The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-29
Capital of England Slowly Re-
suming Her Old Looks and
Places af Amusement are
Thriving.
AMERICAN TOURISTS
OVERRUN THE CITY

'sSNs sOOsuo ~ .VsOCstVC eVe
erywhere-Society Girls at
Court. :,
Especial Cable from the International
News Service-)
London. May 2S.-Now that the ex-
citement of King Edwards funeral is
past and the kaiser and kings have all
left, London is slowly resuming her
old looks and the theaters and other
places Of amusement are doing q rush
ing business, though it is noticed that
Americans predominant everywhere.
Aside from the unusual number of
young American girls and their am
bilious mothers who have been dis
appointed in their hops of being pre-
sented to the court of ST. James, there
are tens of thousands of pleasure low
ing we'll to do Americans here who are
in evidence everywhere. but nowhere
more than at the great Japan-British
exposition at Shepherds Bush which
all agree is the most beautiful exhibi-
tion the world has ever seen.
On entering the exhibition the visit
or finds himself opposite to a fine ex-
ample of Japanese architecture, rich
in coloring, and picturesque in outline
Passing to the palace of fine arts, he
finds examples of the craftsman's s
skill such as will never be seen out
side of Japan again. Carefully ar
ranged in cases are scores of ornamen-
tai swords and daggers and parts,
chased and inlaid in the manned in
which the japanese fighters of centur-
les ago loved to embellish their weap-
ons. The display includes a collec-
tion Or swordguards belonging to
Count Nagavaka, about 5000 years
old. Another case contains the hats
of knives or daggers ornamented with
| figures.
Among the paintings are some of
the most highly priced specimens of
Japanese art in existence. Although
the number of pictures in the collec-
| tion does not exceed one hundred,
they have been selected in such a
manner as to show the history and
development of the Japanese genius.
Delicate paintings on silk and pa
per, for the most part of young girls,
charm the eye by their grace Of out
line and beautiful harmony of color.
Some examples are unique, such as
paintings on silk by Tori Kiyoshige,
representing young girl of noble fam
lily, in contemplation (date about 1850
The color OF the robe is rightly des-
/ hotn MI of al
celain. Another work, which is the
only one of its kind in Japan is by
! Tori Kiyonaga and represents a man
and a girl seen upstairs in tea
| house tabout 1900. It is a very rare
and remarkable painting. in rich deep
colors on paper, and is Kiyonga's mas
terpiece. One Of the rarest paintings
in Japan is work by Kitao Shige-
masa about 1SO5). In this two girls
are seen playing with cat, and the
| light striking across the robes of the
| girls is rendered with brilliant effect
/ AS for the industrial side of the ex-
hibition, examples of Japan's progress
in this respect meet the eye at every
/ turn. Nothing seems to have been
/ overlooked In the naval sections are
| models of the latest Japanese battle.
ships. and close by are specimens OF
| military equipment. To the right and
| left of the wood lane entrance twelve
/ full sized tableaux represent the main
epochs in the histoi, y. the japanese
/ empire.
1 The London county council, con-
vinced that street noises can not be
entirely done away with. is planning
school where pushcart men and other
itinerant street dealers are to be taught
to offer their goods in a way that will
not offend the ear.
4 Poets and composers are to be In
vfted to provide appropriate songs and
no persons is to be allowed to push a
cart in the street until he has received
his graduation papers from the school
Though the idea is an excellent one
in theory l doubt very much that I:
can be carried out. The London cos
ter monger is apt to be q very diffcult
bird to train. and what about the news.
boy with his "extry speshull?"
h Can his raucous bark be modulated
i to linked sweetness long drawn out
1t seems a little open to doubt. And
/ Billingsgate. To tackle the Billingsgate
4 fishwives. one thinks would be some.
1 what momentous task. sailed forth
4 yesterday to interview . Bloomsbury
flower seller, and found one pushing .
huge barrow Of green's. potatoes and
Sweet Williams lin itself Z beautiful
namea But what she said about the
scheme cannot be disclosed cannot
think be Was genuine flower hawk
er. He did not even know Sweet
H Lavender I sang It to him, and he
said. Well. gunner. that's all right
that is. but rye got jolly well enough t0
do to earn my living. what with them