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familiar and attractive to the theatre
going public that her distinctive garh
has become favorite costume for young
women at fancy dress entertainments
in this country and in Europe.
But the fact of the matter Is that the
role Of geisha Is hut one remove above
that of those women so justly described
as unfortunate" The latter indeed are
in some respects better of. For they
are segregated in portion of the city
or town restricted exclusively to their
use and euphemlstically styled the So-
shiwara. or Flower Garden. There. Sc
cluded from public view they can In
measure hide their shame. whereas the
dancing and singing girl has To go here,
there and everywhere in response to-
the summons OF men who wish to hire
her to promote gayety at their feasts
and banquets.
The mission Of the geishas II to rem
der the entertainment. a success by in
ducing the men to drink and be merry.
to amuse them by their songs as well as
by their dancing and contortions that
are expressive rather than eloquent and
which are apt to degenerate as the
guests become influenced by the good
cheer and by the sake cup TO cast re-
straint to the winds. 1t must lie borne
in mind that all dancing In the Orient
is lascivious in Its origin-even the re-
ligious dancing. Contact with Western
civilization has had the effect Of impos-
ing a certain curb upon its public mani
festations OF this character, which 1t
must lie admitted the japanese Govern
ment has done its best to discourage.
But the authorities do not attempt to
interfere with any dancing or singing at
functions given at private residences or
at the tea houses and the entertainment
offered by the geishas on these occa-
slons too often shows tendency to
bark back in a manner scarcely calcu-
lated to commend itself to Mrs. Grundy.
The gelsha has nothing in common
with the japanese actress. Whereas
the latter Is trained to become an adept
in the dramatic art. the singing and
dancing girl Is trained. like the nautchee
of India. solely with a view to af-
ford pastime and amusement to men for
hire. 1t Is this and the lascivious origin
OF Oriental dancing. to which ] have al
luded above. that cause the calling OF
the dancing girl throughout the East I"
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~ IATCRALLY, l suppose" said
~ prosperous retired hodcarrier.
"the thing that strikes me

~ IATURALLY. suppose" said a
N prosperous retired hodcarrier.
the thing that strikes me
most about the present day hurry up
way of doing things is the hod elevator,
with which they carry up bricks and
mortar to the masons at work on new
building.
In my day all the mortar and bricks
were carried in hods on mems shoulders,
and "a mans job that was. too. Mostly
Irish the hodcarriers We're then. and
a fine. able body of men they were. too,
though | say it. who belong to the same
race; but there are few, II any, Irish
hodCarrlers now. The most of those
old timers who once carried up the
bricks and mortar and dug the trenches
for the city's gas and water mains
graduated sooner or later into other
work more profitable. Their sons took
up various other businesses, pursuits
and professions and came to be the
rulers IF the town.
I'm those days most buildings We're
OF three or four stories, "a few were car
ried up to six, which was n tall building
then. But whatever the height of the
building, the bricks and mortar We're
all carried up ladders in hods on the
shoulders Of men: and, as ! said before,
to carry the hod was "A mans job,
1.-THE hodcarrier stood up his hod
beside barrel on the ground and filed
1t. say, with bricks, a heavy load Filled,
he lifted 1t To his shoulder and balanced
1t there. nicely; and then deliberately
he marched for the ladder
"To many people the work of climb
Ina lnlI hnt eban NJ.
say of climbing with heavy load ON
your back? But the hodcarricr did
that all day; made IA days work of il;
and he would climb to the scaffolding in
front OF the sixth story of building,
keeping going all the time without stop
ping.
"But now? why. the day Of the hod-
carrier Is gone. on low buildings of
say two stories, or maybe on some little
building where another way wouldn't
pay. men do still carry the hod: but on
most buildings of over two stories they
put In n hod elevator and snake the
bricks and mortar up In jlffy, While
there are some nod elevators fitted with
racks in which hods carried in can be
set to be hOisted, in most OF them the
bricks and mortar are carried up on
wheelbarrows. So now not only has
hodcarrying largely ceased but the
nod itself has largely given way to the
wheelbarrow.
"In building under construction you
find two sets OF wheelbarrow men, one
on the ground and the other up at the
story where the bricklaying Is going on
The ground men load their barrows
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Reflections of a Retired Hold Carrier

with bricks or mortar and roll them
onto the platform Of the elevator in the
building, and clang goes "A bell and the
engineer at the donkey engine in the
street shoots that elevator up faster
than any passenger elevator runs, bang
to the top. where men are waiting to
roll the loaded harrows to the brick
layers and other men are waiting to roll
empty barrows on. Then clang goes
the bell again and the engineer drops
that elevator to the ground where men
are waiting to roll the empty barrows
of and MI them and other men are
waiting To roll loaded barrows on.
And so they keep the hod elevator
and the wheelbarrOw men humming
and humping No more calling down
from tn" bricklay"rs up above for More
mort More brick What you hear
now is the Choo-U hoo- hoo Choo- Choo-
choo-choo Of that engine in the street
running the hod elevator, In these days,
when land Is 50 Valuable and every
week Of renting time counts, when they
start to rut up building they put it up
quick: they let no bricklayer wait for
mortar and brick.
"of course the hodcarrier had to go;
no man that ever lived could carry IA
hod up IA twenty or thirty story build
ing. or if he could he wouldn't want to.
and anyway they couldn't wait for him.
so the hod elevator had to come And
still to me. as ! think back to other
DAYS, there is nothing in use at the
present time that shows so strikingly
the differences between old ways and
now
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American concessions to jail and to de-
prive them thenceforth Of the proteC-
ton of old Glory.
II the white people in the Orient are
so jealous Of their prestige and So APP
prehensive OF everything calculated to
Impair II II is because they know far
better than any one at home the extent
to which the United States and several
OF the great Powers Of Europe are de-
pendent thereon for the retention of
their great colonial possessions In that
part OF the world. 1t is this prestige
this belief Of the Oriental In the supe-
riority of the white races-that alone
renders It possible for England. with
the ridlculously small force Of barely
10000 white troops. to hold In subsection
the 800. 900. 900 OF natives OF India many
OF them OF warrior race and bitterly
averse to British rule.
There are few Asiatics more fanatic
or whose hatred Of white people is more
intense than those of Indo- China, where
more than 60,00O,000 are kept under
control ny barely 10000 French troops;
while a mere handful of American SOL
diers are. thanks to this same prestige
OF the white In the eyes Of the dusky
races of the Orient, sufficient tn main
tain order among the millions OF Malays
inhabitng the near 1000 islands that
go to make up the Philippine Archi-
pelago. Let this prestige disappear and
the retention Of all these dependencies
by mere force will be matter OF i'm
possibility and the rule OF the white in
the Orient will quickly become a thing
OF the past.
1t is on this account that the shiftless
whites-the genus known in the South
ern States OF America as white trash
are a source Of such constant trouble
and concern to the white residents In
the East. The white pariah Is indeed
one OF the most difficult problems by
which the great Powers owning colonial
possessions In Asia are confronted 1t
Ii problem that has come home to the
United States since the latter has added
the Philippines to It's possessions
Some years ago the late DIR. Barr, the
eminent specialist for diseases OF the
| mind. called public attention here to the
case OF an American millionaire who.
severing his ties from the land Of his
birth. had taken up his abode In Japan,
! where nc consorted. not with the edu-
Gated classes. but with the so-called
iianihs. or people Of the mos; degraded
and lowest type. whose mode OF exist
ence differs but slightly from that Of the
brute beast and who are accustomed to
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Vigorous Protests Against Exhibitions of Dancing by White
Women in the Orient-A Danger to Prestige
Which Depends the Tranquility of
Colonial Possessions in Asia

become not merely intolerable but even
the privileged position and of the re-
spect which they now enjoy among the
hundreds OF millions Of natives of every
caste and creed.
There has only been one black spot in
the record Of the white woman in the
East. Fortunately, 1t Is an evil Of
restricted character. which nevertheless
requires brief mention. 1t is the pres
ence of establishments of the character
known as 'dlsorderly" and tenanted en-
clusively by white women at Shanghai
and at other important seaports in
China, Japan. Cochin China and India.
&c. That white women should be found
to ply such trade in the Orient is dis
graceful and abhorrent. The only re-
deeming feature about them Is that these
establishments are vigorously barred to
natives and that the inmates, with some
sense Of shame, remain In seclusion and
out Of sight.
Until six or seven years ago the Amer
lean concession at Shanghai was the
particular stamping ground of these
women. who boosted Of plying their trade
there and In the other Chinese treaty
ports under the Stars and Stripes. Presi-
dent Taft had heard about this scandal
when in the Philippines and on becom-
ing President appointed to the highest
judicial position in the consular courts
Of China. Japan and Siam a Judge who
made 1t his business to send all the
keepers and inmates OF the dsorderly
houses situated within the limits OF the
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accordingly. resolved to make the best
Of a bad job and used the pariah dogs
tail. In lieu OF Adams rib. for the
purpose OF constructing Dame Eve. II
is to this canine origin Of the Mother
of Mankind that the restlessness OF
women Is ascribed. They can no more
he kept motiOnless than can q dOgs
tail be prevented from wagging.
White women In the Orient have
therefore always had a very difficult role
to play in order to command that re-
spect. that regard for their delicacy OF
feeling and for their sentiments OF re-
finement to which they have been ac-
custOmed at home. 1t has been n most
arduous task to impress upon the mind
Of the Oriental that the white women
Were entitled to a treatment superior
To that which he was accustomed to ac-
cord his own womenkind. II this
has been accomplished IL Is because OF
the care which the white woman has OBJ
served with regard to her conduct
She realized that the prestige not only
of the white woman but OF the entire
white race was involved. and that II
she contributed in any way to impair
that prestige her position in the Orient
would become intolerable. She APP
preciated the fact that az white
woman she was necessarily In the lime
light as far as the natives were con-
cerned. under constant observation and
scrutiny, and conducted herself accord
ingly. Indeed. save In certain In
stances, OF which more anon. the white
woman has until now succeeded in
maintaining remarkable amount OF re-
spect on the part OF the natives. who
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take 80 very low a place In the social
scale.
1t IL true that occasionally q geisha
has been SO fortunate as to escape from
her sorry and degrading servitude by
marriage to some noble or statesman.
But such cases are not frequent and
they are regarded in Japan much In the
same way as analogous mesalliances
are looked upon In Great Britain and
on the Continent OF Europe. Nor do
they serve to redeem the very low
esteem in which the dancing girl Is held
throughout the length and breadth OF
Asia.
II I have painted the lot of the geisha
In far darker colors than the ordinary
writer about Japan. who but too often
Is a mere tourist; II l have robbed her
Of the glamour with which she has been
surrounded in portrayals Of this char
acter. 1t is in order to explain the In
dignation and even the horror aroused
among the reputable foreign element in
Japan by the action OF this young Eng
lish eX-governess In taking out police
license at Yokohama as dancing girl.
The visitation of Maud Allan with her
SdlOmc performances was bad enough
In all conscience, but II was Of q feet
ing and ephemeral character. This Eng
lsh geisha has taken her place as a
permanent institution and 1t Is to be
feared that her example will be followed
by others of her kind to the further
detriment Of the prestige Of the white
races in the Orient.
Nowhere IL the position Of the white
woman more delicate than east or
Suez" The Asiatic entertains little or
no respect for women. whom he regards
| for the most part as creatures OF an al
| together inferior order, devoid OF much
intelligence. resembling brutes in being
| without soul. II Is matter ofeeN-
IRENE difficulty to bring any untravelled
Oriental to comprehend the Difference
VIII ,ch the men Of civilized nations pay
IN women,
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u, y. CUNLIFFE-OWEN.

" HEN Maud Allan, TO whom We
\A/ owe the vogue of those eccen-
w tric pas seuls. in which jewels
seem to take the place of
clothes first announced her intention of
Undertaking professional tour through
the orient a storm OF protest was
raised 10y all reputable white people
who were living East of Suez' or who
had resided there in the past. The no
ton OF woman of their race--a white
woman-publicly posturing in state
Of almost complete nudity for the en-
tertainment of natives was revolving tn
them To the last degree. and appeals
we're made To the British authorities In
India and the Malay Peninsula. to the
French administrators OF Indo China
and To the foreign ENJOYS and consuls
In China, Japan and Siam to prevent at
all costs her Salome performances. But
II seems that although the officials thus
invoked were anxious to interfere they
we're powerless 10 do SO.
Encouraged by her example an Eng
lish girl, who for three or four years
was employed as governess to the chill
dren Of the japanese Niceroy OF Corea
applied In the early part Of December
last 10 the municipal office at Yokohama
for license as a geisha. or dancing
girl There was some delay about grant
ing ii, owing to the fact that no such
request had ever been made by white
woman before. and In the meantime
English and Americans in Japan who
had learned OF the AFFAIR brought every
sort Of pressure to bear upon the young
woman To induce her to abandon her
project, Offering not only to pay her
fare back to England but to give her a
sum Of money besides II she would sail
for home. But she was deaf TO their
Arguments and entreaties. and finally
succeeded in obtaining her license from
the Yokohama police authorities. which
bears the date of December &c, 1918.
The eeisha, as everybody knows. is
the professional dancing and singing
girl Of Dai Nippon, the counterpart of
the Egyptian alme, and OF the nau-
tchees and bayaderes Of India. Foreign
writer's from Pierre Lott downward
have sought to endow the geisha with
halo Of poetry and romance, and a
particularly charming operetta Of the
Gilbert and Sullivan order. entitled The
Geisha.' has rendered her name 80
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Unheated TaXiS
HY principal objection to riding

M IN '' psSs 1 SSss'H in t, the 's as
months" declared a man who
usually prefers taXis and cabs to the
subway and surface cars. lis due tn the
fact that the owners Of such hacks make
scant provisions To keep :their passen-
gers warm and protected from the win
try blasts.
apparently that nuisance Will be OBJ
Waited this year, for In look over the
new public hack ordinance which Is now
in effect ! noticed a provision which
covered the subject. The provision reads
like this: NO owner, driver or other
person shall permit 10 be operated or
drive a public hack for hire unless such
hack contains clean, heavy robe upon
the inside, for the use of passengers,
during the months OF November, De-
cember, January, February and March
OF each year
Il guess that provision sounds Sood
to persons who have been In the napit
OF riding in ,aXis In the winter ana
freezing"
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perform those kinds Of labor which no
one else in the Orient will undertake for
fear of contamination and loss of caste.
In India. too. there are hundreds Of de-
generate Europeans, who partly in con-
sequence OF mere shiftlessness and in
ability to earn livelihood and partly
in consequence Of ignoble tastes and
modes of life ally themselves with the
most degraded and lowest classes Of ma
t.ves, the very contact Of whose mere
shadow is regarded by the high caste
Hindu az a defilement
a few Of these white outcasts. like
the American millionaire mentioned by
DR. Barr as living a life Of abomination
in Japan. are well to do and owe their
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moral and social downfall solely to their
evil tastes. But the majority have been
reduced to the condition by want, con-
seQuent upon a Discrimination to work
for an honest livelihood. They are
source of incalculable injury to white
prestige In the Orient problem which
has thus far defied all the efforts of the
European and American authorities to
solve in any satisfactory manner
Until now they have been, however,
the only problem of the kind. From
henceforth. IL white women are to enter
the lists of the dancing girls. of the
geishas and of the nautchees. there
will be the additional problem of the
white female parah east Of Suez.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-11-12

Continued on Page a
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MAY
SETTLE TROUBLES
,C..n...s IRE. ,,s. t.,

Aguas Calientes, Mex, Oct. L.
Definite agreement to cease all troop
movements Immediately and to call
iie greatest possible number of con-
stitutionalist chiefs together here on
October 5 preparatory to general
convention October 10 was agreed
yesterday at the first conference be-
tween Villa and the Carranza peace
commissioners. Sc ~
The purpose of the convention on
the 10th of October is to interchange
ideas about settling the Carranza
villa dispute and re-establishing or
der throughout the republic. The
first conference was held yesterday.
The following commission from Mex
leo City left here yesterday to par
ticipate in it: Generals iObregon,
iturbide. Santos Coy, Hay, Haucedo.
Garcia, Rason, Trujillo and Sosa.
They conferred with Generals Villa.
Aguirre. Robles. Benavides. Natorta,
Banauelos. Dominguez, Triana and
Eulalio Guitterez. .-...a
From information available here II
appears that the call for general
conference is for all the constitu-
tionalist chiefs who can reach this
city by October 10. Furthermore II
would seem that enough of them are
expected to be here by October 10 tt
hold an Informal conference by that
time.
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FIGHT CONTINUED ON
CLAYTON ANTITRUST BILL

Washington, Oct. 1.-The fight on
the Clayton trust bill conference re-
port today was continued with Sem
stor Borah leading the attack. He
contended the Democratic antitrust
program was a reversal OF strict sta
tutory prohibition of monopoly as
expressed in the Sherman law and
was step toward regulating monop-
olies and restraints by commissions
Senator Weeks also opposed the
report. He made long, elaborate
defense of the United Shoe Machin-
cry company, discussing at length
"the tying clause" in the leases un-
der which the corporation rents ma
chinery to shoe manufacturers. Sem
ator Borah. leading the fight. read
into the records the tying clause"
which gives the company the right
to cancel the lease If manufact-
urer installs machinery made by any
otbor BY questioning Senator
Weeks he brought out that Louis d.
Brandeis. who was consulted in
framing the Clayton bill. was an at
torney in the organization of tho
United Shoe Machinery company and
drew the original tying clause
leases.
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SENATE DENIS. AMEND
WAR REVENUE BILL

Washington, Oct. democrats
Of the senate subcommittee on fin
ance voted today to substitute for
the tax OF 2 cents gallon on saso-
line in the war revenue bill a tax
of owners of 25 cents horsepower
on automobile and $1.OO on automo-
bile sales per horse power. Tho COM
mittec estimates that 1t would yield
an annual revenue of $4,000, 900.
An owner OF 30-horsepower car
would pay an annual tax of $3.50
and manufacturer selling such a
machine would pay $50.
Senator Williams introduced
amendments to tax all government
employees except the president, SUI
preme court justices and congress-
men one-half to one per cent OF their
salaries and to eliminate the tax on
casualty, damage and accident insur-
ance. Another amendment would
tax retail liquor dealers from $25 to
5000 year. according to the volume
of their business.
Senator Thompson OF Kansas in
troduced an amendment to increase
the international revenue on distilled
liquors from $1.1O a gallon to $l.25
On liquors in bond and hereafter p:o-
|duced.
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U. s. HEARS REPORT
OF BRITISH SHIP SEIZURE

Washington. Oct. 1.-The British
ish ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring
Rice. conferred with state depart
ment officials again today over Brit
ish seizures of American copper ship
nents in neutral ships. Ambassador
Page at London will confer with Sir
Edward Grey. minister of foreign af-
fairs. on the subject tomorrow.
Great Britain has assured the United
States 1t will pay American owners
in all specific instances. Officials
are inclined to the view that where
such shipments are plainly destined
to belligercnts. even though shipped
through neutral ports. there Is no
warrant In international law to pro-
test against her seizure. The sub
ject, however. is open.
Great Britain also has agreed to
release any seized cargocs as soon
as 1t could be established that their
destination is Holland. 1t is under
stood that Great Britain has i'm
pressed on Holland that according to
her duties as neutral state she
must not permit foodstuffs or other
cargoes destined to the German
army to pass her borders. The 2rac-