Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

six months. Rich sauces and gravies, highly sea-
soned compotes, and the wonderful DESERTS are
ruinous to Japanese digestion.
The Subtle Cocktail
WHEN one is SO inexperienced or SO curious as to
w sample the great variety of banquet dishes
prepared in his honor in many cities the result is the
same, bad headache Suffering from pain in his
head he sees 7 in his minds eye gterng words in
Hospitality" Welcome to Our City, Aside from
a few headaches, japanese visitors can appreciate
sparngly of the great feasts prepared in honor
and do not get familiar terms with the American
cocktail A japanese can comfortably drink six,
eight and even ten glasses of sake with dinner.
One American cocktail is much stronger than all of
these. 1t is the strongest drink ever drank The
American cocktail is thing to be feared by Japan.
1t is too powerful drink for such little country.
No bad results from acquaintance of the American
cocktail came to our party. The acquaintance was
only passing one Or, to use the American slang,
I'VE passed it up" There may time when
nation we may feel strong enough to meet it at
least halfway; but for now believe the constitution
of Japan is not sufficiently vigorous to adopt the
of Japan did not embrace Americas popular drink,
accounts in part for the health of our party.
native physician who accompanied made no
of his professional talent.
Everything the Biggest
RIGNESS, not alone in hospitality, seems to the
- foreigner the watchword of this country.
1--WE will banquet tonight in the largest res
taurant in this country we were told by one of our
kind western hosts.
1--WE have the largest park in the world" said
other American gentleman.
In another city told that it had the largest
skyscraper in still another that it owned the largest
bridge in the world.
A charming American said to me, II
organizing new club. 1t will be the biggest club
in the world
The idea of bigness possesses the American mind
both of and of women, in their business in their
social functions, in all their pleasures, and that,
have concluded, is the success of the counrys big
ness. From large hearted hospitality to the APP
palng size of the Chicago stockyards, everything
here is of magnificent prop rtions. Sometimes even
these proportions exaggerated in the case of
some American newspapers of certain type But
throughout all there is exhibited to the foreigner
the American attitude of hospitality. The news
papers courteous in saying pleasant things of
visit here, when you give them inch of con-
versaton and later read three feet of copy 1t is all
very wonderful to not used to it. That it is
also interesting is shown by the frequent visits of
Japanese here.
But the most wonderful thing about visit here,
as a Japanese sails home, is his recollection of
moving picture show of dinners, 1uncheons, recep-
tions, and sightseeing tours of which he part
for eighteen hours out of every twentyfour that he
spent in this country
If, on returning home he repeats his social expe-
rences native Japanese his listener will shake his
head in protest of his veracity and charge him with
a Western vision obtained only by his association
with the Americans big viewpoint of everything