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juAitrn, 1905.
'THE SUNNY SOUTH
FIFTH <PAGE
An American’s Debut
Babies, JinriKisba’s and Cherry Blossoms,
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In Japan;
the High-Lights
Sliinior for tin
to f;il] in lov
poems in their
division of pn
with flowers
praKe.
iperty, but
and write
AT THE TEMPLE SHRINE.
Rising above the clouds of pink blos
soms is tlie outline of an old tempi**,
halts of j The stone steps leading* to it resound
i star:. j with the clatter of many clogs as tile p;l- •
grims ascend to offer their devotions.
The mellow - tones of a monster bell is
booming its summons for tin* faithful t> !
eonn* to prayer. Although we are heret
ics we will follow the worshippers and
After he has
worshipper c*la]
the attention o
wants to -petitio
he murmurs his
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Write n for Bbe ■Sunny Soul H
HIS Japanese question is
kite with many tails. One
authority assures me that !
tlie Japs are so crooked j
they can't lie straight in 1
bed, while another affirms j
with equal emphasis that J
they are just aching to do
right and be good. If one!
turns to books the con-!
tradic'.ions multiply. One !
writer is positive that Jap
anese ambition is a men
ace to Yankee interests in
the Orient, while another is equally cer
tain that their one aim in life is to pre
serve friendship with t lie* Americans.
There seems to be a wire crossed some
where.
Inasmuch as 1 have just arrived in !
Japan, and this is my first time here, I !
shall carefully reconnoiter before 1 join I
ihe multitude which is so freely deliver- j
ing itself of opinions and prophecies
Japan's exact status as a power, the scope
of its future influence, and the signifi
cance of the whole situation deserve more |
than passing consideration. Leaving!
these points for future discussion, let's
take a day off and look around, concern-1
ing ourselves merely with surface indica- 1
tions. J w'ant my readers to lake a jaunt j
with me through Yokohama—just it sight- j
seeing trip in which we will look at '
whatever there is to see and gossip about [
it as we go
THE FAST EXPRESS OF JAPAN. \
The jinrikisha is the fast express of
Japan. Of course, you know that a
jinrikisha is a funny little two-wheeled
cart which is pulled by a man. It scents
like a dirty trick for it man to beat a
horse out of his job. but there is no
scruple about that sort of tiling here.
How can a self-respecting horse hope to
earn an honest living in a country where
a coolie will work ail day for the price
of a peck of oats? Well, here comes our
two-legged pony between the
his tiny sulky, so we will make
The jinrikisha man places the shafts on j
the ground and you climb in. His bare j
legs are knotted with muscles and he j
can run mile, after mile with mechanical .
ease. He always runs. If you want him!
to walk, he demands more pay. llis|
wage by the hour is 10 cents. No wonder!
the poor horse can't make his feed! While |
ihe jinrikisha men seem to easily stand!
their exertion, the strain upon them is
great, and their average life, after they
begin to work, is said to be seven years.
It is not unusual for one of the poor :
souls to run until he falls dead in his ,
tracks. You can see something of the j
spirit <hat took Port Arthur in the j
jinrikisha man who will die rather than ,
quit the task he lias undertaken.
UNDER THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS. |
The cherry blossoms are mu. so we |
will go to the park and have a look a.t i
the flowering trees whose fame has spread !
to every land. The appearance of these I
delicate blossoms is such an event that ;
the newspapers issue bulletins announc- I
ing the condition of the buds and all J
classes eagerly await their opening. The j
cherry blossom season is a festival period !
in Japan. Tiie people are ardent lovers j
I of flowers. They inherit their passion for l
color from generations of ancestors who j
worshipped trees and plants. The beg- I
gar in his tatters and the prince in his |
silks are equally susceptible to the charm 1
of the wide spreading cherry when it
unfolds Its mass of brilliant bloom.
Old men croon under its shadow and
write odes to its loveliness. The kimono
girl—^ie same coy. slant-eyed creatur**
you have always known in book and
picture—is never so happy or picturesque
as when she takes her tea under its leaf>
bower, or clanks along on her wooden
clogs beneath the awning made by tlie
entwining of its branches. The omnipres
ent Jap bab;>', fat, toddling, and good-
natured, fs ever ready for his romp in
the cherry grove. it is here that he
shows off to the best advantage with his
gay finery and his shaven crown. The
babies are almost as numerous as ihe
blossoms, and they go well together.
'i he flaming lanes of t lie park fairly
swarm with happy people. Ii is a pretty
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Pocket Knife
CUTS;
Wire, Wood and Leather
IT EMBODIES NINE TOOLS IN ONE
I. Rooket Knife,
a. knathor Punch,
3. Swedglng Awl,
A. WlreOutter.
S. Wire Pliers,
S. Alligator Wrench,
S. Screw Driver,
8. Screw Bit.
MeoHanlos, Miners,
A L_l_ WORKINGMEN
tire, which is really more suited to them.
The man is a cross between a pug and
a dude. His trousers need pressing so
badiy that there appears to be a growth
of knots on his legs. He ought to have a
collar and a haircut, and even at that hq
would be only a fair imitation of a cheap
| sport.
iAN EXTRAVAGANCE OF ENERGY.
I There are so many distinct types on
I every hand that when I attempt to see
| them all I feel like the fellow in the'
j Gibson picture who became a blur fro.n
I trying to !or*'< at two girls at the same
i time. A Japanese newsboy is an anl- ;
! mated jumping jack. In our country
i small boys carry large papers, but here 1
| the rule is reversed, and big ones make
j heavy work of delivering hand bibs. One
of these barelegged carriers is weighted j
down wlfn sleigh bells to proclaim ills
coming, and he prances like a circus
horse. Tie is a good example of perpe-
tual motion as he bounds from one side ,
of the street to the other, bobbing and j
lamping as he pauses before each doo I
lo tuck his bulletin between the shut-!
ters.
He wastes almost as much energy as Are built for practical use, not filled with Nic-Nacs, as Is the case with most
the coolies who push burdens on earls. 1 combination knives. Especial care Is taken to make the knife sufficiently
These bretbrpn to the oxen chant d;s-! strong for use of Mechanics, Machinists, Farmers, Teamsters, Electricians,
mall v as tbev strain at their work The Bportsmen. etc., all rivets being countersunk. The temper is drawn in Screw
‘ , , ", ; Driver, and point of Awl to prevent either from breaking. It is no more
ones who pull grunt a monotonous chorus; c | utnBV or awkward to carry iu the pocket than an ordinary three-bladed
every time they step, and the ones who, The blades are made of the best 85 carbon cutlers, steel, and tempered
push answer t hem In unionism. They withstand hard usage.
waste a lot of precious breath in this The Pliers and Wire Cutters are Drop-Forge TOOL Steel, (not steel cast-
manner. but have become so accustomed ings), and tempered especially to do the work required of them, and give en-
to 11 that they think they .annot make r* tlre satisfaction in handling and cutting fence wire, baling and binding wire.
ff , r . . ... • . ' harness rivets, etc.
v l “ P le r Pxf>rl ' We use the knife to scrape up acquaintances.
Cuts Off Barbed Fence Wire Am Family
Am An Ordinary 8 Inch Filer.
HO MODE PORTS HOH PIECES THU IH t THHEE BLUED EHIFi.
H. H. H.” KNIVES
A Yokohama Cab—The Jinrikisha.
made
■; his
his donation the other way
t
hands
the particular god v
i. then bows his head a.
supplication. Some praj
briefly and othe
supjio.se the time it taki
ther iifHUi
How merely ducks his head
f at once -he got his money's worth in
hurry; while another settles down to it
earnest and wrestles with tlie spirit in
true fashion. if he gets all he asks
tlios
od the most <f ihe
in not make
voice Iheir exerti
| It has been explained that this chant-i
ing Is an expression of sympathy between i
f he toilers. but it may he with ilienij
! like it is with Die Irish. When Pat re-
! sorts to tills system it is to,make sure
Dint Mike is nol shirking, hut doing hi? j
best to earn his salary The strength of!
Ihese men who do Ihe work of beasts „t'
burden is almost incredible They ean v ,
j blocks of building stone that one of on- |
laborers wouldn’t even attempt to turn
over. The loads are generallv balanced I
, on poles in Chinese fashion and as one i
j of them comes toward you with his pe-
ordeal were considered i ® u,,ar * huffIe * vo " reco Snize at once tHur !
| hp is a srood roadster, but to save your
| life you can't tell whether lie is a pace' '
j or a trotter.
| ‘ ‘GOOD NIGHT, IN FAIR JAPAN.”
I 1 lie jinrikisha gives you the backache
,,f I ' f JOu arp not to !t * P ro t ,f ' r
i thin « to do is to lie hack and make
j yourself at home, but the amateur doesn t
' , j feel H ke getting too familiar with it on
_ j short acquaintance. He feels like the old
iadv who took her first ride in a sleeper
she hoped there would be no accident,
but fei, that it was safer to sit up and;
be ready in case anything did happen*
The rikisha man is dripping wet with
sweat. It seems like cruelty to anlmais
to keep him go ing longer, and besides.
H is getting late. The lofty cone of
old Fuji is fading into mist. The sam
pan sails flap idly as the boatmen call
i to each other across the *vate-
Dte sort of god that makes a specialty of Ughts flare out aIong the bund and be _
gin to sparkle on the gray waste of roots
get a forecast on your
ttract i prospects is to pitch a pebble onto a ta-
! ble. If it rolls off there is nothing doing,
but if it remains The god w’ill think i*.
over and let you know later. The an
cients used to count much on wliat
. they called a pitching game. They nad
a platform in one place where jealous
I hu.sbands used to throw their wives over
a precipice onto the rocks. All
w ho survived tin
I above suspicion, while those wito perisn*
jed were adjudged guilty. This manner
I of trial finally became unpopular because
the supply of wives threatened to give
out.
The Japanese lover lias an odd way
securing a tip..on ihe stability of
sweetheart's affection. \V?ien the Or I
Ital swain decides to test the sincerity
! his lady love he buys a prayer paper
I and then atempts to tie it into a knot.
; using only the thumb and little finger
of the right hand. If he succeeds he
i has a fighting chance to win her. but if
he fails by touching the sacred paper
* with his palm or fing'Vs, it Is hopeless
[•with him and he might as well look else-
. where for steady company. This plan
will not do for doubtful beaux in Ameri
ca because we do not happen to have
This splendid Knife with The Tri- Weekly Constitution
one year for
With Weekly Constitution or Sunuy South
only
We need you.
$2.00
1.50
THE ATLANTA
England’s Ring
As Mighty a Nimrod As Teddy
R KSIL) ENT ROUSE V K1 /I" £
hunt in the Rocky moun
tains and his well known
fondness for the chase calls
to mind tHe fact that King*
Edward of England is also
a mighty hunter. His rec
ord, In fact, entitles him
to rank as one of the
mightiest. By his own ef
forts he has killed many i dangerous
specimens of almost every ! made up
an enormous bat. On his return voyage
to England he had Tiis vessel stopped and
himself landed on the Albanian coast for
no other purpose than to enable him to
enjoy a good day's hunting of wild boar.
Several were killed.
If the ministerial adviser of the crown
had happened to be present there would
probably have been loud protests when,
upon the occasion of ihe king's visit to
Tndia, he determined to practice the most
sport of pig sticking. He
party for this purpose one
wild and dangerous ani
mal that is considered a
! day. and the risk was considerably in-
! creased by the fact that the horse upon
at subject for the mighty hunter's guns, which the king was mounted, by some
He has sought out and killed numerous 1 accident or o’her, happened to be an
crocodiles, elephants, tigers, wild boars, I English animal that was wholly inexpe-
sloth bears, cheetahs, leopards, etc., and ; rieneed in this special business. His
he has stuck “'pig.''
Tea Under the Cherry Blossoms.
wrath of their gods and how
tion them for favor. Wliat ;
crowd it is that presses around
it are gentlefolk and commoners, maid;
and merchants, toothless hags and tod- i
dling babies On its. fringes the artful
fakir plies his vocation, anti the begging!
leper exhibits his ugly ulcers in a dis
gusting plea for alms. Inasmuch as j
each worshipper tosses a coin in the cash '
they pett- j *tflcrnoon t<
a motl *y shippers set
In barefooted
‘it frock coat
i fill his order. AH the wor-
m to bo devout. Both the
joolie and tilt; gentleman in
and high hat go at it like
th-*y thought there was songpthing in it.
There is a whole lot in having faith in
anything no matter whether it amounts
tc much or not.
FLIRTING WITH THE GODS.
The Japanese manner of offering prayer
spectacle to sec youth anti old age i n- box it is evident that ail are expected to . resembles a
joying together their mirth and rapture : pay their way. The cash box has slats to test you
Tinder the canopy of tin* cherry boughs, across the top, anti although the bottom to buy prnyt
One writer aptly says that czars and * is out of sight, the constant jingle of j then throw
kaisers may well envy this Oriental ruler, ! falling money indicates that business ;s j I r Die wad
game of chance. One way
strength with Ihe god is
i* paper, chew it into a wad,
it against the wire screens,
sticks yon have made good
| whose subjects gather by thousands, not I good. Some times a thousand dollars is
[to throw bombs and riot for bread, or I collected in one of these boxes in a day
with the deity, but if it
are to consider yourself
falls off
refused.
An-
A Japanese Temple.
such matters.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
We will leave the temple and go for
a ride through the streets. It is a holl
day and bazars line, the way on either
side. It would take a book as big as t.if
Bible to record the names of all the
queer articles that can be bought for a
few cents each. A glass bowl contain
ing two gold fish is offered for 3 cents;
here is a dwarf tree in a pot so tiny
that it will go into your vest pocket;
and there are wooden chopsticks that
you may be. sure have never been used
because they are etill joined-together at
the end like a clothespin. Tnat's a poin.
j to remember whenever you buy chop
sticks. No matter if you purchase only
two articles at 4 cents each the merchant |
invariably uses his sliding buttons to fix j
the sunt total. Like the Chinaman, the |
Japanese takes no chances on menta' j
arithmetic in solving even the smallest
sum. The characters of the Japanese
languages are the same the the Chinese,
but they are pronounced differently, con
sequently Die Jap and the Chink can
write to each other and get along ad
right, but they can never have the sat
isfaction of talking things over in an un
derstanding way.
Did you ever see so many babies in
all your life? i thought all the tod
dlers In Yokohama were at the cherry
grove. We left acres and acres of sol-
cmn tots playing there in the gravel,
j but the streets fairly .teem with them,
l Each one is a counterpart of his moth-
] er in his tiny kimono and miniature
( clogs. They are all very much alike
! even to the universal cold in the head.
| An official nose-wiper would be the
| busiest person in Japan at this time
of the year. The reason that cold3
are so general is because there are no
stoves in the houses. Babies not old
enough to walk are carried on their
mothers backs in the same fashion that
Indian squaws carry their papooses, with
Die exception that they are never strap-1
ped to boards. J
SOME POINTERS ON DRESS. j
There are a few points about the
Japanese woman's dress which are
well to know so that one may distin-
| guish them in the streets. A woman I
wearing a red petticoat, under her kimo
no is single, and one displaying a white
under-garment is married. Occasionally
you meet one whose teeth are painted
black. This means that she is happily
married and desires lo disfigure herself
so that other men will not be attracted
to her. it is an old custom and is not
practiced to a great extent now. A
woman with her hair cut short lg a*wid
ow who is so grieved at the loss of her
companion tiiat she has resolved never
to marry again and her abbreviated tres
ses is an advertisement of that fact.
Here comes a Japanese couple who
are just home from America. Look I
at their clothes! The woman is stiff
and unnatural. She will soon forsdke
this foreign finery and return to ner
graceful kimono. They all want to try
European dress, but the most of them
eventually abandon it for their native at-
in the lower town. The air rings with
Ihe eternal clatter of wooden clogs. At
intervals Die deep muffled sound waves
from the temple belj roll in upon your* . . ,
senses. You hear the blind message h ‘ S prey ' In eUher of these P^nshe
man's shrill whistle and the metallic I
clank nf the fire watchman's stick. The!
| majesty came to no danger, hut what he
| . Most of these feats were accomplished I regretted most was that his mount made
during his trips to Egypt and India some
| years ago. When he went up the Nile
I it was his greatest ambition to shoot
| erooedile, and he persevered with it in
the most wonderful manner. He used to [ nativ
get up a
either
it impossible for him to stick any. "pig.”
However, he did so e*i a later occasion.
His majesty showed amazing courage
and intrepidity when facing tigers, and
e sportsmen declared that they had
at 5 o'clock in the morning and I never seen anything to equal his eool-
behind stones or actually lie in j r"'ss in waiting for his tiger to get
the ooze on the Nile banks in wait for ready for its spring. He was never in
l hurry to bang the lead in it, but with
would remain for many hours during the ; bis nerves as calm as if he were playing
day while the hot sun was burning upon j a game of cards, waited for the right
his head in the hope of getting a shot at | moment to fire.
servant bows low as he brings you can- j
tile and with regret you say your first j
goodnight in fair Japan.
then
TnO
SETTLING A DISPUTED POINT.
The witness was a Testy old gentleman
ft om Boston.
“T will ask you." said the lawyer wno
was cross examinin', him, “how you rec
ognized the defendant. Did he hay*
I chin whiskers?”
“Hold on!" interposed the other law- !
jer. "You need not answer that. I 1
object.”
a •crocodile.
At last he succeeded, and great
; was t he joy of the royal parly.
! sooner was its dispatch complete titan
j the queen (then, of course, princess of
I Wales), who had heard of what had hap
pened, hurried to the s
I in a small boat for the middle of Die
j river that she might have a close view;
I of the monster that had succumbed to
| her royal husband’s patience and skill.
FAILS TO BAG A HYENA.
While in Egypt also his majesty spent
several nights in stalking the country
„ . b, search ot hyenas, ana announced hlm-
I non ensued a legal wrung e of htteen . . . , , , .
1 self as* particularly anxious to shoot just
one of - them. Hyenas never come out
except at night and for several nights
the king slept scarcely a wink or un
dressed, so anxious was he to have a
shot at one of the beasts. But they did
not oblige him, and the skin of a hyena
is one of Die few prizes nf the mighty
hunter that adorns neither Sandringham
nor Buckingham palace. When he vis
ited the tom?) of Ramesis IV he caught
minutes.
“You may answer it," ruled the judge.
“1 will ask you again." resumed Die
lawyer. “Did the man you saw on that
occasion wear chin whiskers?”
"He did not, sir." responded tlie wit
ness. "No man wears whiskers on iiis
chin. Whiskers grow on the cheeks, as
may be ascertained by consulting any
'trustworthy English lexicon.”
Then followed another legal wrangle.
SIX TIGERS IN ONE MORNING.
He killed his first tiger in Nepaul. and
thereafter dispatched innumerable others,
the skins of which decorate Buckingham
palace and Sandringham to tliis day. He
once killed six tigers in a single morn-
and put off j i ng:i an< j so deadly accurate and effective
was his shooting that in two cases they
were settled with single shots.
Sloth bears, cheetahs and leopards were*
killed on the same expedition. His ma
jesty's first elephant fell to his gun in
Ceylon. It is the custom with the big
game sportsmen always to cut off them
selves the tails of their ffrst elephant
and this custom was duly observed on
this occasion. His majesty found a par
ticular pleasure in observing Ii. as the
hunt for the beast had been a most try
ing one, and at the conclusion of the
day the royal sportsman’s clothes were
in rags and tatters and v/et through as
well. He has, indeed, experienced a
maximum of excitement when after ele
phant. for on another occasion lie was
chased by a "must” elephant, an?! if lie
had not been splendidly mounted tilings
| might have turned out very badly,
i Some of his majesty's shooting and
! huntings camps in the past have been
| among the most luxurious and elaborate
I ever known. Probably the greatest on
record was that which was fitted up in
India once to accommodate a large party,
consisting of his majesty and about thir
ty of his friends.
The sportsmen, their attendants and
the camp servants comprised positively
no fewer than 2,500 persons, so that the
camp wits quite it small town. Included
among the camp followers there were
over 600 coolies. 60 men to pitch tents,
look after them and strike them; 20
cleaners, 20 drawers of water, «T0 mes
sengers. a guard of 75 noncommissioned
officers and men of the Third Goorkhas,
a detachment of the Eleventh Bengal
cavalry, the band of the Goorkha regi
ment and a large detachment of the na
tive police to look, after all the others.
T>ro Little Kimono Girls.
SPEAK GENTLY TO THE ERRING.
Speak gently to the erring.
Ye know not all the power
IVith which the dark temptation came
In some unguarded hour;
Yr may not know how earnestly
They struggled, or how well,
Lntil the hour of darkness came.
And sadly thus they fell.
Speak gently of the erring,
Oh! do not thou forget.
However darkly stained by sin.
He Is thy brother yet.
Heir of the self-same heritage,
Child of the seif-same God,
He hath but stumbled in the path
Thou has in weakness trod.
! Speak gently to the erring.
I For is it not enough
i That innocence and peace are gone
I Without thy censure rough?
i It surely is a weary lot,
| 1 hat sin-crushed heart to bear;
i And they who share a happier fate.
| Their chidings well may spare.
| Speak kindly of the erring,—
j Thou yet mayst lead him back.
With holy words and tones of love.
From misery's thorny track;
I Forget not thou has often sinned,
i And sinful yet must be;
| peal kindly with the erring one.
i As God has dealt with thee!
1 —MARY ELIZABETH LEK