Arizona republican., 1912-09-17
SAILED AROUND
 WHOLE WORLD

world. He left here on May II. armed with a ticket that would not have ex- pired for q year, but four months was all the doctor required for his journey, for he did not visit any but the sea- port towns, with the exception of Tokio and London
 The doctor, who is not large of frame and was pretty well cared for when he left home, took on twenty pounds in the course of his wanderingA 1 so that his appearance Is greatly | changed. He spent more time in Japan than ! in any other country. and that proved | 1 to be of the greatest interest to him. | 1 He brought back with him a new ard | l better opinion of the Japanese people. | The voyage from Seattle to YokO- i l homa was made on the Ava Maru, a | 1 palatial Japanese boat, which is not i | very popular yet with Americans, so ] that Doctor Powell was the only first | class passenger, except several promi- nent Japanese among them Mr K
 Toga. commissioner of the imperial
 fisheries, who by the way, had visited
 this country and Mexico with regard
 to the Magdalena concession, which
 
 congress over that affair and led to new interpretation of the Monroe doc Urine. MT Toga stated that there was no ultcrior motive behind the move to secure that concession.
 Speaking of steamboat accommo1a-
 tions and service, Dr. Prcwen said
 there was no better in the world than
 those of the Ava Maru Every possi-
 
 few days out the doctor was asked to
 a Japanese dinner. He was told that
 he might not like it and that the regu-
 lar menu would be prepared for him,
 the only passenger who would want it.
 But the doctor had set out to see the world and learn all he could.
 The dinner was served in the off cers quarters and the doctor soon saw that his Japanese neighbors expected to have fun with him, especially when the raw fish stage was reached. The fish did not go down very well, but they went down after a fashion, and the doctor triumphantly called for more.
 There were seven other Japanese din
 ners on that trip. and Doctor Prowen | came to like them. Once. after the | guests had been seated at the table | with the raw fish set before them, the | steward came in and made a speech l which was interpreted to the doctor. | It seemed to relate to the sanitary con | ,lition of the culinary department of | the ship and the statement was made | that the fish set before them had been l taken out of the water forty-five days 1 before. that is. before the vessel had l sailed from Yokohama.
 | Before touching port, the doctor in | quired of MT. Toga regarding Japanese | hotels The latter told him that he did | rot think he would like Olc am ad | 1iaed him to stop at an English IT an | American hotel But the doctor was 1 out to see the country, and on landing | he was shown to a native hctel The | room was small. no bed, no chairs, | and a table about a foot high A pal | let served for a bed. A Geisha girl | called to take his order fo' meals. | lvhrch were served in his room. Then | she called again in the morning to tell Il him about thc Path. He was lcd to Il ,ta hath. which consisted Of a plunge. | end there nc divesteG himself of his II l'7,,no. Thus. stripp d to Ihc huff, II ,. was embarrassed WECn Japanese II gentleman, accompanied by his Wlie II and a couple of little girls, entered and II unconcernedly prepared for the bath. II They were in the same shape as the II doctor. except that they were not em- H barrassed.
 H There is among the Japanese no II sense of immodesty in this matter, and at first glance it would appear strange II that they should appear shocked at the H ha1f-dressed women who appear al H E,uropean and American theaters. Yet II the position of the Japanese is not H. II Iopica1 It is necessary to take off the II clothing to go into the bath, but it iS H not necessary to go to theater hall H naked.
 H The doctor visited the Japanese tea II bonses which, by the way, are really Il saloons generally on an upper floor Il There the visitor finds himself stand II i,o in front of the counterpart of al II American bar. There are also th' II roun;lcrs which one finds about tn II American saloon, waiting to be treat II od There are also the handsom II ,,oishos whose pleasant manner ant II conversation unloosen the purs II .,rinps of American visitors. Tn gtiShHS are not dDdHuOilth No'iiN'' - II most people suppose. Some or tneI II may he. but for the most part they ar II modest and discreet.
 II From Yokohama the doctor went | II Tokio and thence to Kobe, where n II resumed his journey.
 II Standing on the deck of the r. x ' II steamer he was approached by mod II est appearing Japanese, who aske II him if he might talk with him. He wa II boIding a book and said that he Wa II striving to learn English. Later, tf II doctor found out that he was Con J monder Y Mayreld of the battlesh m Yashimana. 12,500-ton vessel Whle
 Vns sunk in the war with Russia [ - striking a mine, This was the mo
 ,nnortant naval loss of the Japane'
 dnrinr the war The commander w;
 on his way to England to supervi
 the building of two dreadnoughts It
 Japan a