The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-16
arate and apart from his majesty, an,

arate and apart from his majesty, anG
this includes ESQ omen She has
her own secretaries, and has consid-
cradle to do with the managing OF
palace affairs. She has q court mil
+! liner, with trained assistants, who
+, lives in the palace and who is always
kept busy. Her majesty usually dine
with the emperor, n often eats
luncheon with him.
She takes no part in politics, but is
) widely interested in al matters of
| charity and education. The PeereNSeS
School, a high-c-ass academy, estab-
lished for the daughters OF the noDI y
Of ia pam, was founded by her ami
she gives the institution her personal
supervision. She also made a present
Of a considerable amount to the w.
! mans University in Toxic. and sta is
always giving TO hospitals and Other
such things. During the wars with
Russia and China her majesty aided
in picking lint and making banda2eS
for the wounded soldiers, and SHE
! also sent delicies to the soldiers in thu
| field. When Ii Hung Chang was shot
in the fac by a Japanese fanatic, at
| lifetime he was here arranging thu
settlement of the China-Japan peace.
! the empress herself made the baud-
ages which were applied 10 his
| wounds. When thew were presented
to Ii, he raised the package 70 his
lips and exclaimed:
Her majesty's Kindness is a.
boundless as the e
The people here think that Ii Hun2
Chang more rapidly on &C
count of these bandages. The n1vn
who shot him has been in prison since
that time until within a Jew days ago
when he was released.
The Empress OF japan dresses IN
European costume on all state eHca-
sions, although she prefers the ease
Of q I9nanpGp GOWN when at hOnH.
The Children of the MilSado,
Ry the laws Of Japan the succession
to the throne goes to the male de
%cendant Of the emperor, and in the
case Of a failure of direct descendants
the throne is given to the nearest
prince and his descendants. This
means that a woman can never again
sit alone upon the throne of japan,
and that Notwithstanding Japan has
had some famous ruling expresses in
the past. The himself IS.
you know. about the most blue
blooded monarch on earth. The first
one Of his family, Sc Japanese history
says, was on the throne about twenty
five hundred years ago. He reigned
long before julius Caesar tried to seize
the crown on the Lupercal, and three
hundred years before Alexander the
Great thought he had conquered the
whole world. There have been one
hundred and twenty-one emperors
since this, and they all belonged I"
this family. Mutshito has had four
children, che boy and three girls. but
this does not NEAR that all of these
children are the offspring of tn"
empress. According to custom, his
majesty has twelve ladieS-in-Waitl!12
who are a part Of his establishment
and who serve as secondary wives.
These ladies ON from the best fam
lilies of japan. and they are we'll e1u-
Gated, intelligent and beautiful. They
have their own apartments inside tn"
palace grounds, but they do not ap-
pear at the court ceremonies. ana
none Of his majesty's officials will say
anything concerning them. The crown
prince is the son Of one of them, his
mothers name being Lady Yaniga-
Wara.
Japan's Next Emperor.
And Just here I want to say a word
about the crown prince. TIe was born
in 1879 and will be thirty years Old
next August. He was married just
years to Princess Sadako. the
daughter Of Prince Kujo, and the two
ave had born to them three boys.
aged, respectively. eight, seven and
four years. The eldest is Prince Hiro-
hito, who was born April %. 1901.
The crown prince has q magnificent
palace here in Toxic. It was built
about n time Of his marrige ard ii
cost two or three million ola 1t
: largely mace OF steer. ana mucn oi
the construction was hammered out
in the United States.
The crown prince is we'll educated.
He has been under the tutelage Of
MARQUIS Ito. and his first schooling
was in the Nohles' School in Toxic.
He is a good French scholar and
Knows something Of German and Eng
lish. He is a great traveller. haVinS
visited every part of Japan, Including
its industrial centers. While I have
been here he has been moving here
and there over the empire, opening
and inspecting establishments
Of one kind or another. In my talk
with MARQUIS Ito he told me that tn"
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