooden box on q shelf containing
ala image Of the sacred Buddha. Together
they bowed and together they repeated
with calm. reyerent voices; , n,s,.
the SavlorD
The next morning was bright and clear.
This was unusual for the twelfth month
and the oontented old people sat down
to their simple breakfast OF vegetable soup
and rice dumplings baked in the cinders.
After they were through the old woman
began preparing Tor her journey; She
the spindles In q large square OF blue cloth.
folding 1t 30 as TO leave two alternate
corners free. Then she put on q short
padded coat, tucked the corners OF her
kimono In her belt. and tossing a blue and
white towel over her head skilfully fastened
II on top by single twist OF the fngers.
doing over 10 the bundle she stopped down
with her back To It. and picking up tho
two loose ends put one over her shoulder
and one under the other. arm. With a
sudden light jerk forward the package
was jolted neatly into place on her back
and she easily tied ,hs ends in front as she
rose TO her feet. Ting 10 her belt small
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stood stone figure of Jizo Sama--the
gentle goddess Of Mercy She paused ts
| bow before passing on, and then. although
, the rain was falling heavily she stood still
ess4GSs ptddsy upon Paor the lar dTpPSas ss,
washed by rain from head to feet and icy
sleet was blowing into the calm face.
The gentle heart Of the old woman was
touched with pity.
Il am Il poor woman she said. yet
wear a rainooat to protect my body from
the cold, and I have large straw, hat To
keep the rain from my head-and the gra
cious Deity goes uncovered'
The tears came into her eyes, and she
hurried back to basket shop she had
passed and asked for a rainooat and large
straw rain hat, II took the entire string Of
coins she had received In exchange for the
sandals and the spindles to pay Tor them,
but she oheerfully tucked the empty cloth
purse into her sash. saying to herself;
1The mercy Of good Jizo Sama has given
protecting care to my old man and myself
all these years. and never before have / been
able to show my grateful heart
She placed the dry, warm straw coat about
the dripping shoulders OF the goddess and
Bowins bow ohl low WE abe % rubbed her @ kind old hands %
reverently together and went on her home-
ward way. light In purse but satisfied.
Just at sunset she reached the little
village and found the old man waiting
LOT nef. ne mao Iueu the DafnDoo luel
before the north wind had changed to rain,
and a fire was blazing cheerfully In the
sunken frebox. She stopped just within
the doorway, and before going further
removed her dripping garments and washed
her feet In the little tub Of hot water which
the old man had placed for her. Then she
stepped on to the part OF the floor spread
with straw and went to the fire. An this
time she had heen chattering like 'the
tongues Of three women telling the old
man the events Of her Journey. He was
disappointed, OF course. when he learned
that the little hut was to be empty OF all
the essentials to properly celebrate the
great festival Of the year. but he Joined
With full sympathy in the old woman's
And 90 the night before the New Year
found them as poor a. before. but as usual
they reverently bowed their evening prayer
before the shrine. and with hearts f!led
with gratitude for the mended thatch over
their heads and the soft pounded rice straw
upon which to sleep they went peacefully
to rest.
II was at the OK hour fabout 2 O'Clock In
the morning. that they were awakened by
q distant voice calling:
"Where is the house of Potato Coupler
Where is the house Of Potato Coupler
1t sounded faint at first. but every moment
grew nearer and louder.
.Where is the house OF Potato Coupler
Where Ia the house OF Potato Coupler
The startled old people listened, grow
ing more and more frightened as the voice
grew In volume. Soon Il echoed through all
the air.
Where 10 the house OF Potato Coupler
Eli no kurumals ssspsd the trembling old
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OF THE PERSONAL EQUATION
COUNTS IN BUSINESS As WELL
AS IN ASTRONOMY.

Allowances That Must he Made for the
Man VINO Is Too Hopefui-Timer Too
Fast-"Dollar q wof1s' Price Justified
by the Sale OF ''The Simple Life"
The newspaper announcements that GER
tain magazines had offered President Roose-
welt dollar a word for his story Of the
African experiences furnish striking exam
pie Of the value Of the personal equation in
literature. 1t ID not question Of what IL to
be written. but Of who il to write It.
The personal equation, It may be ex-
planned, II q certain figure, perhaps only
q fraction, with q minus or plus sign at
tachsd, which represents the allow anoe
to be made because the subject under oon-
sideration has been handled by a specified
Individual whose personal equation In
suoh matters has been ascertained.
Strictly. personal equation belongs to
astronomy. In all observatories the per-
sonal equation Of each member Of the staff
IL matter Of vital Importance, and great
pains are taken to ascertain II with ac-
ouraoy. Some men anticipate what they
are looking for and they will see a star
reach the meridian fraction Of q second
before IL actually does so. Others always
want to be quite sure. and they will never
admit that q star has reached given point
until they are convinced Of II by observing
that It has actually passed II.
The exact extent Of the error in each
case can no accurately measured, and in
the trained observer II 10 found to be al
wsys precisely the same. The man who
waits until he ID quite sure that the star
has passed always waits the same length
Of time TO fraction Of Q second, while the
one who anticipates 10 always just the Same
fraction Of o second ahead In every OBJ
servation he records. These fractions
representing personal equations arc taken
into account In conjunction with other
data with ~ much confidence a. II they
were recorded by split second watch.
Some busincss houses haye reduced the
personal equation to science In the mat
ter Of dlscomtink reports and analyEing
views Of market probabilities. but they
note that the fraction has to be increased
when the salesman's- report h accompanied
by q request for remittance Perhaps
the largest perscnAl equation ever heard Of
was that recorded by monument man In
Cincinnati. who had saisonAn named
Jarvis covering Kentucky and Tennessee,
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which all together number about half q
dozen. so he says. He first Of all explains
this paucity by saying that while Japa-
nese carpenter Of first rank can make - or IS
here day and only an equivalent Of
$3.50 in his native country still the economy
and ease OF living there is 80 great that 1t
more than balances the difference. And
again the Americans are slow in waking
up to the possibilities Of beauty in the
Japanese landscape gardening. Is he
landscape gardener as wsllf He laughs
heartily at the question: Why, Of ooursei
A good japanese carpenter-builder not
know how to make garden2 How absurd
an idea that Is!
There is a mingled scent. Of pungent
camphor wood and sandal in the air OF the
shop Bits Of ebon and lacquer are on
the benches. and queer shaped pots Of
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FAIRY TALES, JAPANESE WAY
MOSTLY CONCERN AN OLD COUPLE
"IN THE OLDEN, OLDEN TIME"

'The Potato Couple" Done Into English as
m Example OF Them Wording OF the
Ending Varies Only as the story
Winds Up Happily or sorrow fully.
Japanese fairy tales always begin with
In the olden, olden time.' and the prin-
oipa! characters are almost invariably an
old man and an old woman. Various won
derful incidents in these two lives form a
story which is not only interesting but in
structive. for the moral Is never lacking.
The lesson taught is that heavenly reward
comes to the good and heavenly punish
ment unfailingly overtakes the wicked.
The ending is quaint. II the tale has a
happy close the final words are always;
'ConsratulationAC Congratulationi" and II 1t
is sad the tale invariably ends with: 'Sor-
fowful! Sorrowful!' Here is one: