Queer things about Japan . The oldest profession in the world, and • To Ofu-k on p. the Kago—or Japanese palanquin. TEA-HOUSES AND GEISHA GIRLS a Kodak, and asked if I would photograph it was evening and winter, I had to use a flashhght. I Ut the fuse. A minute passed. Nothinghappened. I picked up the charge to see whatwas wrong, and it happened at once. There wasan explosion, and my right hand was minus itsnails and most of its skin. Immediately there wasa most perfect geisha performance. They flew tohold me up; to restore me, to heal my hand—anything, to show their sympathy. I
Queer things about Japan . The oldest profession in the world, and • To Ofu-k on p. the Kago—or Japanese palanquin. TEA-HOUSES AND GEISHA GIRLS a Kodak, and asked if I would photograph it was evening and winter, I had to use a flashhght. I Ut the fuse. A minute passed. Nothinghappened. I picked up the charge to see whatwas wrong, and it happened at once. There wasan explosion, and my right hand was minus itsnails and most of its skin. Immediately there wasa most perfect geisha performance. They flew tohold me up; to restore me, to heal my hand—anything, to show their sympathy. I was not toobad to lose my heart to them all; in fact, I wasnot bad at all, beyond my right wrist. It waslucky that I kept cool, for I was the only one whoknew what to do—having burnt the inside out ofmy left hand when I was a child. The danger layin letting the air—especially the cold—get to thewounds. Flour and oil had saved my other hand,and the Maple Club was cosmopolitan enough tohave flour and oil on the premises, so that thegeisha covered up the hand with a paste of fl
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