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follow the body either here or in kioto
will be given the honorable place imme-
diatelv following the dignitaries of the
home country, they being followed anu
guarded according TO japanese custom, oy
the representatives Of army and navy
and further and other detachments from
the city police.
The ceremonies at the parade GROUNDS
will be begun promptly at O'Clock.
The Empress Dowager will be present.
and will. after the Emperor has pre-
scented his oulogy. offer a testimonial
in person To the royal dead. This VIII pc
followed by many others by the princes
of the blood and others of lower rank
each petition being presented in person
and taken In charge by the master or
ceremonies and the priests of the royai
household During the entire service SOFT
music by the most famous OF native
Shinto eXecutants will be heard, shaded
torches will shed soft lights and the
thousands of flowers will add their fra
GRANGE 10 the fairylke sights and sounds.
The cleaning temple. filed with the old
World garments CT mourners, priests ana
choristers and fringed about with tue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
The Funeral of Japan's Dead Emperor, to Last
Three Days, VIII Revive Customs, Centuries
Old. Observed When Other Sons Of the
Gods Were Laid in Their r val Tombs.

q yen-literally % cents-gocs as far in
Japan as s. goes in the United states.
so that fair approximation OF tie out
lay would be IN the neish0orhOod OF
$1,000 ce0-a goodly sum for the funeral
services OF god or emperor This seem
ingly tremendous cost includes, howevcr
a number OF individualistic Japanese
buildings and bridges. costumes and cars
the like OF which is seen nowhere else In
the world.
For example. it is impossible for the
royal dead TO leave or enter q city at
any but its own railroad station. At both
Toxic and Kioto. therefore new stations
have been erected. Az both the Aoyama
parade grounds in Toxic and at Mono
yama O<ioto) new shrines have been
raised. The funeral car in which the
imperial dead will ride from palace To
parade ground and from the new station
at Momoyama &c the final resting place
will be Of the Gnest hinoK royal pine
wood and "knotless." IT and the double
coffin. made of the same royal wood by
the takumino rio. or royal carpenter, OF
the palace, are without metal In any part.
tieir various parts being fitted and dove
tailed in the manner Of the workers for
divine royalty. Also each stick for coffin,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

car. and shrine must be OF the requisite
eravness. for, unlike ordinary mortals'
tho Nikado has q mourning color all his
o,yn--erav. instead OF the usual white.
His ROYAL body IS dressed in gray, ms
room is hung with gray, This followers 10
the grave are covered In gray ropes anu
even the oxen that draw his death car
are draped I'm gray mourning cloths al
though these Individual animals were Sc
lected for their original gray color.
The preliminary ceremonies VIII be held
NJ the uaIace at o'clock on the morning
of September - At this service both the
Emperor and the Dowager Empress VIII
ne present. Prince Fushmi, as nearest OF
kin to the royal family and as head oil
the Shinto order. Will be the one IN com
plete charge of all ceremonies connected
with the funeral. Count Toda VIII act as
grand master Of ceremonies, ana frlhce
Iwakura. as chief ritualist, with MS as
s,stant Mr.. Miyachi will look after the
strictly rituallstlc part OF the services az
tbe palace. al the parade grounds, al INC
two stations and at the grave
practically every hour Of the first day
viii he given UP TO prayers for and euio-
gies Of the dead Either at the palace OF
AZ the shrine at the Aoyama parade
grounds. or possibly ut both. there VIII
Inc offered to the dead the holy bread. OF
mama (round white cakes Of rice ca'leu
,nochn. seaweed. fruits. vegetables drieu
osb and salt. but no flesh meat. Each
d,sh is brought by an attendant OF inc
court with nose and mouth covered 80
that no unclean breath may poilu'e 'hu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

personages who nave travelled miles TO
take a last view Of the man who was
more to them than riches or titles or
lands. When he Is carried Tor the laSt
time from the palace his favorite sworn
and possibly one or more of his faVorlte
bits Of literature win be put upon MS
breast. for the mind as well as the body
NAV need refreshment on the long jour
ney.
The procession on the evening of the
18Th from the palace TO the Aoyama pa
rade grounds will be the most remark
able one OF It's kind ever seen in Japan.
Never before has an Emperor been seen
ON foot In the street. At his fathers
funeral the young Emperor Yoshihilo
will walk the entire distance from the
palace 10 the parade ground-norc thai'
two miles. This viii also be the hrst
funeral of an Emperor held in the Guy
NJ Toxic From the days OF Emperor
Kuwammu Tenno, who built his fai-
ace OF Peace" at Kioto In 79i, until the
Iote Mutsuhito moved his home To the
Eastern Capital in 1868. seventy En-
nerors had reigned and died and been
hurled at the Saikyo. or Western city
Baron Sakatani. Tokio's new Mayor has
aided In every way the committee haV-
ing charge Of the ceremonies and process
sions in his city. BY the Joint work OF
the Mayor. the Superintendent Genera'
of Police, Anraku; Governor ABE OF To-
kio. General Viscount kawamura' MN
tary governor Of Toxic. and Generai
Raron Kiogshi commander or the ISL
Division Of the army, stationed at TOXIC
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A MoAr +, e 4 .

the living ruler. as a mark of respect 10
the one whom, as subject, he has loved
and honored and whom. as son, he is to
follow as ruler and lord.
Not only viii no one be allowed on
horseback In the street. but no one In
the procession will travel other than by
foot. Usually the whlte-robed Shinto
priests ride on their own horses. They
did so at the funeral Of Prince Taruhito
Arlsugawa, uncle" To the Emperor, and
also ut the funeral Of the late Empress
Dowager. i'm 1897. Following in the train
OF Prince Arisugawa came hundreds of
carriages and even inrickshas, bearing
the ladies of the household dres sed In
mourning yellow. partly draped in black,
and other mourners. more distant rela-
tives, dressed i'm red and white. But at
this. the Emperors burial. the priests
and all who follow will be on foot.
The death car, in which is 20 be car
ried the royal dead. will be drawn by
seven gray oxen. each OK having two
"gIiders," men specially trained for this
service At the funeral of the Empress
Dowager there were three oxen. n black
one, n dun-colored one with black hecks
and a black and white one with "a white
star IN his forehead and with four white
stockings. all OF which was In accord
ance with ancient usage. ST. is the
usual and requisite number Of oxen for
an Emperor. But seven is pet Jap
nnese number and special number OF
the late Emperor, and for this latter rea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
Group Of Front q the Entfefce to :
the pe~1ece Proying for the Recovery q the EMPEROR

, the provisions for the parade on the
evening OF the 18th are as nearly perfect
a. they can be made. a double line OF
soldiers shoulder to shoulder. will line
the path of the march. No one will be
allowed on the streets on horseback, anu
40 one will be permitted 10 peer down
from open window or doorway. For the
Emperor is superior TO his subjects. who
must not be above him In any sense or
the word Not only is the dead Emperor
on the street, but the living as we'll
lower than the dead, looking up at him
from the pavement
The position Of the Emperor Yosni-
hito is a peculiar one. III the procession
he will represent Sorrow, and, as Sor-
row. will walk behind the CONN. The
master If ceremonies, representing the
real ruler as the representative Of the
Deity, will walk before the coffin and be
the leader.
This position of master mourner is
the most important In the procession.
Dressed in plain gray and wearing san
dals OF gray straw. made from the straw
of rice and representing the poverty Of
SolIo"' anu iiSiiS " f''' 'N' - "
sacred sakari wood (his sorrow would
be unbearable without a staff to sustain
him). the imperial head or the imperial
nation. the I'D descendant OF the royal
founder of the line Of kings, Jimmu
Tenno, great-grandson OF the Sun God
dess: he the God-descended Emperor.
walks with sandalled feet through the
streets behind the dead, and for the mo-
mont behind the representative OF himself,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
AMBITION AND REALITY.

"Poor Harriet Quimby!' said New
York editor. as he regarded n magazine
photograph Of the dead flying woman.
"She used to work FOR me, and very good
stories she wrote, too.
when she took to dying and made a
success of 1t, said to her
az suppose, with all this fame. the
dearest ambition of your childhood Is
eratiiled, eh?
mo, she said, smiling. L had no de-
sire for fame In my childhood. | remem-
her n school question. What Is your
highest ambltion?" The answer l gave to
this question was:
Missionary. and If not that, millinery
or clerk in a candy store.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
TOO LADYLlkE FOR HIM.

Colonel Guilford Hurry. commissary OF
the National Guard OF New York, was
condemning an officer who. on an annual
encampment. had fused too much over
his men.
"A famous editor" he said, watched
this officer one night during the last en-
campment as he showed the boys how
70 fold their Clothes, how to spread their
bedding, how to wrap themselves In theh
blankets. how to drape their mosquito
netting and so forth and finally, when
the officer took leave. the editor called
after him:
"'Hey, you've forgotten something
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
A Group Of School Children Pra&1ns for
the En- perors Recovery.

Great Righteousness. Japan has lost
the ruler who pushed 10 the fore and
made her known to the outsiders OF the
West" During Mutsuhitos reign-the
japanese Exposition OF 1917 was TO have
been the half-century celebration OF his
rule-his country emerged from obscurity
to first place I'm the glare Of world recog-
milton OF prowess and progress. His sue
cessor has seemingly but little Initiative
20 take. His Is but TO hold what his
royal father had wrested from the pow
ers But there Is hidden meaning IN
the name given TO his era-Teisei expand
ed really means "a union between ruler
and ruled" IL this be prophetic. then
will Great Righteousness" crown En-
llghtenment." and the Mirror OF Right
eousness. the Jewel OF Perfection and the
Sword OF Power will be nobly held by
the young monarch, and all nations of
!. the world will join In the song OF the
people of the Rising SUM-
May our Lords dominion last
TIL n thousand years have passed
Twice four thousand times oertold.
Firm as changeess rock. earth-rooted
Moss OF ages uncomputed
Grow upon II green and old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

I. son seven oxen were chosen for this oc-
sasion.
The car in which the Emperor will ride
IS patterned after an old two-wheeled
! on cart used i'm the country. and like
those that carried all the rulers before
him since the first Mikado, who chose a
tombsite too far from his palace to be
, carried by hand. Like the coffin ana
| shrines built for the occasion, there VIII
| be found in IL no metal-eyery joint VIII
| be made 10 fit without nail or pin, and
the enormous wheels will creak as did
those OF the cars of thousand years
ago.
In front of the procession proper VIII
march hundreds OF bearers of flowers OF
many colors, arranged in cones on stands
eight, ten and twelve feet In height.
| Each stand will be carried by a mourncr
I in ancient dress OF gray linen hmono
|, with tall black hat with backward
curve In the peak. Then will come .he
police. under command OF Superintendent
| General Anraliu, and Immediately behind
! them hundreds Of men bearing perfect
! forest of the sacred Sakaki tree, with
| their boughs tied with steamers covered
with inscriptions and prayers. The En-
peror's bodyguard will precede a myriad
/ of banners and tall standards of red and
white and bands OF spearmen bearing the
I ancient koko with white silk bannerets.
| Mirrors and swords and other insignia
OF office borne on velvet cushions by Off
GERS of high rank will precede still other
standards, behind which will come the
procession proper headed by the high
priest and his party. Immediately preced-
I ing the hearse. The Emperor on foot
will follow Immediately afte- the body of
his royal father and he In turn Will be
followed IN single file. by some half
dozen OF the nearest princes to the throne.
Other princes will be massed in columns
of four abreast, and behind them Will
como the generals and ministers and
other dignitaries OF the court and state,
all I'm columns OF fours
Such foreign men of note as wish 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
The Fupera.1 PROCESSION

fooQ Tor the royal dead. THESE offerings
are heapcd upon table or shrine Cmade
be- the takumino rio Of the palace Of the
same knotless gray hinoki wood. jewel
case Of the same wood Is placed upon the
table for each article Of food. and about
the table ere scattered mirrors and STANDS
Of the sacred sakaM wood. the only or
nainent. The table IS smoothed by pc
cullar japanese process until it Is OF the
texture Of satin.
On August 70 tho Emperor was taken
from his temporary resting place In side
room and carried to "a specially prepared
mourning hall. with appropriate hang
ings and devoid Of furniture. Here. with
his head to the north-no japanese while
alive will sleep with his head TO the
north. saying that he is not worthy that
position being taken only by the dead
and resting In his hnoh coffin and clad
in the rich gray silk Of office. he has
been seen by the hundreds Of privileged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
of Ruler Amid Ancient Rites Whose Hope Rested in Modernism

thousands OF brilliant uniforms blazing
with decorations. will be sight worthy
the pen of artist and poet.
other services will be held at the sta
lions at both Toxic and Kioto, those at
the grave at Momayana being richer in
detail than any that have preceded them.
At the grave will be said the famous
prayer:
"Delgn graciously, 0 Soul. to accept
these offerings. and sleep, o Body, unnso-
Tested in the depths OF this sacred
ground"
More sacred ground" can hardly be
found the world over Koto, with Its
ring OF noble temples under the shadow
OF solemn groves, contains in it's sur
rounding sanctuaries the holy dead OF all
that Japan holds greatest and most noble.
In n tomb "immeasureably deep will
be laid the body OF Mutsuhito at the Anal
service on September 10. The grave has
been chosen in hill nee; to that which
holds the remains Of his father. Komei.
Not only is II immeasureably deep, but
II Is shielded from harm by solid con-
crete built In and about a charcoal bot
tom, and It will be capped with closely
fitting stones.
In the newly erected shrine at Mona
yama masses Will be said for the dead
every hour OF every day for weeks to
! come, and annual services will be held
for one hundred years. But the real ex-
pressions of feeling will be the occa-
sional lourneyings to the sacred place
made by Empress or day laborer, old
beggar or happy school child-all OF
whom unite In their hearts the one. uni
yersal and personal loss of the over
father" A little later I'm the year, when
| the maple is at its best. the hills all
| about the sleeping ruler Will be Redeemed
and goldencd by his favoritc colors, and
thousands Of pilgrims, with freshly
/ blooming chrysanthemums in their hands.
will make loving journeys to the resting
place of their friend and wise counsellor.
and. with reverentiy bowed heads, will
echo the prayer of the holy priests:
Reign graciously, o Soul. TO accept
these offerings, and sleep, o Body, unmo-
Tested In the depths of this sacred
/ ground"
+ With the entombment Of the great
! Mutsuhto passed the old era OF "MeiiP-
| Enlightenment" The era Of the new
! ruler has been formally named "Teisef-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
A QUESTION OF WEIGHTS.

Senator Borah was talking at DIN
ner in Boise about an embarrassing
question that had been asked at Chicago
THE question: he said smiling,
went Unanswered. II was ike niue
Willie's query.
"A young gentleman was spending the
weekend at little willie's cottage at At
lantic City, and on Sunday evening AFTER
dinner. there being scarcity OF chairs
on the crowded piazza. the young gentie-'
man took Willie on his lap.
"rhen during n pause In the CONVEX
carton little Willie looked up at the
young gentleman and piped:
"'Am as heavy as sister Maoei'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
A PEN AND INK SHAKESPEARE.

Woodrow Wilson, on recent Visit 70
Atlantic City. referred good humorediy %
his rather illegible handwriting.
"But my hand is nothing, ne sa'd' 70
that Of Horace Greeley.
poor Greeley once quoted from snake
s,aara IN a leading article, IT'S true
It's pity, and pity It's. It's true.
This appeared the next day ~
""Tis two, it's fifty, tits hfty' us MY
tvo'" a,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01

What have I forgotten"
"'Y1u haven't heard 'em say their
prayers and kissed 'em all good night. y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
SEEKERS AFTER UNKNOWN GOD.

Shortly before his death the late NUT
suhito was instrumental in bringing TO-
gether q committee OF seventy men prom
!nent in shintoism. Buddhism. Confuclan-
Ism and Christianity. II Is an open Sc
cret that Japan IS country seeking re-
fgion. Modern Shinto Is tinged WIN
trace OF all three of the other beiiefs.
Professor Kunitate Kume has put in
black and white this remarkable state
inent: Il turn 10 the Shinto priests III
case OF q public festival. while .he Budoh-
Isl priest is my ministrant for iunsToi
services. / regulate my conduct accord
ing 20 Confucian maxims and Chrlstah
morals. / care little for external forms
and doubt II there be any essential ar
ferences IN the Kamrs eyes between any
Of the religions OF the civilized world.
And this is q fair representation OF Shin
to In Japan to-day.
As the very focus Of Shintoism is a
vague and indefinite term applied TO gods
and heroes or material phenomena, Shin
foism naturally offers 10 direct opposi-
ton 10 other religions And the ancient
shinto hymn:
Pure be heaven,
Pure be earth,
Pure be within, without
Is surely pure and sweet and all-embrac-
Ing enough for the religion of the world.
The sum OF 10000 yen has been ap-
propriated for the ceremonies, but IN
computing the relative value OF this sum
" dollars II must be borne In nina that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01


the late Miliado OF Japan. 10 be held
l. in the TWO capital cities Of Toxic and
Kioto on September 10. "A and 10. promise
q series Of pageants that viii rival any
thing seen in the Orient or the world
during the present century at least-Ior
magnificent simplicity. The dead En-
pe-or will be buried in coffin ot pine
unpainted and unstained; but II will be
the supreme work of the royal cabinet
workers CT the palace; its top and bottom
and sides will be. as IL were, untOintcu'
50 perfectly win they be fitted one INTO
the other, and the wood OF which II Is
made will be chosen from unknotted tim
beers and polished BY hand until as smooth
as satin Tho living ruler will walk TO
the grave in sandals OF straw, and the
services at palace and tomb VIII be as
beautifully simple az the rites ordered
By the SHAREHOLDERS "at the beginning
but the line Of march viii be Tedolent
with the perfume of flowers and guarded
By the Princes Of the Blood, and the ofer-
ings 10 the dead will be the prayers and
poems Of a loving, heart-broken people.
A RACE OF OPEN MIND.
Had the funeral been that of mon
arch of China. the services would have
been a riot of Eastern-woI.d splendor;
the cremation Of n Siamese King was wit
Messed in Bangkok recently enough 10
remind the Western world Of the ritual
istic ornateness and legendary beauty Of
the last rites for Buddhist ruler But
Japan differs from her neighbors In the
matter OF religious observance. Simple
ity. the keynote Of the nation Ia every
department OF nfe. is nowhere more strik-
ingly exemplfed than in the ceremonies
OF her home religion. Shintoism, reig-
ion without dogma, scripture or creed.
Ever since Buddhism crept into the coun-
Try, Buddha's priests have been doing
stupendous work, but the doctrines or
Gautana are not looked upon as the
only enlightenment" as is the case
further south These two seemingly rival
reHgiOns-or. rather, these two rival phi
iosophies Of life Buddhism ar" Shin;oism,
have become so interviewer INTO me ex'
ptrienco Of the japanese tat thy no
longer leslie each other; the habits ana
tenets Of the one actually doVetaI INTO
those Of the other In most astoundlngiy
friendly and interdependent fashion. Az
birth every japanese baby ~ given
ehnto godfather; but at death Buddh-
list priest is called In to administer the
last rites. The Emperor, however is Tar
above ordinary man, and is Immune from
any rites save those OF 1.-The gods. lie
Is descended from them. and as IL leaves
this world TO return to his fathS'S IL Is
but right and proper that the ntes should
conform 10 those prescribed for the chill
oren Of the gods. The funeral of Mutsu-
hlto will, therefore, be according to the
ancient shinto rites. but Shinto rites
modified and simplihed by the tFend Oh
the times and called by the preseht-oa!
Japanese "near-Shinto.'
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The visit of Premier Poincare, of
Russia, has made it possible for the
French President to visit the Gear in
the near future, it is stated, which
would necessitate a return visit as a
matter of diplomacy. In the meantime
Paris has been learning something Of
late of what it costs to entertain
Kings and Queens. The expression
treated royalty" will have a definite
meaning for the people of the French
capital. Figures show that it cost
Paris something more than $3,000,0 900
to be hosts for the Gear of Russia on
his memorable visit which marked the
French-Russian Alliance, but only $685.
600 was spent to give the King OF
Sweden a good time while in Paris.
Three times that about was disbursed
when King Alphonson visited Paris
and an anarchist threw a bomb at
him. The King of Portugal was com
paratively a cheap guest, costing only
$4,000. On the King of Norway $685.,
900 was expended, on the King OF
Italy $65,000 and on the Kink Of Den
mark 100000.