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Daily Thought.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

from the national ideal in the good old
days.
The answer to the question: "What
is the most popular novel in your coun-
try?" may halt or stumble on the lips
of an American or the French. We Of
the New Nippon needn't hesitate a
single second on that We can say
it right off: "Kei-koku Bi-dan," by Yano
tumio. 1T was written when the author
was young and SO was, also, the New
Nippon. 1t is not particularly an i'm
posing literary monument. It is
an historical novel; but it is
much moro political satire than
it is a novel. 1t is perhaps the
most astounding volume to have
donncd the mantle of popular favor.
1t is neither frivolous nor fawning
quite the contrary, in fact. At the close
Of every chapter of this book Of fiction
think there was an addcndum, a quo
tation from IL real authentic history.
And the passage of authentic history
was done in classic Chinese. That our
gentle reader may understand the
meaning Of this clearly, let US say that
the classic Chinese holds in the Jap
ancsc literature the similar honored
position tho Latin or Greek classics
do in English letters. Imagine, dear
readerif you can imagine an impossi-
bio joke at alI-tinding passage
from Herodotus in the original at the
end of each chapter in Robert W. Cham
bcrs's Maid at Arms!
But such was precisely the incon-
gruous costume in which Mr. Yano's
"Kei-kohu Bi-duu' came, saw and con-
qucrcd the reading public Of the New
Nippon. Looking back across a small
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

lcan department store or German
bazaar they look like a peace palace.
] MS Is significant. For no other pco-
pie on earth devote so much grown
up inventive skill. constructive mag
nation and trained mechanical skill
to the entertainment OF little folks
as DO the Japanese. No statistics arc
available here. of course; one should
be slow to dogmatizc. but it is safe
to say that Nippon has devoted at
least a few thous, ID times more men
and women Of gifts and light to the
entertainment Of her children than
she has TO tire making Of the nipple
ments oil murder. To be sure, her
sword blades arc Wonderful; she has
made spears. borrowed from some
South Sea islanders bows and arrows.
Some of the beetlc-likc armors and
atcd, also boomerangs. chained
scythcs. But one and all they arc
about as primitive as the very Stone
Age in which they should have been
buried. And they are about all that
Nippon could show for her two mil
lcnnlums of military aspirations.
Compare this to what Germany has
done In the single year of the present
war; And, after all. no amount Of
feature stories and after dinner
speeches can alter this one fact: that
all the really formidable machinery
Of war With which the Japanese army
and navy arc armed this very dav is
the importation from the so called
Christian civilization
Ard what, on the other hand, can
Nippon show in the shape of institu-
lions, excuses, yarns, pictures, toys,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

of Turkey have never married with
one exception) since Bayezcd saw his
wives dishonorcd by Tamerlanc.
At that time they resolved that the
rulers Of the Ottomans should never
again be placed where they could be
so disgraced Thus the Sultans have
had many women, but no legal wives.
The woman who is mother of the Sui
tan, or heir, is the Sultana Valdez, or
Mother Sultana, and the First Lady Of
the Land. Any mother or daughter Of
Sultan is princess of the blood,
even though she may have been u Cir
casslan slave or an abducted Armenian.
Every year, at feast known as
CandgcJersi, or, as we might say,
Candlemas, the Sultana presents her
son with new slave.
There was near us in Scutari great
palace hidden behind high buff walls
and guarded by sentres where maid
ems bought from Circassian parents
were trained to sing and dance, to be
hcautitui and allurng or to read and
write. II they wished to learn. Some
or these became honored wives. but
moro became concubincs of pachas.
once a year one was given to the Sui
tan. But Abdul Hamd was not gross
ly sensual. His palace was full Of
women. but only few became moth
ers of his children. Many of the wom-
en- were given to the pachas and others
became merely ladies' waiting.
On certain holy days we would sec
lines Of carriages taking the palace
ladies to adore the mantle of the
Prophet; or, on a fine Friday in June,
YOU could see them at the Sweet
Waters. They always wore the white
ven covering the face up to the eyes
! stained with kohl, instead of the black
veil that now drops over all Turkish
ladies' faces. We peeped curiously into
the carriages to catch glimpses of their
painted faces behind the flmy wells
| have known two "sarailce" who
were, strange as it may seem, plain
and intelligent. Once / attended
wedding where the guest of honor was
a daughter Of the Sultan. She was
rather fair; evidently her mother had
been a Georgian or European. She
carried herself with a proud air. and
all the other ladies present rushed up
to her as she entered. They nearly
Frustrated themselves before her in
! their efforts to make her the lowest
possible salute. The most amusing part
of the performance was that the we'd
ding ceremony was over and the bride
groom retired to his men friends, but
the black cunuch who accompanied the
Sultana FASTENED after him and brought
nun back to repeat the ceremony for
royalty.
Abdul lIamid was said to be very
fond of few of his women and his
! daughters, but his ruling passions we're
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

ocean Of time, to many stolen
midnight hour, to tons of lost sleep,
the present writer must confess that he
did not then see anything homogeneous
about either the costume or the con-
tent of that famous novel. He was a
mere "prep" in short divided skirt
called hakan,a. barc-legged and bare
footed (most Of the timc) on pair of
wooden clogs. And perhaps that &C
counted for the peculiar stupidity of
perception. Anyway, there were mill
ions of others who saw nothing wrong
with it. Just how many million copies
of the book were sold the writer does
no., know. Whether Mr.. Yano, the
publisher might know. One thing is
certain, the publication of that novel
was an cpochal event in the life and
world of the Nippon books. Although
the book is totally lacking in the ia
miliar carmarks of a best seller"
there is no denying a patent fact that
almost every page Of it thrills with en-
thusiasm, young. vigorous, flooding
full. A reader with half an eye could
tell at half glance that the book was
written by young man dreaming a
young dream and, being young. was
richer than all the potentatcs Of the
world in the one real gold of life-thc
gold of fancy. Every quaint, mummi-
fed incident in the old, dusty, dead
history seemed to spring into magic
pen.
Now what do YOU suppose was the
theme Of this most popular historic
novel ever published in Japan? Three
gucsscs for nothing-four if you like.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

ton. Ono man represented him as
asking very shrcwd business questions
about America with view to making
good foreign Investments; another
told of his wit and humor. One Bull
garian fricnd of mine the wife of "a
diplomat, sat near the Sultan at Il
theatre party i'll the palace on one
occasion. He said many flattcring
things to her and expressed admra
ton for fan she carried. at would
be far more beautiful, sire" was her
instant response, eff it were adorned
with your signature" Abdul Hamid
Immediately took the fan and scrawled
his name on it.
My friend was delighted, but the
following day a messenger called at
tho Bulgarian agency with n valuable
jcwellcd fan which the Turkish mon
arch begged the lady to accept, re-
questing Mt the same time the return
of the one which he had signed.
The Turks have a curious feeling
tUOuC signatures. IL IS superstition
that the person who possesses your
written name has power over you.
Abdul Hamid was extremely supersti-
tious. He was more influenced by his
astrologer than by any statesman in
his encourage. The Turkish stamps
used to bear the impression Of the i'm
perial scala monogram known as the
tourah. At one time Abdul Hamid
suggested withdrawing the issue be-
cause people carclcssly dropped
stamped letters, and thus let the sa-
cred tourah be trampled in the mud
But when his postmaster pointed out
that the crowned heads Of Europe al
lowed their faces to be printed on
stamps he reluctantly withdrew his OBJ
jcctions.
l have often been asked about Alb
dull Hamid's wives and favortcs. This
was one of the ways in which he was
a mystery. We knew very little about
his seraglio. But | think it is we'll
established that he never allowed any
woman to play Dclilah TO his Samson
| and shear his strength. The Sultans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
Epistle of Paul
Gave Him Qualns

"Why should you say. THY kingdom.
Gomez" inquired the official. ono
body's kingdom should come but our
Lord Sultan's!"
-."other time copy of the Epistl
t. the Galatians excited suspicion OF
treason. There is quarter Of Con
stantinoplc called Galata. and this
cristlc on the face of it was scditious
appeal to the people of that quarter
Sir Edwin Pears. the eminent English
lawyer, was obliged to go into court
and testify that the author of the let.
ter, one Paul, had been dead at least
seven years!
When the French actor Coquelin
came to Constantinoplc, his repersory
handed to the censors IL
Malade -lmaginairc" could not be played
because that seemed to reflect on Abdul
Hamid's hypochondria, and "Le Nissan
thropc" was plainly hit at the Sultan.
"rartuffe, the Hypocrite," was, again, d
too sympathetic role; finally, as the
Sultan seemed to have the whole list
of Molicre vices, nothing was left to
the distinguished actor but "Lc Medecin
Malgre Lui."
The Sultan left his palace only twice
a year, on special holy days; the rest
of the time he remained behind the
lofty walls of Yildez, protected by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
1! he,

money in the country flowed into the
bottomless pockets of the palace clique
and the Sultan. BY 1907, when Abdul
Hamid felt sure that revolution was
brewing, g Turk was in danger if he
were seen talking to European and
the coffee houses frequented by for
ejgners were forbidden to Moslems.
Ii Turkish acquaintance walked
along the bridge with us we felt
nervous fearing he or we might fall
under suspicion. He was in the
greater danger, however, as we were
protected by the American flag. If Il
Turk were once suspected, all his
friends and acquaintance would shun
him as il he were a leper. There is
nothing that we have learned of espion-
age in these years of the war that was
not outdone in Turkey in 1907, and all
because Abdul Hamid was trying to
dam up progress in the Ottoman en-
pire and keep himself on his tottering
throne.
Some of the stories of censorship at
that time were amusing, although VIC
we're always suffering inconvenience be-
cause of it. For although
tie Bible was allowed to be published
there WAS trouble when any special re-
prints were made of separate parts
~ one time some copies of the Lord
Prayer fell into the hands of the CEN
sors and were disapproved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
The Best Coffee Comes From
Place Where They Make 1t Best

white men. We had gone up and down
mountains by rail and OH foot. had adj
mired the blooms i'll the Plaza dc
-Armas, and were tired and hungry and
the little old posada looked better than
Ritz. Moreover, it was nearer. There
was sopa, much pcppcrcd, arroz con
polio, all omelet.
There were other things ! forget;
there were delicious oranges which
his honor could hardly peel fast
enough for US, and bottles Of good
Spanish wine which sells in New York
as Bordeaux. But the coffee ] can't
forget. 1T realized the dream OF Bril-
lat-Savarn-' black as the night, stronf.
as the devil. and hot as hell"
HIS honor, much pleased with tn >
pleasant things we said about the cot
tee, admitted frankly that there was
no coffee IN the world equal to that of
the Province of Orientc, and none so
good IN Oriente as that of Ell Cobre.
He pointed out to us the hill where it
grew, and said that real coffee must
be freshly picked, dried, sorted, roast
ed, ground, brewed and drunk. Word
OF caballero. he was right. But this
variety of Cuban coffee is not export
ed, and will not be. People grow
enough for themselves. To gair a
profitable market would be an expcn-
sive undertaking, for it would mean a
campaign of education in los EE. UJ.
where people know everything worth
knowing and have to be shown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17

said about it in the newspapers. And
q vast majority of them stopped wit.
the head line and the three or fou.
paragraphs following it. The inert
table took place Somehow or oihe
the newspaper reading public got ;s
icea that the samurai ate fire when
other people ate rice; and blood nj
warm and fresh-was his normal bew.
age. Nobody tried to correct th,
Chiefly because there is little cor,ssl
lEg an Anglo-SaXon brain once CO..
viction takes a firm root in il and
also because the only thanks nan
would have received for his troubles
would have been a collection Of nicely
printed rejection slips from the editor,
Of magazines and papers.
But the fact stands nevertheless
that the samurai is by 10 means &
fight loving animal. Indeed, in the Old
samurai days. a mere man of the swcn
was looked down upon as a rough
hcwn warrior. The beau IDEAL Of th
samurai was the wedding of the soldis
, and the scholar in one and the SAINT
man. This is the reason why nue.,
tabled warrior went into the thick oil
the fray With a Towering spray d,
cherry in his CULVER. Tho battle val
lost-as any popular lsd-sngins
nurse maid will tell you-and as The
shades of night fell upon the STAINED
field. the warrior sat himself down fol
the performance Of the time honored
rite of hdrGkiri (not harikari; then
Is 10 such thing outside Of all The
STANDARD dictionaries i'll English.
1t WAS the custom Of the samani
from time out of memory to coz.
pose farewell TO life in classic couple:
called Ntd before performing the AMI
able rite. The samurai with tho flow /.
crIDg spray followed the usage. And
his farewell couplct was an apology
nothing less-and an expression Of
| deep-fclt regret that the hot day hx
been so rude and hosrtlcss to the co!s
and perfume and the tender delicsey
the cherry flower! Defeat and his Sss
death were matter Of secondary coil
sldcration with the salnurai.
The master of the art Of eword-i;l
the halocd days of the Elder Nippon
never gave the final secrets TO hi; dlsl
ciplcs unless unless he was sbsoluRll
convinced that his pupil was first OF 81
the master of himself and his tempt'I
that he gave every promise of WELDING
the blade only for the defence OF tal1
weak and the defencoless and in ta1
cause of justice. 1t was the same VIII
the master of jujutSu. Otherwise
would have been like putting lights
torch into the hands of q lunatlc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-17
BY l.. ]. de Becker

~ I'D YOU sec, tucked away in the
4 war news the other day, brief
cablegram saying that Britain
was threatened with a shortage of tea {?
Want moment, madam. This is not an
alarmist story, and ample supplies for
these United States arc coming across
the Pacific. But if youNrcad that item,
which carried merely a ono line head,
you must have observed that the out
ragged populace complained that an of.
fort was being made to convert tight
little England into coffee drinking
country. OF course, that isn't so, for
the British own too many tea planta-
tons. and the temporary scarcity was
due to the diversion of shipping from
the Oriental trade to war purposes.
But it made a deep impression on my
mind. "How," | said to MY wife, "can
the English novelist get along without
tea? If his hero and heroine can't
descend from the pinnacle Of climax
without the tea table, how are next
:
Business Of swapping on and off the
electrics, quickly taking up the tele-
phone receiver, dressing for dinner.
running ones car through the hedge of
honest Hodge, all these things are
necessary to the novelist. But tea is
vital. Coffee won't do at all, except in
Germany, where they used to serve it
with glass of dark beer on the side"
My wife. however, wasn't listening.
She had just persuaded the grocer to
let her have two pounds of sugar, and
was reviewing the possibilities thus
offered for q dessert, for she had
boarded pound and half. and felt
passing rich. She heard but one word.
That suficed, as usual, to change the
current of my thought, the drift Of the
conversation.
Coffee? Did you ever taste such
coffee" she said, 'as we had in FL
Cobre last winter?"