Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-08-03

! VIII write again from Japan.
I June 2S-I wish that you could Il
) with me as we sail through this Sc
filled with green islands rising n
, mountains out OF the sea. Thi
. morning we passed through plac
between some islands 80 narrow tha
the boat had 10 ''wrggle" through
like a snake. We spent Monday an,
Tuesday on land In Japan and wer,
very glad to get back 10 the boa
last night as We got no sleep tn,
night before on the japanese train
We saw so much and had 80 many
interesting experiences that II
seemed as though we had been away
from the boat week rather than 9
days We reached Yokohama dur
Ing the night time Sunday but had
to lie out In the harbor until Monday
morning when the japanese quaran-
tine officer came out to see II we
were fit to land. They woke us all
up at $3.50 and made US appear at a
little after @ for inspection. After
breakfast we went ashore and
thought Of taking o train to Kama.
kura where there II nm immense
image OF Buddha. However there
were six Of us together and we found
that 1t would cost but little more to
co In a motor and in that way we
could see so much more, so took II
and we did have one grand ride
through little narrow Japanese
streets filled with their curious little
shops and equally curious little
people, between little rice fields
where men and women were wading
ankle deep In mud and water trans
planting rice, and out beyond was
Fujiyama. il was raining little
but no one seemed 10 mind IL. Be- |
fore going to see the Buddha we
went to the famous Shinto Temple.
While we were there group Of pill
grims came to worship. They were
all dressed In blue costumes and had
little bells hanging from their waists.
From this temple we went to the
arge image OF Buddha It's sur
were very beautiful in
Iced and this Buddha was really
1t is made Of bronze and
stands fifty feet high. In structure
t reminds one of the Statue Of Lib
'rty. 1t has little door and you
AN 90 inside Of it. 1t was built in
'37 A. ID. 1t did not seem to have
temple in connection with 1t and
We saw none there worshipping al
hough il is considered n very holy
lace. From there we drove back f;
o the boat by another beautiful
oad Then Miss Johnston and !
ook our bags and started out across
ountry to Kobe where we planned l
o meet the boat First we went over {
0 Cooks Touring Agency where /
,anted to engage my passage from !
to Calcutta but it was !
bout 6 minutes past II and the I
ffice was closed and would not open i
ntil . and as we did not feel that
q could afford to waste two whole a
Ours in Japan waiting for an office /
} open decided to wait until l v
cached Shanghai to arrange for s
assage. Am not expecting to find b
oats crowded beyond Shanghai as o
is very hot this time of the year s
he only thing l am worried about II
! that | may be the only woman on
hat other boat. From the Cooks "
ffice we hunted up Japanese res S
lurant as we thought we would like V
, try Japanese food. We got into h
n AmerEaniZed Japanese restau- d
mt for japanese which was neither W
le one nor the other but was rather 1
irty. We didn't stay very long a, a
e were not enjoying it but again a
ooli our ricl,ashaw with it's little h
uman ponies and went to the rail 0
ay station to take the train for c
oEyo where we were to spend the
fternoon. The seats in Japanese a
ain are made for short people so II
ley just suited rae. 1t was about T.
Il hours run to Tokyo. The ships t
octor was on the train and told us n
we went to the Imperial hotel we b
onld find out anything we wished
} know. We hunted for it for an @
our and then found that it had l
nrned down when the Prince of c
'ales was here. We did finally find Il
n office which had telephone and +
Liss Johnston called. m Episcopal "
[isSion and started for that il
1t is very surprising to me how q
tile English is spoken or under q
ood in Japan. 1t is, almost impos-
BILE to find anyone who can tell you h
nfore l do not remember that we !,
nd any such trouble and l remem- "
n the funny little English signs n
G saw everywhere but all those -
gns seem to have been taken Il
lwn. On our way out to the Mis- u
on we stopped at the Methodist !,
ook Concern as there used to be :,
nker girl whom | knew there. but
tier much difficulty in making my
If understood | found that she had
zen transferred. We enjoyed see II
e the Mission work very much. E,
he Japanese Missionaries live in h
lpanese houses. How wish that W
India we could live in Indian =.
)uses but that is impossible if we ~
ish to remain alive. The Japan IL
'e houses are very, very dainty ana
'etty. They have a thick soft mat a.
ng on the floors and you always T
I'VE to remove your shoes before 60 N
e in. The partitions between the
'oms are paper and everything is
clean. In a regular
lpanese home. of course. there is o
'actically no furniture except little