The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-27
DARNELL THOMAS, Raleigh, ~. c.

iDoAtS al 1lI1Ji In iooI -
and six inches long. Two Of sue
boxes contain n lunch. The uppe
one has several slices of Omelet, som
vegetables and seaWeed dried ant
cooked. On the top are chop stick
made of fresh pine wood and IN sucl
a way that you have to split then
apart before you use them, thus prov
ing that they have not been left owe,
from some previous meal. In the low
er box there is about a pint OF tn
Whittest japanese rice, Well steamed
but served cold. The customers ca
this as bread, shoVeling it into thei,
mouths with the sticks.
AS to the dining-car meals, they arr
all foreign style, with plates, knive:
and forks and the usual accompani
ments of an American dining ar.
have before me the menu which wa:
served a la carte on my way from
Fusan to Seoul. You can compare The
prices with those Of our American
restaurants o. of our ears at home
Soup costs 8 cents, a good slice o
fried fish Z cents; or for the same
money you can have al Omelet, 4 disf
of curry and rice or a meat crOquet
An ordinary beefsteak on an American
liner costs from 80 cents to $1.25
The price of a steak here is 10 cents
and of roast beef 9. ROast CHECKER
costs 10 cents and a slice Of nam Will
salad 10. The portions sold are much
less in size than ours, but the steal
and fish, and indeed almost all of the
eatables, are delicious. Their IS al
extra charge for bread and butter
but this only 2 1-2 cents, and tea and
coffee cost the same. The price OF
cake is 2 IL cents n fruit may be
ordered from 1 IL cents upward. The
same price list prevails in Japan and
the same menu is used on the first
@7- : SO &c IL nn1n
also have meals able d'hOte, a break
fast of three courses with dessert and
tea or coffee costing 35 cents, a lunch
con of four courses 40 cents and q
dinner of five courses so cents.
Free Slippers for Passengers.
On the fast express trains Of Ko-
rea and Japan a pair of slippers is
furnished each tirst-clasS passenger
for use during the trip. The porter
takes ones shoes and lacks them
whether he rides overnight or not
and is Well satisfied if he gets a ten
cent fee upon leaving. The porters
are Japanese boys in blue uniform
and red caps. Their coats are deco
rated With silver buttons, and both
body and clothes are as clean as a
pin. They are very polite and keep
the ears free from dust, rubbing off
the furniture at every few stations.
-S ~ a olA ON oS ~
there are porters in red caps and blue
clothes ready to buy ones ticket, carry
the baggage and show him into the
cars. A fee Of ) cents is always sat
isfactOry. Jinrikishas for the various
hotels can be had at the stations at
from 5 to Is cents a trip, and
the rate for baggage are low.
second II Third Class Passengers.
The SecOnd-claSS cars of both Korea
and japan are about as cOmfOrtabl
as the first. Those of Japan are not
unlike u street cars in shape, with
long benches running under the Win
dows the full length Of the cars and
an aisle in the middle. These benches
are cushioned just as our cars at home
and are comfortable in that one car
stretch himself out at full length
when there are but few other passen-
gers.
The first-class cars are ~patronized
chiefly by foreigners and high Off
Gals and the se~cOnd-clasS by well-to-
do japanese. / often go second class
and find it quite comfortab le. Ones
fellow passengers usually takes Oft
their shoes or shed their sandals and
SIT on their heels on the seats.
The third-class cars are exceedingly
rough. They have wooden benches and
are used only by the poorer classes,
most Of whom are dressed in native
In the Korean cars the men
'>"A to1 DioNh nurse nd1T mats am
long gowns Of white or pink. which
reach to their feet. They have full
white trousers tied in at the ankles.
and stockings of Wadded cotton a halt
an inch thick. Their shoes. are low
and heavy and often hob-nailod.
mere are also women dressed in white
with green apes over their heads. and
porters who look dirty enough as they
take the luxury Of a ride from one sta
ton to another. There are gayly dress
eu poyS VINO wear gowns of bright
colors and part their hair in the mid
ale and Dlait it in one long braid down
their backs. There are japanese of
the lower classes in kimonos. and
many Japanese private soldiers on
Inelr way from post to post. There are
Buddhist priests and PILGRIMS who
travel third class both here and in
Japan, n altogether a fair samnIe Of