The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-26
ny the Japanese Correspondent Of
"The SUM-"


TOXIC. May 20.-My recent misfortune
with a %pickpocket In the train reminds
me Of the a~dvisability to write ar article
on this subject which. while perhaps Of
some interest to our readers. may prove
to be Of some useful warning to Ameri-
can ladies and gentlemen who are think
ing of visiting japan to enjoy tho SUI
preme beauty OF her heavenly landscape.
I say this. for a foreigner Of my &C.
q%uaintance who visited here a few years
ago for the purposes of sightseeing ex-
perienced a similar III luck while walk
ing in the street. having got a few
hundred yen snatched away from his
pocket In broad daylig'i. withou, at all
suspecting IL.
Every society has Its own complaint.
and certainly japan Is not the only
country where pickpockets are working
their ways at the expense Of honest
laborious citizens. Neither have any
paratively greater number Of these social
bacteria than the rest Of the civilized
countries. But their matchless skill,
their wonderful training as well as the
strange habit and conventions which
they observe In the pursuit OF their
perilous tude may well ne entitled 60
some brief statement
"~Pickpockets are trained artists" said
one Of the native writer's in admirtng
80 ~. - 49, w., 20 ,'.,on.
tho performance Of n most trained magi-
s.an. SINUS " VIM M'n aH,oIsn
80 ~
,a.ne, '"am ne IeSr..'"v"' ~ ualn-
u.s. NC su'ie'vo pa...s tnl"usn "e owi'
....e.esnse W un"' '"noeaI our po'n.
et'oon :" ~ 'n,Iue po,"'' =, w 80
OF =" 'ne oachs'ne pocne' oi Tue rouse
anu wear heaN! oser'oa. inlo tne
oa,sa,n' Eveh tneh we aie no. "o'
Soluteiy sale from 'he ATTACK ., "
Plckpocket uh.ess we ar" more OF less
attehtive ABOUT ourselves. some sarcas,
VIC writer caI,s ohe ~p'chpocket u soulal
necessity siNihs as uoes thrliiins
piQuancy 10 human !u'' 'cdcHihk the
stupio oy mo most Impressive opJec'
lesson the need OF peinS always on the
alert about himself IN this world oil
violent struggle for existence.
""' i"'' Ne''' '"e ''"'e"'e'
In IN. pursult OF their trade the,
| nayAr uaQ violence. although sometimes
eouinned with .harn razors or scis.ors tr
c,,t Oman IN. cIothin,s I'm, the mos
ira ,nea ~ ther will execute THAR dan.
yero,s ,a.k h,, tho de-xterous nan,n,,la.
tion Of hare fnpers 80 1 am told. 10,
7 have M exnertence NJ the ,rade myself
am sorrvt
On the i,h q, Nav IN the awning If
n ,rair which I ,ook from Toxic :,
Yokohama I suddenly noticed after :
few r,nutes ride. a decrease OF weigh
on my ,eft hara s,ds I missed m,
heavy nocketbook In tho inside nocke
oP nv coat which ,cr,inea however a,
ARMY huftoned az ever. neither ann ar,i
6rl.i on.ninv mad. an IN, surf,c, X,
apnarent chanres we're visible. bu, IN,
contents ali zone.
Until I ~recovered INV thing. fev
dav. afterward NV on. OF The mos
strange acc,dents h,vs over sxne,,ence,
7 raver a-cLnou,iadgad I was assailed h,
a An my absent mlndednes:
though the detectives assured ma tina
il was no very Difficult, task for then
to unbutton the coat. secure the content
OF rockets inside and then rebutton IL. $
that the victim may no, notice the los
until they are far away from him wit
their tongues long lie, out to mock III
stupidity OF their miserable client.
A friend of mine got his purse stole.
out OF the sleeve OF the japanese XII