El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-06
EMPLOYED
IS PROBLEM
IN TOXIC
Youths From Country Rush
to City and>Soon Become
Destitute.
CHILD CLIMBS TO
TOP OF MOUNT Full


many other great cities the num-
4 Der of unemployed is ever on the
increase in Toxic. where men gather
from the country with high ambitions
Unfortunately, however, high places
are few and talent apparently su-
perabundant- Consequently even men
with good qualifications are roaming
about, YainIy seeking employment
Some of them come to the free lodging
house at HOMO, Toxic, tired out; some
even are on the brink or starvation
This summer the small lodging house
IS taxed to its utmost capacity The
director of the house tells pitiful
stories Of his nightly dodgers Men in
the prime Of life" he says, come here
every day starving, having had moth
ing TO eat for three or four days OF
the young men who come to me for
help, the majority are from the cOun-
try. They make their way to the city
with high hopes and write home eX-
aSgerated or imagined stories of their
success A few years later they go
back to their homes on borrowed
money and dressed up in royal style TO
impress their family and friends with
their success, not yet realized VI hen
they return to the city their situation
is worse than il was before, for they
are then Saddled with the debts they
home These young men begin gen
orally as hard workers or ambitious
students, then they become cheap Ia
bOrers or coolies and finally end as
loafers, sheltered in the poor house
Japan is dealing with the problem OF
the unemployed on scientific grounds,
having profited by the greater expert
ence of America and Europe
Japan's Sarah Bernhardt Dead
Nine. Kumehachi IchikaWa- the
Sarah Bernhardt' Of Japan, died re-
Gently at the age Of 70, after spending
nearly half a century on the stage.
Like Japanese warriors, who are
proud to die on the BATTLEFIELD, Japan
csc actors and actresses hope TO die on
the stage. kumehachi was no excep-
ception and her prayer was answered.
for while performing one OF her favor
tie dances at the Mikumf theater in
Toxic. she collapsed on the stage and
Kumehachi belonged to the old
school, but her wonderful adaptability
enabled her TO carry her role success
July in new plays including a num-
Der Of Shaksperian tragedies She was
virtually the only actress Of the old
school, for at that time japanese fem
men, New actresses, however are
now being brought out, and Kumehachi
gave willing assistance to the training
! Of young girls recruited by the In
] perial theater OF Toxic.
queer Social Customs
The japanese empire shows a wide
range IN social customs Remote prov
ances observe uSages and indulge IN
social ceremonies that are surprising,
when they are related, even TO the Jap
anese themselves An educational in
spectOr of Toxic has Just returned TO
the capital from the island of OShiura,
with strange tales of the customs OF
the islanders. especially in weddings
and funerals.
While on the island the inspector,
R KawaSOe by name, attended the
funeral OF q fisherman The coffin was
covered with two suits Of the dead
mans clothing. and surrounded by
score Of women of sOrroWful face. who
proceeded to utter a long mOnOsyllabic
howl of lamentatiOn- The visitor was
so affected that he Wept with the
mOurnerS, but later he found out that
all this sorrow was put on: IL was
Delng enacted as part Of prescribed
funeral ceremony
The islanders develop physically
much earlier than the people in other
parts Of the empire Girls marry at ?
or IL years, and young men at IA or Is
For Two months after the wedding the
husband pays nightly visits to the wife
at the home of her parents. while the
young wife visits her parentsinlaw and
helps them by fetching pals of water
from the well. After that she is taken
into her home of her husband.
Little Girl Climbs Full.
Mount Full, dead volcanic noun
tain nearly $4,000 feet high. famous
around the world for its graceful con-
tour, has been surmOunted this sum-
mer bya japanese girl sewn years old.
who made the trip unaided by her
elders Considering the yOuthfuIness
of the climber, this is a record. An
other will be made before the summer
is over, for if all goes well with him,
SajurO Ota. SO age, will accomplish his
J Tooth ascension With the close OF
last summer his record was IS. August
saw him complete his oath trip to the
summit.
From time immemOriaI Full. the
highest mountain in Japan. has been
considered a sacred peak and until
about 40 years ago women were not al
lowed to make the ascent. Even now
much religious sentiment is attached
to the mountain. and group after group
of pilgrims from all over the country
visit the little shrines on the snow
clad summit. murmuring in their as
cent up the long slopes "ROkkOn
ShOjO." meaning May our six senses
be clean and undefiied"
JapS TO Have Line.
The opening of the Panama canal "a
the merchant ships of the world will
see the inauguration of a new line of
japanese vessels running to the east
ern coast of the United States. and also
to points in Europe
The Osaka Mercantile Steamship com
pany IS making plans to this end It
mas already ordered several new steam
ers of 5000 tons each. and IL has
despatched to America a number Of
agents TO take preliminary invesffe-S
ions as to ports, docking facilitias
charters. etc.