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IL peoble ths japanese are. You
xaos fbey co1't heat their houses:
re baths 81 the year around IN The
open air. and hey 1e4t the same
sloines sumner and pinferis
They N. And they all snifae.
! vii try 70 explain the JaDaness
i6es of physical comfort You arrive
A. Japanese hotel Tor luncheon The
smiling proprietor and his sian greet
you with . dozen bovs apiece and in-
drawing of tbelr breaths You are
nsbered into a ffigid mansoieBm,
which is the parlor. IN half an hour
luncheon will be served. IN the
meantime you pace up and down and
wish you might discoyer a mirror or
vaahstand or q place 10 powder your
nose.
II anything lscklng 70 your honor.
sble comfort and pleasureg An, II
shall be ~ once attended to- suitlng
the action 70 tho vord the proprietor
ceremoniously bows himself out Soon
damgel IN kimono and wooden san
dalg ahufnlea INTO the room. knocks
her forehead three times on the floor,
draws IN her breath and triumphantiy
places q sprig 81 cherry blossoms in
a yellow yaael
Tho chief difference between home
and Japan seems 70 be this. When
our old crabapple trees and ThOmp
sons two cherry trees bloom we re-
mark: "Iow nlcei" and 90 out and
snif AZ them enioyabiy on Sunday
afternoon and bring In a spray for the
table. when two cherry trees bloom
IN Japan the mlkado declares ma
tiona holiday. the whole nation goes
en- fete. The gchools are dismissed
professions arc held day and night;
Iapaneae poets with iillets IN their
hair charge up and down the land,
chanting their verses. and 900 Amer
lean tourists photograph the phe-
nomenon.
We landed - Tokyo IN the midg' Of
one Of these festivals on a typlcaily
bleak. raw day while gusts Of chill
rain and wind swept the streets A
concoufee Of mad poets, school chill
dren, runners. wrestlers and other 81.
pornumeraries were Juggling a Sblnio
temple through the streets, dancing
and chanting around y and inditins
peons Of praise They all looked blue
and half frozen. And they all eoughed
or smiled.
IN the evening we saw a gelsha
dance ! am glad 70 have seen II. II
am sure the hrst thing every woman
know who has been TO Japan will
say when she eoos me is: "Oh. my
dear, and did you SEQ the gelsha7
Wasn't The dancing perfectly fasolnat.
Ing Tho most charming thlng. I be.
lleye IN Japanl But then. Of course.
oil Of Japan IL charming, lsn't lt?"
can reply, yes: ! saw the gelsha