. A'Chu and other stories. SANITAKIUM IN KOBE, JAPAN to cure him of drunkenness. While on board he waslimited to the use of a small amount of intoxicantseach day, but when in port he made up for it. Thatday the stewardess had been sent ashore with him touse a womans influence to keep him sober. The planhad failed, and not being herself able to persuade himto come aboard at the time for sailing, she had beenobliged to send a messenger to call the freight agent,a steady, Christian man, to come and get him. By the time we reached Kobe, Japan, our little pa-tient had entirely recovered, and we wen
. A'Chu and other stories. SANITAKIUM IN KOBE, JAPAN to cure him of drunkenness. While on board he waslimited to the use of a small amount of intoxicantseach day, but when in port he made up for it. Thatday the stewardess had been sent ashore with him touse a womans influence to keep him sober. The planhad failed, and not being herself able to persuade himto come aboard at the time for sailing, she had beenobliged to send a messenger to call the freight agent,a steady, Christian man, to come and get him. By the time we reached Kobe, Japan, our little pa-tient had entirely recovered, and we went ashore withthe other The Voyage to China 33 Kobe is one of the most charming cities of the IslandKingdom. We had been told that the choicest porce-lains and potteries made in Japan are to be found here,and so we found it. The shops and market placesfairly overflowed with tea sets and the many porcelainnovelties this clever people know so well how to fascinating they were! I wanted a trunkful forourselves and a piece to send to each of our friends. Myhusband reminded me that more than fifteen hundredmiles of our journey still lay before us. I rememberedthe bad antics of America Maru, and judged thatthe dainty, fragile things would be shattered to crumblesbefore we reached our destination. Here, also, were the choicest and rarest of old Sat-suma vases, rich in the blended glory of red and gold,decorated with handpainting so delicate one must lookat it through a magnifying glass to discover its realbeauty. That is the way they were painted, the shop-keepers told us, — by the hands of skilled artis
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