. Inglenook, The (1911) . o the good or betterof today for the best of tomorrow and iswilling to begin today to pay for that bestcan he hope to become a master. The greatest life in the ages was not developed in a short time. The Great Teach-er spent by far the greater part of hisearthly life in preparation. The size of hiswork required it and he entered upon hisduties with zest when once prepared. Maywe not from that life take the lesson oflong preparation for the most useful andmost complete living? A TRIP TO CHINA Geo. W Hilton No. 8. ON our arrival at the station we wereat a loss to know j
. Inglenook, The (1911) . o the good or betterof today for the best of tomorrow and iswilling to begin today to pay for that bestcan he hope to become a master. The greatest life in the ages was not developed in a short time. The Great Teach-er spent by far the greater part of hisearthly life in preparation. The size of hiswork required it and he entered upon hisduties with zest when once prepared. Maywe not from that life take the lesson oflong preparation for the most useful andmost complete living? A TRIP TO CHINA Geo. W Hilton No. 8. ON our arrival at the station we wereat a loss to know just where to had learned of a good hotel atKobe and had written to the man-ager that our party was coming on the Minnesota, and for him to meet us atthe boat. Then when the boat was delayedso long and we decided to go by train toKobe, I thought I would send a telegramto the hotel man about our change ofplans. But when I came to look for hisaddress I found that it had been lost, andas we knew neither the mans name nor. Our Party at the Railway Station. 1388 The Inglenook the name of his hotel we could send himno word. I hired eleven rikishas to take us andour small baggage to an American hotel,but the head riKisha man wanted us to go toa Japanese hotel instead. I said: No,we want to go to an American hotel, andthe rikisha man said: Kobe no gotMerica hotel. This I knew was not thetruth, but had no other way out, so I said: Then take us to the docks. I knewthat if I got there I could easily find thehotel we were looking for, as I knew itslocation from that point. But instead of taking us to the docksthey kept winding around through thecrooked streets, getting further from thedocks all the time. In spite of all my pro-test they kept stopping at Japanese hotels,hoping we would stop there; for the cus-toms of this country, as well as China, arethat the rikisha man who brings guests tothe inn gets a percentage of the money re-ceived from them. Finally they saw thatwe were not to
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