Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-28
ON A "trip AROUND THE WORLD
MWHR ESPECIALLY FOR The TULSA SUNDAY WORLD


L'tidcs Tie regular liIc brigade with
lls halnhuo ladders ana hand pumps.
many wards maintain private watch
men ana nrcMcn, who roam their
beats from dusk 10 daylight. jingling
lonsr ron rings on the tops of lung
bamboo poles which they carry about
with thom. WIN "a ire in progress
each company has "a ilarman VINO car
Ties hammer ana stands with IL held
high. In the midst of iiIr and smoke,
iu show whore his COMPANY Is az work.
nro when ono, under hradway is
Only stayed DIS Wide street. canal or
the hrrmeu and pupulucr tearing
down al huildings in The path of the
names which Is easily done. A rope
fastened to the upper corner post ana
- strong lull is all that IS necessary
4" brins ono of these structures down
WITH crash. while tht heavy slate
root coFors all beneath II An ordln-
arl shop mas about twelve feet front
af". HAu even n two stories high sell
d"W eyer raises the roof iiftr,u feet
iium tne ground
When wr read in American papers
ahnui thousand dwellings iu Tokyo
%. us destroyed by Ore and thous-
"uds ui people homeless. Nc imagine a
great fttch of ttrritUu as being lail
o' uIii. hut % Thousand of these 1T
N' Na1duuA dwelling H.th their min
uiD landscape gardens before or bee
iihd them would not cover more than
lli't I'Ihs loo au American city
a'n assit. ID u frequently happens that
me lunHr' from urc ~ this kind Is
'lWrra su rapidly that ~ tea days a
stranger would not know u had taken
p.f'' unless he suspected 4 from see
ii- su many new shdcks lu the quar-
l"r The earning of lifetime may
haNt tIAl he'd in five minute IRE,
leaving I'd family pcnniless aud home-
IDsa, but with his family gathered
around him beside the smoking ruins.
ih" Japanese checrfuly begins 60
'ul.d HhuH as best he can. He believes
Do has uu right 20 thrust his troubles
and burdens on auoihcr lie says: II
81 il' log uf 1ll % suffer. this time IL
ia mg uIn IL can not be helped. is
nov ih'. express thciuselycs, for tho
least 90 greatest loss. injury or afRic-
Ton. Fur hruise. broken dish, frac-
tlred limb. business failure or even
dtati. weeping is silly. sympathy -
dselos-- there Is no help for IT,"
Considering Tokyo's great popula-
lon ANA congested streets most of
which arc only alleys. il is nothing
snort Of marvellous 10 stranger how
clean the city Is. especially under
foot Most of the streets are un-
paved. but are occasionally covered
with a light colored and very coarse
gravel, which from constant travel IL
crushed uutll II finally becomes very
smooth and hard. Tho street being
narrow, II is generally without side
walk. pedestrian, vegetable carts. ped
dl'rs and all sorts " cunveyances
vending their way up and down as
best they can. But with the coming
~ eycnins after a hard days rain.
the Arsh markets. the
',gcahI, stalls, with an the carts and
other traffic that has passed over the
street one could not find as much
litter ON n half mile of these streets
as would tl' a quart measure. There
u no law or ordinance responsible for
this. II Is true because Of the WAYS.
habits and nature of this people who
are instinctiNely clean-thc japanese.