The New York herald., 1921-10-30

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mestic row. blue" day, the ambition
tc make somebody sorry for your death,
serve as an excuse for committing hara.
kari, which is messy and painful, or jumping
into the water. which is the most popular
method. During August there were
great many suicides in the Toxic district.
majority of the suicides were youns
girls
w 7 HILE Japan is very shy in the
w matter of mammals it shelters
multitude of winged things. Not
the least penetrating of these is the Japa-
nese mosquito which, while not as brawny
as the Jersey type, insists on being both
heard and felt. You can hear Japanese
mosquito coming six or seven feet away
The most effective way of sidetracking him
is to light cuIlycue of Chinese punk and
set it on tabaret alongside of your bed
When you first try this universal antidote
it seems to be more disagreeable than the
strike of the mosquito. but after while
you get so used to it that when the room
boy fails to provide it you get up in the
middle of the night to insist upon having
your punk.
THE popular sport Of small boys and
girls in the parks of the cities and
in the rural districts is chasing but
avVI
the end of which is smeared with glue
like substance upon which the winged
quarry lights and is ensnared. Most OF
the small boys and girls of Japan know
OF mammals only in the picture books
There are no rabbits or pigeons to chase.
so they are compelled to chase butterflies
The little Japanese jare not as ruthless
as Juvenile Westerners, because they are
taught to be very gentle with all living
things. During the month of August they
are industriously engaged in snaring in.
sects, for peculiar festival Is held every
September with impressive ceremonies in
tended to teach moral. This festival is
known as freeing the winged things" and
dates back several hundred years All of
the butterflies and insects caught during
August are turned loose on the festival day
and the juvenile Japanese impressed with
the fact that they must never wantonly
imprison beasts or BIRDS
" HE Japanese are natural born gam
blers Most of them will bet on
anything. Yet public gambling is
not countenanced. Card games are not
popular, and there are neither lotteries nor
policy game. and betting on horse racing
is illegal. In the sake shops and tea houses
the most popular game is "go,' which is
played somewhat after the manner OF
checkers or chess, and there is game that
seems to- combine some of the features OF
both fantan and craps. There are some
very famous chess players in japan, and
tournaments between them are very popu
lar.
4 LTHOUGH blend OF Malay and
~ Mongol, the japanese have for cen.
turies striven to keep the original
strain clear They do not encourage mar
riages between their own people and for
eIgners, and while many such occur, the
national prejudice against them is very
strong. Some Of the most successful bust
ness men in the empire, and certainly the
most attractive women, are Eurasians, the
results of mating between Japanese and
Europeans and Americans.
The female species of this fusion OF
bloods seem to retain the more admirable
qualities of both-something of the chic OF
the Frenchwoman, the poise Of the English
and the independence Of the American.
Marriages between the Japanese and Chi
nese are extremely rare, as the two races
DO not assimilate. despite the fact that there
are large colonies of Chinese Ii. al; CT .s.S
large towns. Marriages between Ameri-
cans and Japanese turn out as well as
could be expected" according to an author.
ity. Most of them are between American
men and Japanese women. There are, of
course. many trial marriages" generally
temporary.
T HE Japanese merchant makes "a
heroic attempt to keep abreast OF
his Western rival by advertising his
goods. There is scarcely town but boasts
of at least one sign done in liberal English,
while in the larger centres lads" in tnae T.
language are frequent. One in Toxic reads
Ladies are dressed here" Another. in
Kobe, informs you that a tailor is hight
class" One at Nagasaki publishes the
wares of "sprenderd bakary," the Il"
being silent in japanese. An American
sign painter who works up and down the
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