. Nine years in Nipon. Sketches of Japanese life and manners. discovering many littlesecrets about dress ; and just as the lofty man about town,when knocked over by a plebeian cab, has been found byhis horrified medical attendant to indulge in dickies, soI may be allowed here to whisper that those costly strataof silk garments which are the wonder and admiration ofthe unsophisticated foreigner, are, in modern times, simplyvery narrow folds of the required material laid togetherso as to produce a fictitious appearance of great expendi-ture with the minimum of outlay. During the day fireworks ar
. Nine years in Nipon. Sketches of Japanese life and manners. discovering many littlesecrets about dress ; and just as the lofty man about town,when knocked over by a plebeian cab, has been found byhis horrified medical attendant to indulge in dickies, soI may be allowed here to whisper that those costly strataof silk garments which are the wonder and admiration ofthe unsophisticated foreigner, are, in modern times, simplyvery narrow folds of the required material laid togetherso as to produce a fictitious appearance of great expendi-ture with the minimum of outlay. During the day fireworks are let off, which form cloudypatterns high up in the air and give forth paper prizes ofcurious shapes, in pursuit of which crowds of city urchins 70 Nine Years in Nipon. may be seen rushing frantically with their loins smoke-clouds are often tinted beautifully, andassume fantastic shapes. The substance used to producethe effect is the dried dung of the she wolf—for wolves stillabound In the northern parts of the empire. The powder SEA Oshima PACIFICOC£AN is said to cause a dense white smoke which hangs togetherfor an unusual time. I have thought that a similar kindof fireworks might be used for military or other signallingthrough the day, and might often also give valuableindications as to the direction of currents of air in
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