South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
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S. S. GOLDEN STATE. at Sea.
Feb. 7-6By maiD-Over 5000
miles from home and we continue
20 run south by east at the rate OF
IL knots per hour. We have over
500 miles yet to go. and expect TO
dock az Manila on Thursday morn
ing. The great South Sea carnival
is now i'm fun swing at Manila and
we viii arrive I'm time to enjoy and
participate in the last two days-it
promises TO be exciting. and viii Of
fer as an opportunity 10 see the ma
tives in action.
This has been a most interesting
voyage and wish that you could
all take 10 with US We left home
Morday. Jan Q. and sailed from
san Francisco on the 14th. Our
first stop enroute was Honolulu and
we shall not soon forget the inter
est there bu, the stay or one day IS
TOO short
our next stop was Tokohoma.
Japan. arriving Monday. the 30th.
Have you ever been In Japan? II
not. its hard 10 give the impress
sion by letter that one feels person
ally when YOU go down the gang
way" and step out upon foreign soil.
The "Rickshaw'' men eager for the
fare, solicit your patronage i'm pO-
lite but insistant manner. The ride
along the shore boulevard 90 the
Grand hotel which faces the sea is
interestine and these little Jap"
men travel swiftly. but not as fast
as the "Chinaman."
Everybody goes 20 the Grand ho-
tel IT'S meeting place. and from
90 the shopping district IS handy.
and perhaps. after all. It's a Jap"
custom. because your first impress
sion is splendid-much better than
Your Eoiug away impression. en- fact
our departure was rather disap-
pointing-we felt a depression I'm
spirit. and found &C. SO much differ
emit from our entrance and depar-
turc from China Perhaps it's only
our idea Of standards. but unfortu-
U1telv we felt the Jap" was SO SER
ious that his whole ann IN life was
90 get all De could and contribute
as little as possible with the result
that all cheerfulness IS extracted
out OF life You rarely see the chill
dren jump or shout or laugh. and
never the men or women
They are polite when YOU address
them but they are a serious people.
ard one that we can well afford 10
leave alone The less we have 20
do with them as a race the better
for us OF course. there IS the ar
tisuC side or Japan. and upon our
return there when the cherry bios
som is in bloom we viii have much
90 say. and enthusiastically
our next stop was at Kobe. Japan.
but Ike Yokohoma. &c had little 20
offer that was Of special interest at
this time OF the year. except its
great shipbuilding industries and
IFS potteries. and IT'S great shipping
activity. The harbor was hlled with
sea-goiug vessels several hundred
90 every class and kind and. of
course. this made an interesting
scene The real beauty OF the voy-
axe followed leaving Kobe as we en-
ter and pass through the Inland
sea"
Frave YOU ever been down the 81.
Lawrence. or through the Georgian
lar districts. 20 so. just double them
un multiply them II YOU can IN
grandeur and beauty. AID YOU get
glimpse OF the Inland sea. one
traveller who has gone round and
round the world said 20 me that the
trip through the Inland Sea- IS the
Crandest, and most interesting
stretch Of fits kind I'm the world. and
we accept his statement as correct.
because we were fortunate 20 see 90.
the best The sunlight and the
shadoWs the rugged shore line. the
fertile valley beyond the snow
capped mountain range On the rear.
the quaint little old-rashioned hsh-
in- villages. the great rocks tower