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fountain head, and man alone is re-
sponsible.
The story is told in this way: Years
ago a Chinaman heard his hen crying
every morning in most unusual way.
One day while returning from a visit
| to the emperor the man vas killed.
The neighbors noticed that the hen
stopped crying Immediately, SO the
crying hen became symbolic of peril.
When the japanese adopted this tale
with the thousands of other Chinese
fables, they made tht hen stand for
woman-and SO the crying, troubled
and revolving woman became the sym
boil of family disorder and disaster.
Mrs. Yosano did not agree that the
predicted evil would follow greater
freedom for women But she wanted
Japanese women to be given a fighting
chance. She wanted some sort of
equality. She scarcely believed that
the women were ready for suffrage.
That might come lattr. Meantime there
were so many other things that were
just and must be had
Il want more European houses in
Japan for japanese" she declared,
'and I want western dress for women.
I think we must come to it. | admit
the old court costume for women
would please me most, but since we
can't have that, let us follow the pep
pie of the west.
Il want our food changed, too. We
need to strengthen the stamina of our
race. We must get into the habit OF
eating meat Eternal fish may give
US brains, but it will weaken ou~
body. Our body must be made strong
err. We are tired, sleepy race and
cannot compare with western races IL
point of energy or persistence in any
undertaking"
She became immensely absorbed il
her topic, and continued
care we really lacking in the de-
sire to live, as compared to Euro
peans?" She did not like to believe
this to be true and would prefer to
think that the lack is a Temporary
suspension of DESIRE" The chief rea-
son for this, she believed, is the pau
city of nourishment in Japanese food,
with the result that the Japanese ply
sique is inferior even to that of the
Korean or Chinese. 1--WE cannot expect
energy to spring from bad physique,
and it is quite reasonable to assume
that this singular lack of desire to
make the most of life on the part Of
the Japanese is due to bad nourish-
ment of the body and deficient edu-
ction Of the spirit"
She went on: with the body and
the spirit of the people both impelled
to sleep it is no wonder that they
have less power of appreciation, of
creation, of understanding and endur-
ance. Take people who fall asleep so
easily on trains. Naturally, they lack
the intellectual ability to study scien.
tifically how the cars on which they
ride daily are constructed. They can
afford to be at ease without even I'M
Outstanding the nature of things half
way.
"They Lave no attachment for either
old or new things. They do not mind
in what way they live, as long as they
can continue to live. They are willing
to temporize in order to get along for
the time being and will adopt or adapt
any old or new thing so long as these
things render a temporary service"
It was pity, Mrs. Yosano thought,
that the Japanese are so content with
the surface of things and do not seek
10 penetrate, delve to the bottom. The
picture she painted was pessimistic,
but she was supremely confident that
great and good changes would come.
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