davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
By WALTER HAGEN British Open Champion and COrres- pOndent of The Age-HeraId and of the North American Newspaper Alliance,

American and British amateur golfers are ali ready to be called to the tee for the first match round at Deal. If l were writing this story about our own amateur champion ship I would begin by describing the big field, the qualifying round. and the possibilities of this and that one being left behind by poor medal play on the opening day.
 Over here in the Tight Little Isle" the Royal and Ancient club has never found it necessary to have a qualifying round no motter how many enter the tournament. We in America figure that the combination of medal and match play makes a stiffer test of the game. We figure means of determining the better golfer because the element of luck is more likely to even itself up in 36 holes than IS.
 About 38 Holes.
 A thirty-six hole affair is less fhtiguing, and not so much of "merry-go-round." One knows be- fore hand that he is going to meet just one opponent that day and it should be an all-day job. This re- lieves one of worrying about his aft ernoon's opponent.
 However, this championship is be- ing played in England and our boys must accept conditions here, but I want to go on record as predicting that some day these things will be changed the same as we had to change ours years ago.
 The field of players at Deal is a large one and our American players are hopelessly outumbered, but should our representatives be fortu- nate enough to survive the first and second match rounds they will be in splendid position. Instead of the odds in numbers being twenty to one it will narrow down to four or five to one. Over a hundred players will fall by the wayside on the first day and fifty more on the second. It is not unreasonable to expect that our talent will survive the first two days ordeal. as they are scheduled to meet some very ordinary players with one or two exceptions. The first match round is always the hardest. I recall that Bob Gardner had a difficult time at Murfield on the first day, but after this strain was over he sailed through easily to the final round.
 O O O
 Trnvers Lost Out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
BROWNS RALLY IN
 NINTH FRAME ANDI DEFEAT MDIANS|
White Sox, Athletics And Sen- atorS Also Win In
 American

CLEVELAND. O.. May 6.-With two out in the ninth and no one on bases, St. Louis proceeded to score two runs and win from Cleveland. to 4. Singles by Tobin and Foster and double by Jacobson turned the trick.
 Manager Speaker of Cleveland did not play, receiving notice this morning of his for disrespectful remark made to Umpire Ormsby after Wednesdays game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Totals ......... 3S 12 24 IA 'Batted for Best in fourth inning.

Summary: Home run. Langford. Three base hits. Herman. Moore. Two-base hits Burke ?. Moore, Knaupp Foss. Matteson Sacrifice hits. Killinger. Tucker. Stolen bases Dowd, Foss Clanton 3. Pitching rec ord: Innings pitched by Best with 10 hits and z runs; by Llewelyn innings with hits and ! runs; by Martina 1-3 With hits and runs; by Walker 1-3 with 3 hits and runs; by Matteson 41-3 with 2 hits and no runs Winning pitcher, Matteson. Losing pitcher. Best. Struck out. by Best l, Llewelyn 3, Martina 2. Mat teson ?. Bases on balls. off Best 1, off Martina l. off Matteson l, off I.lewelyn 3. Wild pitch. Martina. Passed ball. Brock. Hit by pitcher. by Best (Tucker) Left Ion bases. Atlanta 5, New Orleans 8. Time of game, 2:3o. Empires, Me Gowan and Williams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Andy Highs Double Wins

BhOOkLYN. May 6-Andy Highs double. with the bases full, drove Weinerf out or the box today and aided material y Tn Brooklyn's victory over Philadelphia z! 10 I. Cadore pitched his first game of when he gave three bases on balls Fournier made his debut with Brooklyn. Winters. a right handed pitcher. Cy Will Hams made his eighth home run of the season, Score
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Macks Cop Series

NEW YORK, May 6.-The Philadelphia Americans made 1t two out of three from New York today. winning the deciding game. to 1. It the first series Philadelphia has taken from the Yankees in years. Rommell was effective with men on bases Witt and Ruth doing most of New York's hitting. Jones lost his second game of the series. but was handi- capped by poor support. new attend ance record was established for three game series 10000 persons attending the three clashes. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
faded.
 O O O Neun Disgusted.


 Neun became so disgusted after lin- ing into Niehoff's waiting hands that he threw his cap into the air and gave up, especially after Denny Will Hams had robbed him of a possible extra base hit on his previous trip to the plate.
 Then came the ninth and still an- other chance for the Barons, as Den ny Clark led the frame with a hit, but Rhino Williams raced deep into left field to snare Miller's wallop and Taylor and Robertson went out on fly balls.
 Splendid fielding marked the con- test, whicsl was a thriller from gong to gong. Manuel Cueto. and the Will Hams boys-Denny and Rhino- crowded one another for spotlight honors as concerns the champs, while Hartford made q great play on ball hit to deep short to throw Cueto out at first in the sixth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
VOLSPOUND THREE. [. ROCK HURLERS.
 HARD TO WIN, 1O-6.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 6-Nashville hit three Little Rock pitchers hard today and easily won 10 to s. Marberry and Mcbride were knocked out before three innings had been completed. Lebourveau hit for the circuit, making a single, double
 triple and home run. The game was de- layed almost hour by late arrival of the two teams and an overflow crowd again made ground rules necessary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
PELS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP OF SERIES WITH ATLANTIANS
By Tad

NEW ORLEANS, May 6.-New Orleans made a clean sweep of the four-ga series with Atlanta by winning todays game. 14 to 9. Atlanta pounded Martina and Walker hard in the fifth inning, but could do nothing with Matteson, who re- Iieved the latter. Langford got a home run in this inning. Larry Gilbert, play ing manager of New Orleans spraned his right angle in sliding to second base in the third inning. He probably -fill be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
ROGERS HORNSBY
 HITS TWO HOMERS| AS ST. LOUIS WINS
Reds Beat Pirates While Dodgers WalIop
 PhiIIies

ST. LOUIS. May 6-St. Louis made it three out of four from Chicago by smoth
 ering the Cubs. 16 to 4. here today. Rogers Horrsby. home run batting cham pion. knocked out two home runs. bring ing his seasons total to four. The Car dinals pounded the pitching of Osborne and Cheeves to all corners of the park and Chicagos defense was very ragged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
To Atlanta At Midnight The "AtIanta Owl"
 Via SeabOard

Leaves 11:50 D. m.-sleepers open 300 D. m.-arrives 630 a. m. vacete zoo a m. For eservations phone M. 1572. 1126, or 4942,
 H. E. PLEASANTs, u.rr.A. GA Woodward Building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Memphis z. 8. g and 10. n
Little Rock, IT, F, IT and 15. Chattanooga, Is, r, IS and 19.

Memphis :, 8, g and 10
 Little Rock, II. 12. II and 15.
 Chattanooga, Is, r, IS and 19.
 This will be one of the longest this season. Little Rock. who will be played, and will call for the match ing of the skill of the Barons against two hitherto unmet teams. Memphis will play the Barons in the opening games of the home series. and will play the Barons for the first time this season. Little Fock, who will be here Friday. Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, has not played the Dunn- men this year.
 The Barons won three and lost five games on the recent road trip. and will open their home series ranking sixth in league standing with a per- centage of .444.
 Games start At 3:3O.
 The hour for the opening of the game has been set back from 3 to 3:30 o'clock. The early twilight of the first part of the season made it necessary to start the game at o'clock, but with the coming of long CT days the hour has been set back.
 The Barons' stay in New Orleans in the first series of the road trip was an unprofitable visit as they were able to cop only one game. In Mobile they fared little better. and won two, double header. Saturday afternoon. The Barons' pitching staff seems not to have started working smoothly yet, and has been rather ineffective during the recent tour with the ex- ception of one or two games. How ever, with their return to the native baliwick. the Barons should get nov ing along toward the top of tsS league standing.
 That the Barons have good team has never been doubted by local fans, but the matter of team work and pitching has figured against them so far this season. With the much bewailed hole at short filled by a competent man, the Barons have no excuse insofar as material is con. Cerned
 The coming series a, home should bring more results from the Barons
 oeen shown up to this stage of the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
IotaIs '.'.. ...-.. 31 |26 IT 1.-Two out when winning run scored. ''Batted for Carlson in ninth.

''Batted for Luque in eighth.
 ''Batted for Donohue in ninth
 Score by innings
 fPittsturg ................ 900 100 O24-7 Nii.cihHatl ............... 0l0 900 052-S
 Summary: Two-base hits Roush Tray. nor Sacrifices. Duncan, Carey Double piays, Grimm to Maranville to Bagby: Irayhor to Tierney to Grimm. Left on pase. Pittsburg 6, Cincinnati G. Bases on pals. off Luque 5, off Donohue 3. off Bagby 5, off Hamilton 2. Struck out, by Luque 4. by Bagby 1. by Carlson l. by Hamilton ]. Hits, off Luque in s in- h,nss; hn or Donohue in inning. off Bag Ssrs. Ds m innings (none out in eighth). off I-a innings; Winning pitcher. Donohue noslng pitcher, Hamilton. Empires, Fin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
BASEBALL FORM
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results Mobile l, Birmingham o. Chattanooga 6. Memphis O. New Orleans IA, Atlanta g. Nashville 10,a Little Rock 6.
 TOday's Games Memphis at Birmingham. Little Rock at Atlanta. tOnly games scheduled),
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

Shicaso ''''.''.... sOo OZo ooo-
 Summary: TWo-base hits. Statz, Ain smith. Home runs, Hornsby @. Bottom ley. Stolen bases, Grantham, Kelleher, Stock. Myers. Freigau. Sacrifices. Stock. Hornsby. Double plays. Freigau, Hornsby and Bottomley; Grantham fand Keleher. Left on bases. Chicago '. St. Louis 10. Base on balls, off Osborne 9 Pfeffer 3. Cheeves g. Struck out by Osborne l. Pfeffer 2, Cheeves 2. Hits, off Osborne in 1 13 innings. Cheeves F in 2-3 Hit by pitcher. by Pfeffer (Adams) 1; Cheeves tHornsby) Losing pitcher Os- borne. Empires, Quigley and Pfirma h. Time .5S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
The Old Time Walter

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Walter John pitched Washington to a to l vic in the second inning drove in the winning runs. The Red Sox filled the bases in son struck out Murray and Mitchell and Collins popped to the nfeld. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
'Batted for Danforth in seventh. 'sBatted for Wright in ninth.

wamby. Guisto. Brewer. Double plays. Lutzke to Wamby to Guisto Severeid to Foster. Left on base, St. Louis S.. Cleve- Danforth 1, Wright l, Morton l. Hits, off Vangilder in ? innings Ono outs in ton F in 23 innings, off Danforth in innings. off Pruett 1 in 1 inning. off smith in 1-s inning. Hit by pitcher by Morton tRobertson). Struck out by Dan forth 3, Wright l. Pruett g. Morton A. Wild pitch. Wright. Winning pitcher, Wright, Losing pitcher. Morton. Empires. 2:25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Sox Beat Tigers Again

CHICAGO. May 6.-In a game featured by five double plays Chicago made 1t three straight from Detroit today. to 5 support, held the visitors until the eighth inning when a rally gave Detroit three tallies. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Jerry Travers was an eight to one

Sacrifices. Sheely ?, Collins ?. Double plays Collins to Mcclellan to Collins to Sheely ?; Blue to Haney to Jones to Pratt Left on bases, Detroit 5, Chicago g. Bases on balls. off Robertson 6, Pil- lette 1, Struck out, by Pillette 2, Rob Francis 3 in 1. Hit by pitcher. by Rob ertson (Pillette). Losing pitcher, Francis
 Umpires, Rowland and Moriarity. Time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

, ouTTIHIdTy TWO -base hIts, Ruth 2. Three- pase nit, Dugan. Sacrifices. Galloway Pipp, Perkins. Double plays, Hale to Dykes to Hauser; Perkins to Galloway. Left on base. New York ', Philadelphia 6, Base on balls, off Jones l. off Mays ,. struck out by Mays 2, by RommelI D; Hits. off Jones in 6 innings, off Mays in innings. Losing pitcher Jones. Empires. Nallin and Owens. Time of game, l:45
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Reds Break Losing Streak

CINCINNATI. O.. May 6.-The Reds broke their losing streak of five straight games today by beating the Pittsburg Pirates. to :.
 Grimm of Pittsburg led off with single in the eighth. having hit safely In every one of the 19 games played to date. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

Ioolle UlV uVV uVN--l
 SUMMARY Two base Hits. Clarke. Stolen Base-Marriott CD. Sacrifices-James, s. Clarke. Hartford. Left on Base-Moble 5, Birmingham 6. Bases on Balls-Off Morrison ?. Struck Out-By James 1, Morrison 2. Umpires-Doolin. Erwin and Johnson. Time-1:4S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

V
 Summary: Two-base hits Nes. High, Griffith. Three base hits, Griffith, Fay Tor Home run. Williams. Stolen bases, Olson, Neis 2. Sacrifice, Olson. Double plays, Williams to Wilson; Johnston to Olson to Fournier, Left on bases. Phila- delpha [. Brooklyn g. Bases balls. off Weinert 3, Winters 1. Mitchell 1, Cadore B. Struck out. by Winters 1. Mitchell 2, Ca dore ?. Hits, off Weinert in 21-3 in- nings. Winters in l, Mitchell in 2-s. Hit by pitcher, by Weinert tTaylor), by Winters (Bailey). Passed ball, Wilson. Winning. pitcher Galore. Losing pitcher. Weinert. Empires, Derr and Mccormick. Time of game. l 61.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
MORRIS PITCHES AIRTIGHT BALL TO. BLANK THE CHICKS.

MEMPHIS. May 6.--Morris pitched air tight ball for Chattanooga today, while the Lookouts had little trouble solving the delivery of Baird and Bailey, and de- feated Memphis to 0. Morris allowed but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
little Rock ..,'....,.,. 900 o2o s1o-

Summary: Two-base hits Cuyler Le- bourveau. Corgan. Michaels. Graham. Three base hits, Cuyler. Lebourveau. Home runs, Eiffert, Lebourveau. Stolen base, Murray. Sacrifice, Richbourg. Double plays, Brandrimer to Gisason to Sturdy; Cuyler to Murray. Left bases, Nash vile G. Little Rock O. Bases on balls, off Feath ?. off Graham ?. Struck out by Feath 2, by Graham 2. Hits off Mar berry in a-3, off McBride in 1-3. off Graham 6 in 5. Hit by pitcher by Feath tBrandrimer). Winning pitcher, Faeth. Losing pitcher, Marberry Time. hours Empires Brennan and Jorda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
CHICKS FIRST FOES OF BARONS NV SERIES OF 12 GAMES INV OWN LOT
Games At Redwood Start At 3:30 O'clock From Now On, Instead Of At 3

The Barons will return to the Magic City Monday and open a home stay which will include a round dozen of games. The following teams will be played this month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Nesterdny's Results Chicago f. Detroit 8. Washington 4, Boston 1. Philadelphia 5. New York 1.
 Today's Games St. Louis at Cleveland. Detroit at Chicago. (Only games scheduled).
 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Newark 1. Buffalo 12. Jersey City 9, Syracuse O.. Baltimore 1. Rochester g. No other games scheduled.
 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo z. Indianapolis g.. Columbus 4, Louisville s. Minneapolis 2. St Paul 2. Kansas City II. Milwaukee 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
CtIiLl:CHECK
 1W 3vI3Ss 3SyuSD
va4os A&Aa. sEo O.s. VAv o'v.

Especially good to break bad colds. Rids the systsm of chills and fever. Dsnsue will not bother you after taking Chill- Cheek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
O10 032 000-' nnn mn nnnl

hits, Hindt, Nor
 J. Anderson. Bates. Shay 2, Bird. Stolen ay Nick to Gleason. is D, Chattanooga 5. les. Innings pitched.
 run and 3 hits, by nd 6 hits. Bases on alley l. Struck out, " 1. Hit by pitcher.
 Um mplres, Pfennin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Totals ......... 33 24 10 o sRatted for Mitchell in seYenth
Score by innings:

W Washington .............. O40 900 00f-4
 Summary: Two-base hit. Goslin. Three base hits. Johnson. $. Harris. Sacrifices. Shanks, Wade, Peckinpaugh. Double plays. Johnson to Peckinpaugh to Judge; Johnson to Bluege to Judge; Bluege to Harris to Judge. Left on base Boston 8, w Washington s. Bases on balls, off John son 2, Murray l, Ferguson g. Struck out by Johnson 4. Hits. off Murray in 2-3 innings. off Ferguson in l-3 innings. Hit by pitcher. by Ferguson (Bluege). Um- pires. Evans Holmes and Connolly Los ing pitcher, Murray Time. Al.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE
leSterd0y's ResuI<s

feStefUny'S HeNuItA St. Louis 16, Chicago 4. Cincinnati s, Pittsburg '. Brooklyn ', Philadelphia 4. tOnly games yesterdayo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
TOday's Games

St. Louis at Pittsburg. Brooklyn at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. (Only games scheduled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

Score by innings: Chattanooga .......... Mem phis .. ....
 Summary: Two ba SC TOW. Three base hits, Sacrifice hits, Bates. $ base. Nick. Double plf Left on ase, Memphi Losing pitcher, Fowlk by Fowlkes 9 with l Bird 4 with 5 runs ar balls, off Morris 1, Da but Morris ], by Da'ile Gleason. Time, 1:33. ger and Guthrie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
WESTERN ASSOCIATION

Springfield l, Okmulgee 5. Henrietta 2. Ardmore 4. Fort Smith l, Enid 0. Joplin ?. McAlester 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

Totals ......34 { "23 'Blades out. hit by batted ball. s.Batted for CheeYes in ninth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
wEsTERN IEAGUE

Wichita 5, Denver I. St. Joseph 3, Omaha G.. Oklahoma City '. Des Moines 1. Sioux City 1, Tulsa 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
TEXAS I.EAGVTE

At Wichita Falls 4, Fort Worth 8. At Dallas 5. Shreveport 6. At Galveston 8, San Antonio [. At Houston 1, Beaumont ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
Hard Luck's Fauorite

Totals ..........S2 0 24 12 'Batted for Afeekin in seventh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07

COTTON STATES LEAGUE vicksburg 1, Meridian 1. Clarksdale 3. Greenville 2.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
'R!OQUlNHBEHHlE WORLD
W1I1H tRAske

aSpnIsSy. There are no baby bug
.gfes I'm .Jspan--except the backs
ef children and old men. There
seems to be more children than
: adults and. after counting Few
saoees, H am sure that hnndker-
chiefs ARE unknowR In ell the
tkingdom, -
They marry very ;ysunE--at the
age of twelve to fifteen--and
neitEsr has rny choice f,i select
ing a mate. The bride must have
"A dowry, rnd, moreover, she
dresses In mourning, which Is
. white and rides TO her wedding
- Everything Is ceremeninus.
When q Jap meets his frieRd, each
bows three tlmeS--and they seem
to have n lot OF friends, for they
nll seem to be bowling most of the
time.
Drinking tea Is a long. painstaI-
ing nffair that requires much time
and training.
Even suIcide IN ceremony.
When a Japanese wishes to shu fl e
Off-commit hara-kirt-he must
dress In white for the occasion and
be attended by several others who
see that he surely falls forward on
thrust in the body. The dead are
crcmated-rsually In full view Of
all the relatives, who make merry
on the occasion.
As-I looked acro~s the bay,
could see the Kawasakf Dock Yard
Company. where, as I read in the
paper, "bnttleships as massive and
muTderOus AS any fiOated by the
most Christian and civilized ma
fions In the west are buildcd and
launched
And forty years ago only sam
pans and wooden junks ever float
ed on the waters that wash these
Nippon shores.
And base ball IL now the ma
tionaI game.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
JOHNSTON IS DEFEATED
BY UNRANKED NETMAN

Los ANGELES March 1s.-HarTey
Snodgrass of Los Angeles defeated
William NJ Johnston OF San Fran
cisco. formerly national tennis cham
pion, 6-4, 3-6, SIS, in the final of
the mems singles, in an invitation
tennis tournament here.
The defeat of Johnson, who is Sec
ond on the national ranking list of
tennis players. by Snodgrass, who
has never ranked and who has never
competed outside of California, was
the great upset" of the tournament.
While Snodgrass played great ten
mis-, Johnston plainly was not in good
form. seeming tired and somewhat at-
fected by the unusually warm
weather.
The mems doubles concluded with
the Kinscy brothers. Robert and
Howard, of San Francisco defeating
Johnston and Clarence J. tPeck) Grif-
fin, also of San Francisco; "a, 6-2,
IS, 1-6, e..
Evening star., 1923-03-19
CHANGES ARE PLANNED
IN BASKET BALL CODE

NEW YORK, March 19.-Followers
of college and amateur basket ball
will see quite a few changes in the
rules next year If tho recommended
tions of the Intercolle late Basket
Ball League are adopted by the joint
rules committee. officials OF the
league met yesterday and discussed
several changes which will he placed
before the joint rules committee at
it's annual meeting here on April 10.
The most important change con-
Sidered, and one whiGr VIII play
big part in the outcome of all games.
was the elimination Of the individual
foul goal tosser. The league is In
favor OF having the man fouled make
the subsequent try for goal, thus
making the game more of team
affair The officials feel that under
the present rules there is too much
emphasis on foul goal shooting and
the individual star.
Further steps to be taken in
romedying th!s evil-if it may be
termed such-will be the minimizing
of the number of fouls. The seven
teen-foot zone is likely to be aboI-
ished and some changes made in the
manner OF Furnishing offenders. Tn
der the seVenteen-foot zone system IL
Il player in possession of the ball
inside that boundary Is fouled his
team receives two free tries for goal.
If any other player in that zone
is fouled only one free toss is per-
n:itted. Tho new rule provides for
two tries only when the player is
in the act of trying for a goal.
1t is planned to create a new zone
Ito be called the neutral zone
which will bo section ten feet on
either side of the center, with boun-
dairy lines parallel to the ends of the
court. No played of either team
other than the two centers will be
permitted In this zone until the ball
is actually tapped.
Although the league might have
adopted these changes to govern its
own game 1t will suggest them to
the rules committee to insure uni
formity in ali college games The
rules committee has representative
from the intercollegiate league. the
Western Conference and the Y. NJ
O. a
Evening star., 1923-03-19
BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY. =

~s"DAAsA -
ON THE YELLOW. SEA, Janu-
nry IL thought the name YeI-,
low sea was a naisnomer, hut. be-
licve 1t or not. the water has most
certainly changed It's color. While
not exactly. yellow as we think
of the color. 1t In not blue. but
more of light-green tint, which
gives evidence enough for the seas
present name when the sunlight
plays upon IL.
We are travelling north and the
weather grows colder. Most OF
the passengers are busiIy engaged
in recounting their shopping ex-
periences with the willy OrientaIs
mentfng on the wide differences In
prices for the same articles.
The old ship In weighed down
with Japanese junk. Each state
room IL piisl with u curious as
sortment OF wonderful what-nofs
that VIII puzzle the port aufhOYf-.
ties In New York as much as 1t Is
now worrying the passengers.
We have just left Kobe, a
Jspanese city that is fast beeom-
Ing commerciaIized. The gov
ernment encourages the adop-
tton oS European dress and GUS
tOmS-althouEh there is nothing
funnlcr than n Japanese dressed
In American fashion. 1t will he
many long years before the coun-
try Is m0dernized. Many OF their
ways are strange to us.
For Instance
A Japanese takes of his shoes,
but not his hat when entering n
house. The usual town house is
made of bamboo and paper. with
straw mate for n floor. There is
no furniture, and n Jap sleeps on
the floor with a block OF wood for