The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-17
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What Couple of Brilliant Southern Women Find Abroad to Tell Their Friends About At Through the Philip
 pines, India, Egypt and Europe Unchaperoned

SIimpses Through Sar Window Be-
 tween Yokohama and KiOto Reveal
 . Human and Vegetable Disregard
 For Climatic Conditions Which Is
 ounding--Fruited Orange Trees,
 Bare Legs and Ice in Pr0fusi0n.
 In the language of the guide hook. One goes by rail from Yokohama to Kioto"-and in this case, I was that one. Madge, whose plan is to return to Ja- ban and join a party after spending a lew weeks In Manila, decided to let hl- pto walt for her return trip; but l, who make a point of having no definite plans knd never knowing exactly what am going to do next, suddenly surprised my uelf with the discovery that my mind |yas made up to launching out alone In apland, so that I might drink in more tf 1t during the few precious hours that Atili remained for me. I found I could but in a trip on a Japanese railway, pend a night and day at Kioto and then run down and catch the Chiyo in Kohe after nightfall, instead of remaining on her and adding another day and night 10 my experience in sea travel.
 I was in possession of permits from the American embassy at Tokio to see the imperial palace and Nijo castle, and this tact gave me courage to believe that all would turn out well. had mastered but bne word of Japanese. which was Mat l." and Is the thing you say to the rickshaw man when you want him to stop, but the fact that had no language and no Japanese currency, did not hold back my enterprising spirit.
 I arose in the cold dark dawn and was bfr for the station under the guidance of faithful little rickshaw man to whose hind I had conveyed my wishes the plight before by a series of creditable uAntomime actions, and the repetition of
 few foolish words which the guide at rokio had written on a card for me.
 l soon found out, however, that every sne in Japan felt more responsible for he than I did for myself. Spoken lan- guage, as general thing, Is unneces- Iary because your mods and blinks and kesticulations are so readily interpreted, but when hstrionic gifts fail and things hro getting hopelessly snarled up, then some beaming little face will look up Into yours with a promise written on 1t, little figure will dodge away to return again in an instant. bringing some one who understands English and acts as an Interpreter. It was by some such fascin- hting method that I managed to ex- 
 money, bought my ticket and secured my place in an express train for Kioto.
 One sits sideways all day long In a bapanese train, also, one gets stiff heck from screwing around to look out ht the interesting country. Among many other queer things about Japan Is that ho matter how bleak and cold the weath- pr is, neither the people nor the yegeta- ton pay any attention to 1t. Ice will show itself crusted about the sides Of he little streams, but the peasant wom- en and men run about half clad, with bare legs and arms and threats.
 Orange trees, which in Florida would splk and refuse to bear fruit, seem to preserve a serene unconsciousness Of the Surrounding atmosphere and continue to heck themselves in a profusion of golden fruit Vegetables and other fruits show he same inconsequent regard for the temperature and even the flowers do not seem as much discouraged as you would expect. There is some current or other which is supposed to explain this, but hmf inclined to reject this explanation hnd class all these things along with the +est of the unexpected which always happens in this-as Madge calls it 'Topsy Turvy Land"
 An intelligent observer could learn much from his car window about the irrigation methods and the great skill and industry given to cultivating the ands and reforesting the hill sides; even
 was deeply impressed with the won- berful enterprise and efficiency which the numerous little cultivated patches, all aoselv placed together, stretching far lp the hill sides and covering miles and miles of land, represented. Rice fields ca fields and vegetable grounds, all planned on miniature scale and elabo-