The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-19
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Miss Ella Gunnell, daughter Of 10 |
venilc Judge V. c. GunneI, who left |
Ogden, September /. to visit her
brother. Garfield located at Moloas.
P. l.. has written an interesting let
ter home from Japan where she is
now soJourning Miss GunnelI made
the trip alone, sailing from SnD Fran.
cisco on September 6th
Garfield Gunnell, the brother. Is
well known in this city but has been
In the Philippines for several years
He lis at present principal of the high
school at Malolos, a city situated on
the island of Luzon, twenty miles
from Manila Miss Gunnell V1lI prob
ably remain in the Orient for a wear
end nher return will complete the
circuit Of the world Her brother will
accompany her back To tho states.
The letter which the young lady
wrote from Miyako hotel, Wvoto. ia
pan. follows:
My Dear Papa Il am droadiully
tired, but l just must write YOU at
least little note tonight | am in
room In the finest hotel in this
city The room is simply beutiful,
about as large as our parlor and sit
ting room and kitchen put together.
and furnished perfectly in light col.
orcI. almost white wood. | have
never seen anything so fine.
4 have so much TO tell YOU that !
don't know where TO begin We land.
ed in Yokohama Friday afternoon. at
O'Clock, The ship anchored out In
the bay and we went in a launch to
shore. man. who Is in the cduca-
tiona work In the Philippines and who
knew Garfield well, took me and was
introduced to rickishaw for the first
time. II Is a light. rubber-tired sort
OF cart on TWO wheels. and liz drawn
by a man who goes on a steady trot
for hours. ! was delighted. We went
through the narrow streets and saw
all OF thc strange people and stores
II is all SO quiet all but the hollow
sound OF the many wooden sandals
which the people wear. We went 10
the Grand hotel that evening for din
ner and there ! saw the high society
people eating and the ladies' and men
both smoking cigarettes. IL was oil
very Interesting to me We went
back to the ship IN what is called n
'sahpan'. a little boat rowed by two
men In the most curious fashion about
q mile out in the bay The next day
I went by train With a party. to To
kio. a city of million people tYoko.
hama about two hundred thousandl
We each hired q rickishaw for the
day (about scventy-five cents) and
started out to see We went down
ono street after another, little mar
row alleys, until 1t seemed q perfect
mazo. We saw famous temples aud
parks and went through the stores.
haven't gotten on to the buying yet
They charge me too big prices We
went back to Yokohama on the ship
that evening
Last nlSht a young English woman
and her American husband Invited me
10 go TO Kyoto with them. so here |
am. We left Yokohama this morning
at and rode on the train all day un-
I'll S o'clock tonieht-ahOut three hun
dred and fifty miles It was a most
beautiful ride. l wish you could have
seen the country
II is all hilly and covered with
dense foliage. The farms are in little
terraces all over tho hiIs-not foot
Of ground Is wasted There would he
a garden Of one kind Of vegetables
about ten or twelve feet long and six
! or eigh, feet wide. then up a few feet
there would be another. and so on
all over the hills II Is the most
| quaint and artistic county imaginable
| There is young man from Honolulu
| with us and the four of US have a
| good time.
"Mr and Mrs Shlrgle insist upon
paying everything for me. and are
simply treating me royal We stay
| here tonight and see the city tomor-
row morning Ga city OF 400 900 lnhabi.
tantsl then In tho afternoon some lit
lie side trip We will spend tomorrow
night here and the next morning go
on to Kobe where we will meet the
Nippen Maru again. You sec this way
! Will get to sec A great deal more OF
Japan than just seeing the cities.
don't know how | Will repay these
people for taking me. | wasn't going
at first but they insisted 80 that
! had to. and now | am delighted II
only To sleep In n beautiful room like
this with nothing else ! shall never
rest until YOU have seen all OF this
You would thoroughly enjoying rid
ing In a rckishaw.
II wrote Ivy last Friday. but have
neglected to get some stamps. so
viii mall 1t with this, even If IL is
n day or 80 old
In tho midst Of all the excitement
and newness. the feeling so often
rushos over mo that | have simply
got to fly back To you and never
leave. but ! know I cant so YOU viii
have TO fly to me some day soon
tSigned): Lovingly.