Letters from the Far East . Torii at Shinto Shrine, Yokohama. Shinto Shrine, Yokohama LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST 21 scores of schoolboys lined up there, being put throughsome kind of a drill. On the way back we stopped at a small temple. Wealso saw a man making a wooden idol in one of theshops we passed; and were reminded of the words inIsaiah 44 : 16, 17. The next day Miss Munroe called and took us upto Tokyo. It was an interesting ride of about onehour by train. Everywhere we saw signs of the destruction wroughtby the recent typhoon. We visited a celebrated pearl shop first. TheJananese pearl
Letters from the Far East . Torii at Shinto Shrine, Yokohama. Shinto Shrine, Yokohama LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST 21 scores of schoolboys lined up there, being put throughsome kind of a drill. On the way back we stopped at a small temple. Wealso saw a man making a wooden idol in one of theshops we passed; and were reminded of the words inIsaiah 44 : 16, 17. The next day Miss Munroe called and took us upto Tokyo. It was an interesting ride of about onehour by train. Everywhere we saw signs of the destruction wroughtby the recent typhoon. We visited a celebrated pearl shop first. TheJananese pearls are the cultured pearls; the people havelearned the art of raising them from the oysters. After this, we went to a large department store. Atthe door, every one was obliged either to remove theirshoes, or have cloth socks put on over them (if for-eign). We did not wonder, though, when we entered,and saw the floors all covered with beautiful Japanesematting, immaculately clean. Here we saw wonderful silks and many attractivethings. As there was a lunch-roo
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