Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19

J1em VINO sent you. and ask Tor MI
| Bromley's baggage, and bring it here
! He then gave me to understand
| trat while L remained in Yokohama
must make my home with him and
| his dear mother. | then told him OF
/ my having accepted an invitation tC
! tiffin at Mrs. Towards, and would
hsve to say good-by for little while
1 had a delightful time at the itiff1n
| and while there received an invitation
| 10 a Dickens Supper from Mrs. Center
! tc be given at her house that even
ing, and also informing me that
would be the only person present not
III costume representing some one OF
| Dickens characters.
The Dickens Super was delightful
/ from it's commencement at nine O'Clock
.. m to its final closing at five o'clock
a. m. II arrived at the house early in
| the evening and was met in the hall
v ay by the strangest looking person
age that l had ever met at a reputable
social gathering. From her garb
/ tucked she was a woman, and as she
| APPROACHED she greeted me cordially
and said:
Good evening, Mr.. Bromley"
! AS soon as I could recover myself
sufficiently / said, Good evening"
Then. said she, "Yon don't know me,
seemingly"
/ w. Sdt0 l. L hOb AOlAlCAhOCA W
I, ever meeting you before
| We'll" said she, Il am Sairy
"Oh. are your" said I, but who are
| you when you are not Sairy Camp"
Well said she, i am Mrs. Gen.
ter"
The announcement was a sumner,
| and you could have knocked me down
| With a feather, for it did not seem
| possible that so lovely lady as Mrs.
| Center could have been so completely
disguised, and yet, after seeing the
| representatives. of the other Dickens
l,characters, 1 became reconciled to the
| appearance of Mrs. Center. Admiral
| Chandler, then in command of the
| United States squadron in the Orient,
| appeared with his wife, as Mr.. and
| Mrs. Micawber, and the representation
was perfect. There were some fifty or
| sixty characters represented, and no
two represented the same character,
and among all the Dickens representa-
| tons that / have witnessed in my
| time not one could equal the Dickens
| Supper at Yokohama.
The band of the United States war
ship Monocacy furnished excellent mu-
sic throughout the night, and TAX
| enjoyable nights l had spent since
| leaving the Bohemian club.
In consequence of the crowded state
| of the steamer, / had to send to Hong
Kong to secure my stateroom, and
| that involved my remaining in Yoko-
hama three weeks. But they were
three weeks of perfect enjoyment.
! attended a lecture one afternoon de-
| livered by one of the legal fraterni-
| ty of Yokohama before the pupils of
the high school, and it was wonderful
| to see the interest manifested by those
young Japanese. They seemed to just
drink in every word that fell from the
| speakers lips, and Notwithstanding
the crowd of visitors, the attention o.
the pupils was not for a moment di-
verted from the business on hand.
and although / didn't understand a
word that was spoken, yet it seemed
to me like a heart-to-heart talk be-
| tween the lecturer and his young list
| eners. After the lecture, the visitors
were invited to a modest banquet in
| the dining room. Among the invited
guests 1 had noticed an unusually tall
and well-proportioned Japanese gen.
tleman. AS formal introductions are
not so rigidly adhered to in Japan as
in some other countdies. was not in
troduced to him, but 1t so happened
that we were seated togther at the
table and he spoke to me in very good
English. and in the course of our con-
versation l inquired where he had been
educated, and when he replied that
he had been graduated from the state
academy in Norwich, NConnecticut. I
felt like embracing him right then and
there. And when 1 informed him that
Norwich was my native town, that
banquet had no further attractions for
either of us, for we talked and talked
and talked about that dear old city
and its people, until the time came
for the company to separate. and when
we babe zach other good-by It was
with renewed assurances of our dis
tinguished consideration for each 9TH
er, and a realization of the fact that
the world sis not such a very large
world, after ak
Then came few days rest from the
banqueting, which Consul Greenhouse
and myself availed ourselves of by
frequently yisitinP the famous Tea
House on the Bluff at the head of the
Hundred Steps" and no tourist Wis
ting Yokohama should fail to visit
that delightful resort. THE Bluff is
the Non Hill of the city and is the
hume of the wives of and families of
the officers Of the United States navy
when stationed on the coast of Japan.
We were always pleasantly entertain
ed at the Tea House by the music and
singing of the geisha girls, and the
very agreeable company we were al
ways sure of meeting there, but those
delightful evenings were interrupted
by an invitation from the faculty of
the University Of Toxic, for the con-