The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-30
Houses Without ChInancY~-

Houses Without ChlnncY~~
You would think that houses So ..r,
and open as this one, where We
| visiting, would need steam o. F5
| water, or at any rate great e0aj ar
wood fires to make them c0mfortaHt.
| during the winter. Nothing Of -.a
| kind is known to the children Of a.
pan. If we should go up IL q Gytt.
machine and look down upon st,
roofs of KyOto we oul not count
hundred chilnneys on its tens Of tanr.
| sands Of houses. These people Ia.t
no fireplaces, no CRATES and TO mean,
of heating like ours. The cooking is
| done with charcoal in little clay oven.
and if one would give q big djuo.r
he must have many such stoves. For
warmth q small, brass-lined 0 Gtt-t
with ashes with q little burning char
coal within it is most common Ihls
warns only mes hands, and he keeps
his feet from freezing by sitting Gu.
them. Sometimes a wood fire is m~3e
in q box of this kind. This. how
ever, is only in the poorer houses; a#J
the smoke goes out where t can
We take q meal With oar friCGt~.
Each Of us has his own little tahj-.
The meal is served in individual dish
and the girls bend low and bow BIZ
fore they offer them to us. The ne
begins with sweet lake and candy.
Then there is q bowl of soup II
dish of wood covered with lacquer.
varnish so bright that one can see h~
face in it. There is fish, raw am,
cooked, and fried cells, which TASTE
delicious. The raw fish IS not ba.
1t is served upon ice. cut fntO fjtt..
slices SO we can eat it with chop St0EN~
After all, why should not one eat r2u
fish as Well as raw oysters
And then there are salads and pics
les, apples and pears, and great rr'
persimmons as big as tomatoes, Th.
rice is brought in at the close Of I'll,
meal in a 90 bucket bound with
brass rims. We are told again @n,.
again to help ourselves &C. the Gjcr
for one is supposed to complete hI~
dinner With it, as, with rice IN ple1t}
no one can go hungry. We find som,
difficulty in conveying the rice to oul
mouths with the chop sticks, am
finally raise the bowl to our lips an.
shove it in. AS it grows cold W
pour a little hot tea over It, IaUghin-
With the Japanese children as the.
do the same.
How the Children Dress.
But there are Sc mary atran4
things amore the little ones we 80.
all about us that it would take q Ton
time to mention them all. The chi
dren wear shoes of wood oc Of stray
II III tI0Jl SlOCf>1IlSS d1t 1oOI hJLELttN
with a finger for the big toe, ThaS
mittens stop above the ankle, and tn,
rest Of the leg goes bare except IT,"
the gown or kimOnO, which falls fEo'.
the shoulders The kimonc has very
long sleeves. These. in the cas- rI
the ONE hang down, forming cuit"
large bags at the wrist, which serN'
as pockets. The boys have srnailv.
sleeves. The girls have great belts
called obs, which are tied at the bach
and which hold their kirnonOS to-
get1er For the same urpO the
boys have sashes which are s~carce]e
larger than ropes. The girls Wear
bright rcd under clothing, a~lthou-i
their kimonos are usually Of razor.
modest hues.
5 All the school children OF Japan
have their own dress. The boys uyeat
a divided skirt, which reaches from
the waist almost to the ankles, ami
the girls have fuller skirts not d.
: vided. Both boys and girls wear Iii
monas, which are tucked inside thel
skirts and which cover the unp@r
5 parts OF their bodies.
t From this one would think it al
( most impossible to tell the boys from
I the girls. 1T IS not so. The skirt 90
the girls are either dark red or O. til,
. color Of a blue damson plum, WhiI7
those of the Boys are steel gray, I'll,
oAo 81 t1ooleu, anu lieiI Nan "
twisted up On the top of their heal
n Boys wear caps or hats, and toeI.
$ half IS cut short and it stands OuE ILL.,"
l a shoe brush in bristles over tA.
:, scalp.
, In the schools of Japan the boys
! and girls do not sit together, aith"N-H
e they have the same studies. They no"
E use desks and chairs, but they USsj u
study sitting on the floor. In C{neI
2 respects tn cir schools are not very lll-
e like our schools at home.
t FRANK G. CARPENTERS.