. Things seen in Japan . ment. And how variedin scent and colour are these things! Everchanging as the seasons pass, they presentsometimes a colour scheme in a low key, at 27 The Glamour of Japan others a blaze of almost unexampledbrilliance. In one of the most vivid books descriptiveof the war was a beautiful story whichillustrates the ineradicable love of flowerswhich distinguishes the Japanese race. A battalion of Japanese were making oneof the many fierce assaults upon the hillssurrounding Port Arthur. Their advancehad evidently been discovered, for the greatguns of the citadel were pourin
. Things seen in Japan . ment. And how variedin scent and colour are these things! Everchanging as the seasons pass, they presentsometimes a colour scheme in a low key, at 27 The Glamour of Japan others a blaze of almost unexampledbrilliance. In one of the most vivid books descriptiveof the war was a beautiful story whichillustrates the ineradicable love of flowerswhich distinguishes the Japanese race. A battalion of Japanese were making oneof the many fierce assaults upon the hillssurrounding Port Arthur. Their advancehad evidently been discovered, for the greatguns of the citadel were pouring shells overthe hill almost on the spot of the regimentsadvance. Amidst the crash and burstingof projectiles and the groans of woundedcomrades a soldier almost trod upon a littlefloweret growing upon the hillside in solitarybeauty. It was a blossom common alike toChina and Japan, and, forgetful for themoment of aught else, and possibly over-whelmed by some memory of a gardenfar away in his native land, he stooped and 28. Sitreo Copyright, Indenvood &■ ( London &■ Xew York. Tin: IMiKc II <il \ MdlO IKAIIOUSE. Notict; the lovely wistaria blossom. The Glamour of Japan carefully plucked the blossom amid the hailof shrapnel and placed it in his he hurried forward to take his placewith the foremost of his companions in thethick of the danger and in the fury of theattack. Few soldiers—few men, indeed—wouldhave paused for an instant to rescue thetiny blossom from the risk of destruction,or allowed at such a moment the tenderhuman element of the flower spirit topossess him. In no country in the world are flowersand floral decoration so inseparable fromthe daily life of the people as in Japan,Each tea-house, most of the private houses,and every temple has its stretch of gardenbiilliant with flowers and sweet with thescent of them. Even in the big cities likeTokio, Yokohama, and Nagasaki, wherespace is of value, if there is no garden of 31 The Glamour of Japan be
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