Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-06-10
NOTES OF A TRAVELLER

NOTES OF A TRAVELLER
WHAT ! SAW WHILE IN FOR
EiCN LANDS.
CONCLUSION OF JAPAN NEXT WEEK
The Entrance to Harbor Of Nagasaki Resem.
bles Scenery on Puget Sound-But View.
OF Same are Prohibited to Tourists Quar-
antine Regulations Strict-Cordial Greet
inss for the Cleveland's Visitors-Flora
Tributes and Day Fireworks Travel by
Rickshaws- Acquisitive Habits Of the Jap
anese Regarding Information - Wooden
Shoes snd Other Footwear japanese
Money-Stoves Rare. Flre-Places Com
mon-The Ciimate-Coolie Endurance
japanese Theaters Differ from Ours in AL.
most Everything, While Advertisements
are Freely Admitted, They are on the
Ceiling. Instead Of the Drop Curtain; the
Actors Dressing Rooms in Front; the Star
to Get into the Spot Light Passes by Ele-
waited Passaee-way Through the Audience
Orchestra OF Three Performers on Differ
ent Parts Of Stase-Movine Picture Shows
Quite Common and the Circus is no Stran-
ger in the Orient-The Morals Tor Rather
Immorals] of Japan.
BY FRANK NJ. KENNEY.
The first port at which we landed
in Japan was Nagasaki. The en-
trance to the harbor is through a
winding passage and the scene which
lay before us was a beautiful one, as
the waters were dotted with many
green islands and the hillsides were
terraced and cultivated to the high
est portions of them. The entrance
to Nagasaki Harbor reminds one
very much of Puget Sound between
Olympia and Tacoma. The only diff
ference is that the banks here are
not so sloping but rise more abrupt
ly out of the water. AS part of the
harbor defenses were on the hillsides,
sketching or photographing was pro-
hibited, excepting where permission
was obtained from military author
ity. Such permission was readily
granted to the Kodak Fiends for our
party. with the restriction, however,
that only pictures of the people and
street scenes could be taken. Myself
and companion, c. A. Gray. were
taking pictures under this permit
throughout the city, but when COM
ing down to the water front we were
stopped by one of the Japanese pO-
licemen, who insisted on examining
the cameras to see that no pictures
of the harbor had been taken. OF
course the opening of the cameras
would have spoiled all of the films
therein and we would not permit it.
This Japanese policeman could not
talk English but made known his
wants through an interpreter and by
request we accompanied him to the
police station. 1t happened. how
ever. that the officer in charge was
the one from whom permission had
been obtained and though the little
brown limb of the law tried his best
to make the officer believe that we
had taken pictures of the harbor,
our word was taken and we were per.
mitted to go free, but no time was
lost in getting back to the ship with
our cameras and leaving them there,
Taey are very strict indeed. and one
of the party who attempted to take
pictures of the coaling of the ship in
the harbor, had his camera taken
away, but they were very courteous
about it and after having tbs films
developed they returned to him all ol
those excepting the one of the coal
ing, this one having, of course, in
cluded some of the harbor.
Before we were permitted to gl
ashore, quarantine officials came
aboard and the examination was very
strict. The crew especially were in
spected thoroughly. Quite a large
delegation from the city came out in
launches to greet us, but they were
not permitted on board until after
the quarantine officials had co.nplet.
ed their work. The Mayor and other
prominent citizens were on the Com
mittee of welcome and they brought
with them fans and a guide book for
each OF the passengers. Some beau
tiful wreaths of flowers were pre-
sented to the party as a whole, these
being the emblems of welcome. some
of them bearing that inscription.
Day fireworks exhibitions were
given, and it was very interesting,
the American flag being shown in a
large number of instances while other
pieces were even larger and showed q
man on horseback. 1t was a novel
sight to great many of the passen-
gers and very pleasing one. The
FIRE works were exploded from
launches and barges in the harbor.
A large report would be heard, then
the bomb could be seen ascending
with great rapidity, where, after
reaching a considerable heighth it