The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-09-06


tbe beauty of Japanese naples lies,
To begin, the trees are small
md of exceptionally compact
orovth, The leaves are small, ex-
traoriinarily numerous, and delicate
X cut and divided. The colors them
selves are really rich, ranging from
dark coppery-maroon to scarlet and
orange The fact that usually the
trees are either sprinkled among pines
and other dark green conifers, or that
they are massed together in intention
al paintings on slopes is responsible
for very considerable part of their
charm.
The fall time is the season for we'd
6irgs. for store openings" and for
gifts The department store is large
" developed in Japan. There are all
grades, from places where the com
monest and cheapest goods are sold to
elegant places like the Mitsukoshi, or
Matsuya's. They are intended for
Japanese buyers, and in the finest one
sees beautiful displays of all the most
attractive things of Japanese produc-
tion-cloths clothes, potteries, kake-
mono household equipment and the
like As in other places, however,
they have their unsold remnants and
set bargain days when their great
remnant departments are thronged
with commoner people than the usual
patrons. anxious to secure fine things
at low prices Tea is served In all de
partment stores of such pretension
and in their lunch rooms, just as in
the great department stores at home.
one may find dainty lunches. In fact,
If the novice wishes to make &C
Quaintance with the Japanese cuisine
there is no better way of gaining
first lesson than by going to the lunch
rooms of the great department stores.
Quite different from these pre-
tentieus and elegant establishments
are the "bazaars," which are to be
found In every section of the city.
The name bazaar" is usually con
spieuoasly displayed upon their front.
which generally extends along con-
siderable space. with a door at each
of the two sides. These are marked
"Inway' and "Outway." and the visitor
Is expected to observe these signs
Entering, then. through the 'lnway"
we find ourselves in a very M frow
passage scarcely six feet wide. along
both sides of which uil sorts of cheap
things are attractively displayed
Everything is cheap, and everything
is at fixed price. Not only Japanese
goods. but those made in Germany"
in England, in France, and in the
United States are here for sale. Space
is rented apparently to little sellers.
and one finds sections devoted to cei.
tain goods You can here buy safety
razors and fountain pens. picture
frames, postcards every kind of tool
for household use, ready-made cloth
ihg. hats, cans and shoes: toys are in
special evidence, section after sec
ton being devoted to them Having
reached the end of the narrow pas
sage. We find an abrupt turn to the
right, leading back along another
Passage behind the one which we
have already traversed At its end
another turn and another passage, and
so on, back and forth, turning and
winding, until one feels as If within a
perfect maze or labyrinth Usually
about the time when he begins to
think that there is no end to the sinu-
Gus Way he is threading, he finds him
self al the foot of a staircase, and has
10 escape but to mount the stairs
Here he finds himself again In pass
ages After going through just twice
as much as he has done before, he
hhds himself at the top of a stairway
which takes him down with half OF
the ground floor still to be traversed,
hFerywha the clerks and little sell
efs urge the passerby to take their
wares. Very different is this indeed
IRON Mitsukoshi and Matsuya but
very interesting
SOME days ago the street cars were
brilliant with announcements of Mat.
shya iall opening of wedding prepa-
iaeiohs. Our native mentor insisted
mat We should take ii in. We were
gao indeed, he did so. A very con-
siderable section of the store had been
recently prepared for the exhibition.
1t consisted of the ordinary presents
sent to weddings. of the bridal outfit.
vi choice and beautiful examples OF
things bought by or for young couples
ioF household use and of the cere-
honial furnishings of the home. The
ofidal dress differs with the rank or
position of the wearer. The dress of
Tue lower, the middle or the high class
prlhcely woman) Is recognized at
once by the instructed In three ad-
,aceht alcoves were figures wearing
uliual gowns. All were beautiful.
iAe wedding garments of low-class
woman IN Japan is a work of art;