Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
Display Is Vulgarity

Display Is Vulgarity
A LII this in my country, this display" he said,
4 would be the most of vulgarties. l make en-
trance here tonight everywhere pictures very
sive pictures, many Of them looks at any pic
If Japanese of position have pictures, many
pictures thousand pictures you enter his house. you
only picture sometimes pair of pictures in that
subject Those picture hung wall all by himself.
The color of the wall it match the pictures SO that it is
all beautiful Perhaps in front of picture just one suit
able flower in vase, just All who come they have
great opportunity to all the beauty there may be IN
those picture Here there those many pictures
costly pictures perhaps beautiful pictures but those
ladies and gentlemen do not look at pictures. Those
pictures and those walls do not belong the They
are so much no one look EACH It is all bad taste
"You must admit, though H., l remarked rather re-:
sentfully, that our women are beautiful.
1.-THE looks of woman. he responded reprov1ngly,
should not be mentions unless there is nothing besides
that you make polteness Of The Dress the Clothes
of these ladies here to Japanese mind is worst possible
No lady in my country makes display OF clothes; only
the geisha The more rich Japanese lady, the great
Japanese lady, wear always quiet, always the same
clothes, the kmono. On the very big occasion like
these she may put the brocade robe very beautiful
very expensive She is most proud to show old
Nishijin brocade belong in her family many years, all
No one knows to-day how it is made just The low
dresses of your ladies does not please us Japanese 1t
is very bad very shameless. My country has not yet
learned that the naked is the lovely We have artist
no painter, who has found the study of naked men and
women for art. We do not like to look at the ladies'
bare necks, bare For the fear, maybe that
we will not look their baroness, they hang around
their necks great jewels, the diamond the emerald.
They say to You must look at the baroness of the
arms the naedness of the neck 1t is all very terrible
the most of vulgarties to u.s..
Money Is Bad Form
60 wrought up was the Baron becoming that
glad of the diversion caused by the approach of
host who insisted upon the Baron inspecting colonial
chair he had just acquired
Isn't it a wonder?" he exclaimed. at cost
pretty penny too had to give over four hundred
dollars for it; but it is well worth the price, 1t is
two hundred and fifty years old How do you like t?
Eagerly | awaited the reply. In the castle few
miles outside of Toxic, where the Baron and his
tors had dwelt for centuries knew that there
hundreds of pieces of wonderful carving that old
before America had colonies.
ut must be great satisfactlonS, he said, to acquire
that which you regard thus beautiful.
Mr.. Worthing, well pleased with the doubtful
compliment, turned to drag in else to admire
his treasure, permitting us to escape
1.-The money, the cost of such, said the Baron, is
the very bad FORM We pretend that money dislike
full to us. | touched the coins until | almost
man. The rich man with us does not make displays
of much money he has, so much money he pays The
wealthy japanese gentleman are the more he
tries to hide those fact The head of my clan the
most rich, very rich gentleman Always he cotton
clothes with colors. You the man, you the
face only. There nothing in appearance colors
of the clothes you would remember. Not until he grew
old did he silk then only within for the warmth
you should happen to notice the same he would ex-
plain that it for the warmth of it, making apologies
for the number of his years."
But what does rich man in Japan do with his
money!" asked.
"He has many ways of great usefulness. If his mind
is so he collects great, very great library Perhapsi
is to develop the chrysanthemum. Many Japanese
gentlemen spend much money in making the flower per-
feet Just Most often he collects swords. My people
very fond of swords. We have collect wonderful
swords The rich gentleman otentmes he have designed
for him jeweed swords otentie he collect DID, very
DID, swords. There many ways japanese gentlemen
use wealth. but make vulgar display like these
Gambling in Japan
HAVE heard that your people great gamblers.
understand that bridge is popular there now.