The San Francisco call., 1910-05-31

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tion Is startling. There seems to be
some sort Of a m.sht, some horrible
blunder. The face. neither yellow nor
white neither japanese nor American,
IS an interesting and unique illustra-
tion Of the union Of white and yellow
purely from a physical standpoint
What the coming years will develop
r in the way Of mental characteristics
none have yet attempted to guess
not even the mother At present the
baby is very much baby differing from
japanese Of its kind in that il per
sists in continually laughing II
gurgles with delight at the lease ex-
cuse.
Then. besides Mrs. Aoki. the third
is Boys, pup Of exceedingly low
6eEree. a good natured. SCARED pup,
who adopted Mrs. Aoki and the baby
Z day or two after their arrival IN
Carson City, and who, in return for his
board and lodging, makes immediate
friends with any and every one that
enters the grounds Of the cottage. Such
Is the family Of four. The desire ana
intention was to live quietly and with
out ecOgnition. and. 10 this end, MIS-.
Aoki assumed the name of Mrs. Dea-
son. and her mother went as Mrs. Alb
pott. The uselessness Of the deception
was evident after a day or two, how
ever, and they now go by their true
names
The family was on the lawn, the baby
playing with the dog, having a perfect
II bIissful time poking its fingers into
the eyes Of the beast; and the mother
watched the play, her eyes soft with the
light OF young motherhood
The baby" said Mrs. Aoki, has
perfect mania for watches - gold
AfVTn
happen TO have a door knob in your
pocket. All. too bad. You would have
Vron her heart Instantly.
HAPPINESS TO NURSERY
She bantered on for a few moments in
this strain, but by degrees her conver-
Ration became serious as she went over
Ihe last wear with its first flush OF hap
Ifness and its miserable ending.
You see" she said. marriage starts
With a difference, any kind of a mar
riage. There is always the difference
between the man and the woman. At
the best. where even the minds of the
two have been trained alike there is a
difficult barrier to be overcome before
harmony Of thought is brought about
.hen. commencing with this bromidic
fact il is quite simple TO see how much
greater Is the barrier between two
whose trainings and mode Of thought
T do not say that marriage between
q Japanese and an American is impos-
Able and that no American woman can
secure. her happiness by marrying one
such a statement would be too general
20 be correct, and. besides, 1 know OF
white women who, to all appearances,
are happy with japanese husbands
Necessarily their innermost thoughts
tAey keep 10 themselves, but 1 found
nothing which would lead me to believe
that they were unhappy.
But as ] said, there is the barrier.
she demands Of a Japanese husband are
far more exacting than those of an
American He is. in my opinion. more
esf 3 domestic tryant and who expects
from his wife q great deal more than
an American woman or girl with
American training and American ideas
wants to give
The question was put TO her directly
sen as 10 whether she believed there
could be an amalgamation OF the races !
Il response she lifted her hands in
mock despair.
WHO am to decide the fate of ma
tions2" she asked. Il lack the hardi- |
hood to go beyond my own personal |
case. That question" she continued, /
";an be answered by only one person"
And who is that?"
'The California politician" she |
cauckled. softly.
NOTHER FROwNS
THE people Of California would want |
ii answered in the negative broke in |
the mother. frowning heavily.
The people Of California have a |
right TO make their own laws. mother. /
= We do not wish to follow the rule /
O. G. the majority we must move to
n ore congenial neighborhood, and if /
the people Of California deem it ad- |
v-sable to make laws prohibiting /
L uaions between japanese and Amer /
10 the law Of get out or come in; and |
ssides neither women nor the majority |
q japanese vote"
why do you criticise the people of
California from prohibiting just such |
unions from which you are trying to |
secure a releaseE" she was asked.
UNI will pass over the brutality |
OF that question and accept the re- |
buff In regard to the question of /
smalgamation OF the races allow me |
TO speak from my observations-mind |
not my experiences. / found that such |
unions. as unpleasant q s they are to |
the minds OF Cslifornians. are equally |
so to japanese. Before marriage / had /
some kind of an idea that Mr.. Aoki /
was an outsider to my class. That was /
the argument OF my friends, but after 1
I learned that I was an out I
slider 10 his. There is a great diff /
ference.
NOT ONE OF THEM.
The Japanese women whom 1 met
IN Seattle were exceedingly kind. but, /
and I do not speak IN any petty spirit,
women are usually what we term nice
and kind. Yet, for all their kindness,
I was always made aware of the fact
that 1 was not one OF them I DID not
speak their language, I did not Know
their ways and I could not help but
feel that I was a rank outsider.
This fact was brought home to
me on one occasion when a Japanese
businessman who came to Seattle after
a trip 10 Japan informed me that the
feeling In Japan was exceptionally
strong against japanese American
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