Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-04
Cbg Dan daney)

The japanese are directly opposite
western ways M everything Thoir
tools are OF unusual shapes and han
died after surpr.s,ng methods, tho
blacksmith squats at his anvil, WELD
ing hammtr which no western smith
could make use of the carpenter
pulls instead of pushing his marvel
ous aw ana plane, The left Side is
always the rFht side and the right
side is the wrong side. Keys are all
ways turned 90 open "a lock in what
we are accustomed to think is tho
Wrons direction. People AM vehicles
pass each other ON the STREETS by
turning to the lcft We write win
pen and ink in characters running
from loft to right; they with brush
and paint from right 10 left We
furnish our houses with great care
ana pride they keep thchs absolutely
bare of furniture ana sleep on the
floor. We sit upon chairs and eat
from table, they sit on the floor with
their food placed beside them We
sleep in the dark. hut they keep lights
burning from dusk 10 dawn We wear
hats, while they 30 with heads uhcoy-
cred. We salute with q kiss; they
never salute with the lips. We shake
hands, they only bow. We wear black
for morning while they wear i'm
maculate white, An American kills
his enemy; japanese of the upper
class Kills himself to spite his enemy;
and This Is only beginning In their
contrariety,
In Japan the carpenter Is n shoe
maker, for the feet OF the poor are
shod with wood. The ba.sket weaver
makes the head dress, which covering
ls called a roof on she'd The poo-
pie IN the country go harcheaded, and
il is amusing TO observe one Of them
wearing his first hat. for he never
knows what TO do with It when he
takes It off, nor when TO take II of,
nor can he remember when moving
away where he left II I'm case he does
take il off; which IN, deed, is not oft
on. You seldom, IL ever, see a Jap
ancse drinking water, although YOU
can see them, even in the cities bath
Ing soaking and splashing in II all
the time, In the natural hot springs
of Japan which are many and I'm all
sections of the country, Il is not un-
common 20 see men and women lying
I'm the hot water close % the boiling
point for twelve hours AT a stretch. II
is by no means unusual for people
with rheumatic complaints to remain
continuously IN this hot water for n
month at a time, fastening a rock 20
their bodies TO keep from floating,
The people hathe I'm water Of 10e
degrees Fahrenheit, claiming II helps
10 keep them warm in winter and cool
In summer, and moreover, that no
cold can be taken Immediately after
such bath, regardless OF exposure.
In all cities bathhouses begin oper-
atlons IN the morning earlier than
any other business. Frequently, as
you pass along the narrow sidewalks
in the early morning you will have n
door opened outward against your
face and see a man step past you into
the street as naked as the day he came
into the world, his bright copper col
or, like a Holsters, made brighter by
the boiling he has undergone. As he
leisurly walks along sniffling and
grunting with a cloud of vapors aris-
ing from his body, he gives not the
slightest attention TO his toilet while
in sight. but unconscious Of appear
ance wends his way homeward with
his little bundle Of clothes in hand,
Such sights are quite common, the
natives seeing no impropriety in eth
er man or woman going to, or coming
from the bath in the garb provided by
nature. Out Of Difference Of western
ideas Of propriety, the practice is for
bidden by the police in cities where
there is any considerable number of
the white race. But the police while
very alert, cannot see everything,
and the people who have bathed in
public so long that tradition runs not
to the contrary, are slow to change,
although police regulations and the
white mans sense of modesty de-
mands it. The japanese say: "Peo-
pie who can see so much immodesty
in our customs must wear spectacles
to aid an unclean Imagination"
A japanese, whether coolle or
merchant, spends a portion of each
day in the water, and yet these same
men working in boats. canals and wa
ter-covored rice fields, wet to their
waists and shoulders win at once
cease work at the slightest indication
of rain. Coolies and clam diggers
who are in the water all the time, re-
fuse to work IL they can see drop Of
rain falling even near them. The
ricksha man wants double and quad
ruple pay, apd besides wants to be
paid while going for his straw coat,
which is frequently three times fnrth-
er away than the trip you are employ
ing him for, and as often happens,
the rain being over when he reaches
the coat, he concludes to return with
out it.
But these contradictions present a
/ new phase when you observe what is
taking place on the streets about you.
1 Hundreds Of women sally out of. the
shacks on all sides, each with baby