The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21

Lord the Emperor. whose body was not
too strong, would pass safely through the
sad ordeal OF bidding formal farewell TO
the lamented Empress Dowagcr Shoken.
For his was the day OF ''sending away"
and the Emperor and Empress had loved
her much, and great had been the prepa-
ratNs.
Now the night was here. There had
he'n sunshine, and there had been cloud.
Tho sun had gone down in shoulder
Of dark crimson fire along the western
horizon. and IN from the south had come
strcamers of black cloud. like feathery
crepe. Then drop by drop had come
sprnkles of rain through the soft. sweet
evening air.
For three long miles from the Aoyama
palace on a western hillside Of the city,
through wide streets 20 the place OF the
shrine In the imperial estate OF Yoyogi,
the mourning decorations extended, Lines
OF tail funeral masts stretched on either
side # the street bearing alternately
lnur bun and gray banners and the white
flag w.tu its crimson sun that Is the en-
2lom Of Japan. each mast ironted with
the SWrto mirror-cmblem of purity
and v ourd sprally wiki bands OF white
AMI black And mast AS jolnted 10 mast
the whole way through with similar loops
OF tlaci and white
Near the palace where lay In state the
reno. : Of the Empress Dowager' ana AT
points along the street route, iron cressets
built upon columns OF bark covered pine
stems bound together were blazing after
nightfall with rcd-yellow waving. smoky
flame. but the high masted arc lights fur
nishel most of the light along the way.
Hack, Now, in Old Japan
When YOU reached at least the long wide
avenue Of entrance TO Yoyogi, you were
back in old Japan where arc lights did
not shine. At the further end with two
,.Il Tori before II, was The imposing
shrine In fo.m of Shinto temple-plaln.
simple. faultiess IN line and finish, ana
built of pl,e rold hinoki wood. ON either
side OF It were great pavilions Tor the
Emperor and Empress and court nobles
and foreign embassies, ana from the
! entrance gate to the paVinons on either
| side were the gathering places TOT the
| students OF the universities and colleges
| of the great city to watch the PASSING
scene. - n, 80,
| blazing cressets and the pale, dim hght
| OF huge paper lanterns, JUST enough "
| light vaguely the sea OF thousands Oh
! faces that with flashing eyes and silent
| Inns stood there like statues or shadows
In the gentle rain. Here indeed was the
| dna flower OF intellect OF young Japan
| Young men, young women-who IN twenty
| wears will practically be Its rulers, out
| outside back the long way to the Aoyama
Palace, a full half million men, women
and children watched and waited 100
| From the forenoon all along the line
the people had been taking their places
| behind sidewalk ropes that left ample
| room In the middle for the procession
| Rows and youths simply squatted on Nhe
ground. Others spread cloths or small
| mats and sat and waited with the sHip''
| abiding eheerfulness that characterlzes
| the whole people. Shop fronts ana small
Garden spaces were occupied In the same
| way with patient spectators, the only re-
| strlctlon being that no one should gaze
| upon the pageant from any window Or
| any point above the street level Ihey
must not look down on an Imperial prog
ress of the living or the dead SO they
chatted ate lunches of rice or cakes
stared at passersby and then fell silent
or talked in whispers.
As the day passed to nightfall the lines
became denser and at all points the
crowds greater, with yisibly increasing
solemnity OF bearing. Up and down the
long line dark clad policemen gave their
orders with quiet force. They closed
| the middle OF the road to traffic at i. NJ,
| though the procession was not to start
til s. They take their time In such func-
tlons in Japan. At 6 o'clock an army OF
laborers spread n bed of dark gray sand
along the professional line and smoothed
II with long brooms. For the imperial
dead a new road" must be made, and
that was how 1t was done.
Outside world Roped on.
We OF the outside world had been as
signed a roped In roadside space about
half a mile from the palace. We had as
semhled by 6 o'clock, some six hundred
OF us. men and women from score OF
countries, bringing camp stools and lunch
baskets, and waited, listening 10 the
tongues from all ends OF the earth ant
curlously noting all that was happening
around us. About came the gentle
sprlnkling OF the rain.
) AS the are lights began to glow cam'
+ the heavy tread OF the tough Inbred
khaki clad soldiers with red banded cap!
, and fixed bayonets, They formed II
guard line facing inward the whole wa,
from tho palace 20 tho chr.ne. stacke.
/. rifles and stood at rest.
"They are showing US what the0 newell