An Ohio woman in the Philippines; giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China . sible of theill-fated ship but a single spar, one long finger of warningheld aloft. As we passed on, watching the busy boatsplying from shore to shore, the Chinese on the boat chat-tered and jabbered faster with each other than before ;we fancied they were making fun of their little Japanesebrethren. We arrived at Yokohama about 9 P. M., andwere immediately placed in quarantine. The next morn-ing a dozen Japanese quarantine oincers appeared, cov-ered all ov
An Ohio woman in the Philippines; giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China . sible of theill-fated ship but a single spar, one long finger of warningheld aloft. As we passed on, watching the busy boatsplying from shore to shore, the Chinese on the boat chat-tered and jabbered faster with each other than before ;we fancied they were making fun of their little Japanesebrethren. We arrived at Yokohama about 9 P. M., andwere immediately placed in quarantine. The next morn-ing a dozen Japanese quarantine oincers appeared, cov-ered all over with straps and bands of gold lace. Theylooked so insignificant and put on such an air of austereauthority that one did not know whether to laugh or cryat their pomposity. They checked us off by squads anddozens, and by 12 oclock we were ready to land. It wasour first touch of Japanese soil, and we were about totake our first ride in a Jinricksha. It was very beautifulto hear as a greeting, Ohio. As I had been told by aJapanese student, whom I met in Cambridge, Mass., thatthis is the national greeting, I was not unprepared as was. FIRST OF JAPAN 17 a fellow passenger, who said, Oh, he must know whereyou came from. My height and my white hair seemedto make me an object of interest. It was such a novelthing to be hauled around in those two-wheeled carts,one man pulling at the thills and another pushing at therear. It is a fine experience, and one which we all en-joyed. The whole outfit is hired by the day for about adollar, the price depending upon the amount of PigeonEnglish the leader can speak. The first thing they sayto you is, Me can speak English. We found the hoteladmirably kept. The blind Japanese are an interesting class. Theyare trained at government cost to give massage treatment,and no others are allowed to practice. These blind nurses,male and female, go about the streets in care of an attend-ant, playing a plaintive tune on a little reed whistle inoffer
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