New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-28
RED CROSS WORKERS HERE
Japanese Count and Countess
Come for international Congress.
WAS IN EMPEROR'S COURT
More than 100000 Women
Of Nippon Now Belong to
the Red Cross.

The countess never receives without the
count" said Mr.. Hata. the very polite sec
rotary to the Count and Countess Ogasa-
wara, who are making a few days stay In
New York en- route to Washington, where
they will attend the International hed
Cross Conference as delegates.
When the count returned the Tribune re-
porter was ushered into the countess's SIT
ting room in the Hotel Aston. The count
and countess both very handsome ana APP
rearing much at ease in their European
clothes. sat side by side al one end OF the
room and rose very courteously when the
reporter was ushered in by Mr.. Hata.
We are very pleased to meet you. said
they. and moioned the reporter To scat
I'm the centre of the room, directly racing
them. It looked as If ii were going to be a
ceremonious audience until the reporter
launched the very commonplace question;
How have YOU spent this, your hrst
day in New York;"
Both faces became animated at once ana
the countess laughed a pretty and delighted
laugh
We have been shopping said the count,
who did all Of the talking 1T Is so nara
TO get pretty European dresses FOR ladi's
in Japan
Did YOU find the shops satisfactory?
con. too much SO for me- and the count
looked a hit ruefully at his wife, who was
smiling rcminiscently.
She looked So AT home in her trlg MUS
short coated purple suit and flower nat an"
vcu and walked so gracefully In her Amer
lean shoes that the reporter Was moved 10
ask whether she always wore European
clothes al home.
.Ob mo- answered the count for her'
.1t j. only at court that she wears Euro
moan clothes. and FOR sports. At nome We
wear our national costume ana YET we ',e
in a European house He laushcd h'i'''e''
at the evident iuconEruity.
For what sports DO the ladies' wear
European clothes"
"Whv for skating. My wife IS very fond
Of skating" He turned 10 her and SAID
few words in japanese. at which her fac"
lighted up and she chirped with smile:
"Oh. yes, l like it very much"
Then our ladies play lawn tennis. too
the count added. I'VE are becoming very
l,uropcan. There are many business
women in -tyrewriters and book
keepers and ticket sellers in the railroad
stations"
And We nave lady reporters, TOO, SAID
Mr.. Iata from his corner.
How does the pay Of tho business
woman COMPARE with that ~ tho business
man."
We'll am afraid they are not So well
paid" confessed the count
Are there any sunragettes in Japan"
There may he fcw. but woman SUI
naEc is not an issue with us at present,
and there arc no organizations Ike tn"
ones they tell me YOU have here
But We have womons clubs" d"
laughed MY wife belongs 10 one-the
oriental Ladies' club"
What do these clubs do-have they all
great ohjccts2"
"Ah. no" he answered. they are Just TO
m sociahlc. and sometimes they have .ect-
ures upon art subjects.
The greatest serious interest OF our
women in Japan IS In tho society wo are
now here 20 represent. the Red Cross.
over two million women belong 10 that.
and tho Empress herself is greatly inter-
ested IN the movement.
Il
belong to it, as they are thus able to help
their country, and we arc all anxious 20 DO
that in Japan.
During the RusSo-Japano'e War my
wife, with hor mother. the Warehouses
Naheshima. acted as nurse IN the Toxic
military hospitals"
The Count and Countess Ogasawara viii
exhibit at Washington tho modern hcld hos
pitaI appliances Of the Japanese army. The
countess has the title Of counsel of the
society. and the count is also greatly inter-
ested I'm It's work
He was Al one time master NJ ceremonies
10 the Emperor Of japan. which may IN
part have accounted for the cOurtly polite
ness OF his farewell to the reporter, but the
countess was never a master of ceremonies.
and her farewell, though expressed IN halt
Ir,, ENGLISH was equally gracious.