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Daily British Whig (1850), 20 Aug 1910, p. 9

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. PAGES 9 70 14. YEAR 77-NO. 193 ~ Th a P sh ec Em soni KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, AUGUST >_20. ZHE JADA ESE BRITISH 8 EXPOSITION ZA STILES Cereal, VION Pew, il any, of the many thousands of Americans visiting fondon this year will fail to take in the huge world's fair opened the Inst of May under the combined control of the Japanese and British imperis al anthori- ties. None of Lhe pres great ex: positions hve surpa wd this, the lat ext one, in the amount of territory covered nor in the unusualness of the wizhis prepare' for the international public. a, Yet it 18 not us a worl I's lair in the usual neeoptance of that term that the latest exposition is most re markable. Its chief charm snd great est novelty conwisty in the fact that for the first time the Occident has the chatiee to see the true inwardness of the strange nad poetical wo mi-civilize tion ob native Japan. While held in Lowdon unde special care of the voynl family the favor of the British Empire, exposition is admittédly mostly : anes; hath as to the number, the siz and the terest of the exhibits. Also, st is certain that double the space and five times the money has been given hy the Japs towards ereating for the entorn orkl an opportunity to study the customs, the natives, the religions and the industries of the em- ive of din moway Dever be "Hore ,O%oEpt ta the vompara: tive fow whi could make the far journey to the wonderful island em: pire that How ast off the const of Asin, Thus this exposition is the first genuine exhibit of the Orient, that magic land where things to the Wast- stn mind are almost always tarned upride down, cor 'with the rear views sn the foreground, in eitent and costs fines the exposition, which, despite its name of Japanese British, has al reuly peed called hy the visiting pub- Tie simply the dapuanese exposition, may claim to-rival any of is pre the and the Jap The space covered exceeds that of the World's + Columbia Exposition at Chicago in the carly "nineties" and nimost equals that of the largest of all--the St. Louis Fair. Approximate | ly $20,000,000 have been spent by the Japanese and British governments us misted by muoltitudes of private ex- hihitors from all ever the world. The - railroad fasilities are superb, there beinz accommodations for re ceiving and expediting SS,000 visitors an hour, Direct into the heart of the vast grounds run the lives of three steam railways, four underground tubes, 10 surface electric lines and 26 omnibus lines 12 of which are electric The exposition will remain open un- AN 7A XN AN TEAS SE NIT til the late full and possibly untik poxt year. The nunbwer of exhibitors in approximately 10,000, and the value of the exhibits is estimated at one billion dollars. So much for ligures, which after all, con impart merely a hare frame work about which one may weave some sort of picture of the wonders of angient and modern Ja pan, f It may seem paradoxical to that one ean learn more about anese art, history, industry, customs and religious by one week's staly throughout the many aerss devoted to things Japanese in the exposition than by three months in Japan itself Yet many of the most noted scholars and travelers, versed in Japanese af (faire, have stated this fadt as true. The sections of the that are ghiolutely novel even to the most ar tent of exposition vite those ' atu A the and wrebfecture of Janan befora vatside of the island empire fpecimens J apanese tions heen seen, hers are two big gardens of Japan at the exposition--the Garden of Pence and the Garden of the Floating 1s lands. OF this latter marvelous place it would be diffienit to exaggerats vither ite beauty, or ita subtle essence of the far east. It was designed in Tokio by a race of gardeners who for centuries have belonged absolutely to the Japanese imperial family. The tiniest of plants, the smallest bits of rock in this garden bas been chosen for its specific use. The floating islands are known ag "The Master's Isle" and "The Guest's ule," sad the isle of the inland sea is named 'The Windswept Isle," and by some eurious mechabical contri vance a veritable hurricane of wind seems Lo sweep over the diminutive but perfect islands. The little semi-cir- eular bridges, the arbors of cherry blossoms, the sacred shrines are placed on miniature hilltops, Then there are fhe Yorti and 'the Nara lanterns, and pach. creation has its symbolic mean- ing, and the whole gives an indescrib- able sensation of the oriental and the deap-lying soul of ancient Japan. FE This garden of old Japan is set with in a good-sized lake, having "an iree- gular coastline and small pineclad inlets are scattered here. amd there after the famous scen ery ol the country of the Matsa shima, On the right-hand side of the lake there is a faithiul reproduction of the far-fased Miyajima, ona of the jeweled spots of the wonderful inland soa of Japan, a sea some 300 miles in length and from ten to sixty miles in width, which all whe have selon pro- state Jap show ws Are ARPRBE | eardins 5 Never have real olf garden eres Hnith, iy) | i kz SARE JF 22 race Ja PRATT Fall. Ln CRA, claim the most beautiful spot in the world, There an exact repor- duction of the sacred temple of Kinka- kuii (Kyoto), which few foreigners have ever in actuality trande to which by foreigners was pua- ished with death tortures until a comparatively few years back, There is a Japanese tea-house by the 4eny waiting-room for guests with every detail exactly repro- duced. The originals of {hese gardens were first created 2,000 years ago, in pre-bistorie Japan by Buddhist monks and i Betume with them slmost an oooult seience. They essaybd to e%- press abstvact ideas such as chastity, piety, calm, content, ete, and varied them according to the charae- ter of the owners, weather poets, war- riors, emperors, philosophers, ote. In these ancient gardens of a rapidly dy- ing, if not already dead civilization that of vid J both a subtle mood of nature éonception of a mood heart, It ig not too much to say that noth- ing ever shown at any world's fair has equalled in beauly, interest, or in high gharneter of conception the rare, guatnt features of these gardens of old Japan. But i addition te their gavdens the Emperor of Japan has had his coun- sellers and nobles sparé no expense in seiting forth every detail of Japanese fife of the present and buat little is lacking to show the ancient and mod- ert lastory of the Japanese race. There wren of industrial exhibits, of art and naval exhihita, of silk creation from the birth of the silk worms to the final manufacture of the Japanese silks Ry, of pee, while ' inddétry and history are shown here as never before, vel the great aim of amusing the international public has seer and en- by showing =n understanding of and some rare oriental of the human are Ja art, ---------------- A ASNT ATATA I ATRTATAT ton: "It is certain that either wise bearing or Ignorant character is caught as men take disease, one of wenn therefore, let men take heed of their company." 1t would clearly be well to avoid evil companions. However, the man who determines to associate only with the righteous will be an ex- lonely man or one Ieking in discernment. As society is at pre- sent constituted every one has to 'come daily into contact with indi Yiguals who make little or no attempt . Moral pitch Is everywhere is to be fomnd In our libraries. There are tnousands of books that have a effect on the ordin- she 'young mind, or the ty eae on o conceal proneness to indulge net no need to resort to y books of either bad or doubtful morals for amuse- ment and instruction Stepping out of the lbrary and into the world of men, it is not sov easy to pick and to choose, In busi- ness life there are the tricks of the trade. sorted to that are Hitle better than stealing. The whole business world is honeycambed with unrighteous- ness of this sort. Recent factory laws and pure food dets prove it, The up- right man cannot flee from the busi- ness world lest he be defiled, bat it is not necessary to worship its idols. Although living among the Philis- tines he can still gdore Jehovah. But he cannot be too watchful. The Israelites were often seduced by the [bard heathen among whom t od, and the golden calf itp attractions. if a man enters political Hfe he is bound ta come in contact with evil sojourn ever had thom. ey an elevating thtlughee. on his com- rades in statecraft and on his nation. The Asin, the Talis, the e Lantiard! "chosen to the highest offices apan---there are expressed | some | For money, practises are re-! Daily British Brrr a an unsurpassable in monstrous heen looked after in maner, The last word mechanical devices for startling the sightseers has surely heen said in the formation of the gigantic and grotes- que fhp-flap. It consists of two giant having each at ils upper end ars capable of helding 200 people. tq he 400 passengers are tossed far up into the ar by high-powered machin. ery until pot only the entire exposi but the vast city of London 1s to he seen spread out in a great bind's eve view. The sevsation of being od skyward in the clutches of two gifantic steel arms is ope will shake the calm of the phlegmatic individual. Then there are small modern Jap anese gardens where geisha girls, with tiny feet and the famed beauty of these Japanese women, serve tea and eatables and even strange Japanese sordials. Weird and fastinating orwnt- al danevs are given at night, and un- dor the lights of thousands of Jap- anese lanterns amd real Japanese trees and flowers bronght all the way from Kppon, the sights are exactly the ame as have fascipated those fortu- nate individuals who have. been grant: od a =mojourn in the realms of the Mikado. arms, tion, toss these that most The ingenuity of the thief, the brutal courage of the Bowery tough, the the unscrupulous scheming of the politicians, are all merely evidences of misdirected energy. virect the energy properly and what was piteh may taxé on the appearance of fine tsilver. If a man sywmpsiniges with crookedness or delights ever so Hght-! Iv in tne follies of dissipated com- panions he cannot escape defilement. Twelve Minutes Saved. Washingtas Star. "Experience," said Mark Twain in the smoking room of the Bermudian, "makes us wise, but it also makes us "Consider the old, experienced man in the busy restaurant. He took a seat, looked -arotind him, and point ing to a welldressed gentleman who had not vet heen served, be said to the waiter : 'Waiter, how long has thai gentle the s | nan been hers ¥ " 'About twelve minutes, sir,' walter answered, "What's hie order ¥' " iporterhouse and French fried, sic, with mihee pie and coffee to tome." "The old man, hardened Ad experi- ence, shipped a quarter in and Waiter." Tie said, T'm in a harry, Pat cn, another parterhouse and bring the waiter's A Wise Bullet. oh Jovarnal leage HE Yr and TE aid at ------ In the pleasure soction there are dozene of novelties to furnish sensa tions for the fun-seeling public while the court of honor js gute as large as that at St. Louis and Chicago. Of course, there is a stadium and a lagoon and a great arena for automobile fac ing. In fact, to sum up the latest big exposition, it can be said that iv has profited in many features hy Past experiences in other Mand: and places. But the great charm of the place lies bevord guestion in its glimpses olil Japan, a place and race never to wo renewed under the fast spread of modern - civilization throughout th Mikado's realos The British exhibits are of course good, and vast sums have been spent on them. But the world, ever in search of the new, ever craving the aovelities of life, has already set: its peal of ap- proval on the purely «Japanese sections of the great show. And it -is only fair to the British government represented hy H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Con panght and the Duke of Norfolk, pre mier ol Great Britain, to state that every opportunity has heen given the Japanese government to set fore the Western world the mysteries of the soul of ol duke be- wonderful Japan, both shrewd trickery of the business man, ancient and. modern. ne -- ------ A FAMILIA AR OBJECT. | A Curions Crucifix Forest, WwW. IH. Wolff, in Strand Magazine, Wayside crucifixes are familiar ob jects to travellers in Roman Catholic countries, and a remarkable ope to be seen. in the Black Forest is thus de scribed © "Above the cross is the familiar cock of St. Peter. The Saviour's body in surrounded by Little angels flitting sdoringly about, On the cross there are Ri a chalice, the vessel from which gall and the wine were tak- en, a hammer and a mallet. Suspend- od from it sre, on one side Judas bag, on the other one of the lanterns mas | borne by those who came into the gar- den. Lower down on the stem is a representation of Veroniea's sundary: below it, our Lords seamless 'garment; then come the soldiers' dice, the Mari- ola (image of the Viegin) in a yellow dress, and below that a ladder and » sword crossed; lower still ws. a twiid , a spiked club, a .shesd-of sc thing painted red, a scowrge, nih fone a burning toreh, a ext ule in the Black I i is & fragment of a Samed to indicate the destruction of Jorusalem. Béhind the Say jour' body two dpears are crossed." Persuasive Recruiting. Leadon Literary Digest The captai ; "Now, you lads" he re to the youngsters wirendy un bg gn lim drach Bia * There but ona CHRONIC CATARRH NOSE AND THROAT "gt the Advice of Friends I Tried Lerusa and the Reis Have 304 Alipnty, Satisfactory." --- So Write R. RAOUL PILON, 116 Rue Notre Dame, Lachine, P. Q., Can., writes: "I write you a few words to express to you my sstisfaction at being cured. 1 was afflicted with catarrh of the throat and nese and suffered much, 1 was greatly discouraged. 1 bad a bad breath and a bad taste in my mouth in the morning. "I took treatment for some time with out obtaining relief. At the advice of friends I tried the Peruna and the ree sults have been highly satisfactory. Af the end of four moaths | was completely sured." Neglected catarrh becomes chromic. Having developed into the chronie stage, a longer and more persistent treatment will be required to cure i} than if the disease were treated at the onset, However, Pervna generally brings re- Mef, whether the catsrrh is acute or chronic - If you are wise you will keep Pernns on hand and take a fow doses at the first appearance of a cold or cough, and thus perhaps save yourself both sufe fering and expense. Peruna is recognized the world over as a standard remedy for ostarrh. 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