The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
the lists. and we had best not commit
the betise OF dcspising them

inc lists. and we had best not commit
the beuse OF dcspising them.
Trn,el There.
I. e." th!nSS are more entertaining in
the way or an Itinerary. even in t!iis
restless age OF universal travel and
cal, utter. elemental change in peo-
PIE, climate religion, laws drcss
habits customs: Il throws us over
board from a modern floating palace
OF a steamer, as it were and browns
our past: then rcscues lis in a sort OF
chincSc Junk and sets us in a tea caddy
world: IN which VIC are perfect aliens
ana strangers. the ghosts Of ourselves
II means not only change Of thought
ahn cnangc OF scene but change OF
SOU; etc mpsychosis--t the substitution
q inc oriental for the Occidental crca-
turc IN habits, ideals standards Of
NE. point Of view. ego. I, Is a shock
ana an "a, distress 70 many. tourists Of in
deep roots-perhHp OF small expert
encc OF this big world in which wc
i ~, and immense respect FOR Little
ptuiinGion. AS It's centre anu hub II
4 = inImensely attractive and entertain
iIie TO q man Of culture who can be
content to know Japan. but never
ureains OF knowing the. Japanese,
90 complicated As the idcaugraphs OF
.nrlr ,iahSua ge--an enormous set OF
Itself 20 the sunragis,s for in ii
W"uian IS represented by 4 queer
,wirl tina, seems to. stand FOR clothes,
ana anothcr sign that means month"
Is yet the old. for women have always
loved to dress and loved to talk since
me world hcSan--most Oriental. how
ever, In presentmcnt. essentially rap-
anese. Pierre Lott. Lafcadio Hearn,
stevenson tunlikc the Chicago drum,
mer Introducing stoves into the en-
e sea ai't Sslys q is
cant get doughnuts there found il
pc.iectIy enchanting, for This very rca-
son. IN fact one should be born anu
educa ted to order TO properly upDrc
Siate and thoroughly enjoy japan as
thcy shd But as everybody can't take
rn ma precantion. the only thing for
languages" like Won Moltke, and ali
eyes and ears. The Japanese say that
nothlns amuses them so much as the
Months at Kobe Japan and the Ian
aanese.n that have been pouring from
m, me presses Of Europe ever since the
West discovered that there was s,,ch
2 country. in about sixteen languares
IfheX declare them TO he ma sterpieces
~ =. d,finorancc ana prejudice. almost
ing TO intelligent Japanese in their
1.nSaiar capa CITY TO utterly misundcr-
stand the value and meaning of all
d dnTT have sn@n, Which is funny. bu,
viewpoints by which to triangi,late
ma find out anything about the ian
aleSe except our own. and those arc
worse tnan useless
StcNenson's genius sailed across the
sea Of Japan in his fancy free bark:
viewing everything with his own fine
imagination. he was Yet clever enough
not 20 attempt impossibiities. and he
touched only along the coast and the
surface OF things lightly from his own
standpoint. as when he wrote OF a
certain MOTEL: "a house here YOU can
uih" not merely feed ! could write
"a leading article upon Your potato
81 lad Your fried fish your staff Of
mighty trained Japanese servants in
lets without the velvet cloak. and
oheyi1G the unspoken wish. No II
shoWid te roem: a ballad Of good
ivinE have eaten curries Of the
rhrest a Penang: the turtle steaks al
Singapore stlli live in my regretful
-ilelIIUrE. TEeX give NE chi..ksn rixer