Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1929, Page 22

'GLIMPSING THE FAR EAST By GIDEON A. LYON, Member of Auwrieln Journalists’ Party Now Touring Omnl as Guests f Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. of high culture, all speal the most | excellent English—at least all we met— nd all convinced that Japan will soon ave other schools of this same Lind. The oqulflnem. of the university, | which enrolls 2,000 students, boarding | and day, is excellent, though somewhat handicapped by division into two sec- tions, with a small local community tucked in between after the strange Japanese fashion. I asked one of the teachers about the institution’s finances. She referred to another and then told me that the annual bud is about. $150,000. Now please bear in mind that there are 2,000 students on the rolls. And, furthermore, I learned that the tuition 1s at _the staggering sum of 100 yen s year—Iless than $50. I asked how this could possibly be done. She smiled E TOKIO, May 18, 1929. As we draw toward the close of our - T8 e e e hanged, except for the addition of somewhet with festivities and formalities are tting” some of THE EVENING course pronounced somewhat “off key.” lnueddnrmdvu given a copy of the “reade: l.hecll.mmln'. It is a 't of mdlnc » dif- ive recel r.ee a fl\e Way,. ntly Ao fiw!l of the Japanese language. 1s working !ome'hnt slowly in the lump, but it seems to be working nevertheless. Our Priday program included a luncheon here at the Imperial Hotel given by the Pan-Pacific Club in our honor, but I was lunching with Bishop and Mrs. Reifsnider and could not at- tend. 1 did, however, attend today's luncheon, given by the American- Japanese relations committee. Yester- I attended the tea party given by the Institute of Pacific Relations and today I “cut” the tea party given by the ‘Women's Peace Society. 1 feel that I have fairly well averaged up on my duties during these two days. Last night our social obligation con- sisted of attendance at the Maljiza Theatér as guests of the president of 'fll"l program of wrestling in Tokio’s mr company that operates the largest “chain” of playhouses in Mr. meet_us, several of Japan's most popu- lar cinema actresses, charming little women but quite devold of h and eonmquenuy limited in conversation. Once again I will defer my description of the show we saw, save to say that one of the features we witnessed was a dance by Kikugoro Onoue, Japan's | greatest artist in this line of panfomimic prmnumm and impersonation. 1t s thrilling performance. Between nd said, “You know that teachers’ aries are not large in Japan.” Spirit Ts Indomitable. But there is an indomitable spirit at| | this place, a determination to improve | | the condition of the Japanese women. story of what will really be our| When money is needed, said my in- t days in the capital. formant, they go out and get it from My first “cut” was merely the sub-|the wealthy supporters of the univers tution of one item of inspection for | This is one of the most significant indi- r. On the way across from San|cations of a feminist movement in| eueo I m.d- the acquaintance of | Japan, not yef fully in evidence. but: up of passengers— | certain to sppear as a factor in the so- g:!:nldu, her mother, | gial equation within a generation. lteml of the program we had a dinner her young son. They ‘We stepped into one of the class|in the restaurant attached to the thea- rooms, where a lesson in English was|ter, with brief speeches. under way. A girl was reading from a ' This afternoon we went out to the book, in halting English words. of big amphitheater to witness ti 6600 Second Street N.W. Takoma Park, D. C. 5 ROOM & BATH BUNGALOW Owrpcr-Bm'll 8,450 Open Sunday 2 Till7 P.M. ALBANY D. GRUBB Exclusive Agent Specialist Takoma Park Homes—D. C. and Md. ; -32 Carrell Avenue ‘Shephérd 3152 fle\: l'.emq of the schedule. I have if_been doing i i is. Consequently | am going to com- Mr. Lyen. | e two days in- one letter, once more, and h.ell thus e out 'n Japan with h’!‘ " husband an educational mission 57 years ago, d is still mla here. aving given me an ::ulnd earthquake. It is growing rap- | ;8 v and steadily and has become one § :l the important educational institu- | g tions of Japan. | i Damaged by Quake. | { When the earthquake of September | % 1923, occurred Bishop Reifsnider and | Nis family were taking their vacation the mountains about 90 miles from . Not knowing just what had ed, but fearing the worst, he wmsmnmuwuuuwm al dificult and dangerous owing to the di-upflnn of the | y lines and the terrible conges- tion ol the nmlnlnt facilities due to uring outward. the flood of ref go m found llut the institution had suf- fered severely, but had been spared de- | struction, and that none of the person- | nel. thanks to the fact that the vaca & Large Rooms Lot 48x130 Paved Street Tiled Bath Shewer Hot-Water Heat Large Front Porch Beautiful S had- Gl'-ll built, Several of completely rased and built T Fad An Unusual Home On Beautiful Kansas Avenue 20 Ft. Wide—Built-in Garage Open Fireplace 4927 Kansas Ave. NW SEE THESE FEATURES A charming Colonial type, try brick home, 20 feet wide with Mansard roof, located on beautiful, wide Kan- sas Avenue, with center parking, on one of the highest elevations of the Northwest near Sherman Circle. Cov- ered concrete front porch and 2 wide, covered rear porches. Reception hall with coat closet and m door, spacious living room ith open fireplace, ing room, bright kitchen finished in buff with large kitchen dresser and K. r electric refrigera- concrete cellar with toilet and laundry trays, It-in-gar: 3 bedrooms with master bed- entire front of house, -SRI, T L Artistic decorations with panel walls and 7-inch hardwood parquet floors om first or, oak floors on second floor, hardwood trim throughout. Ample wi closets, autom hot-water hea modern conveniences, paved See this home !odny onLY $5(00 casu Small Monthly Payments imunists who are active in propa- among the younger men 'Pan. The mln( mt at SL Paul's en- that educational l‘nfl rising in Japan mc lpl id work is bel done representatives of Americs the fit of Japan's ad: because I found at the hotel that gy.l’ew of our party had reported | the trip, and I joined them to main- | fin our average. I was most, that I did so when we came to ihe pisce E saw the evidences of eagerness for Emerson St. Bus, Georgia Ave. Car, 14th St. Car— East to Kansas Ave. CAFRITZ Owners and Builders of Communities 1016 14th St. Main ‘American newspaper men” to see 2080 is doing in the way of Women's education. And truly there is sodreuon for the vflde of the faculty this institution, all Jspanese women 7102 Chestnut St., Corner Blair Road, Takoma Park, D. C. VERY LOW One black from 9th St. Car Line, PRICE two hlocks from 14th i Convenient Terms Eloatrioal. School. spaci Open for in- decorsted. New hot-water heating plant with Gill Oil Burmer. Hardwood foors Gorage. Weekday Inspection by Appointment M. and R, B. Warren STAR, WASHINGTO semi-annual contests, which are com- ible to world series uhln for puh- te interest. The fl!g!elmw of 35, 000 ‘woul )uve = d;l‘:x lduckf“d Jealous, ideally igne or " sporting events. It was three-fourths filled this afternoon, and would have been jammed to capacity but for the fact that Waseda and Kayo Universities were playing their tie-breaking base ball ga and | drew the largest crowd ever kmown in Japan, an attendance of more than | 50,000, with many severelv lniured in| the jam. Waseda won, § to ‘The wrestling calls for !ame’hmg more than the passing description fcr which I have the space and time now. Suffice it to say that Japan's largest wrestler, Dewagadake, 6 feet 8 inches in height, weighing over 400 pounds, lost his round with Asashio, a much smaller man. This wrestling game is undoubt- edly an “acquired taste” It has not yet won any of our company as votaries. I'll have to tell about it soon. ‘Tonight—I have just come home and am writing in order to be up to schedule before we take our trip to Nikko—we were dined most beautifully by the min- ister of railways at Tokio’s most ex- clusive tea house, with waitress service by a group of the capital’s most refined geishas. There was no entertainment D. C. SATURDAY, feature. The dinner, in Jaj style, was served at tables just enough for us novices to slip our legs under, though we sat on cushions. That was a much appreciated novelty. Note—Another of Mr. Lyon's lenm ‘will appear in The Star tomorrow. CLUB HOLDS OUTING. Transportation Group at Chesa- peake Bay for Annual Dinner, ‘The twenty-third annual dinner of | | the Washington Transportation Club is | being held today at Chesapeake Beach, where the organization is on its annual outing. The trip was made on special street cars and a special train. The excursion committee is composed of Odell S. Smith, chairman: J. M. Rec- tor, R. P. Richardson and W. L. Clarke. Officers of the club are W. L. Clarke, president; Charles L. Howser, vice pren1~ dent; R. P. Richardson, secretary-treas- urer, and E: H. Goels, chlpllin The Government Printing Office Press Feeders' Union also is holding its annual excursion at the Beach today. Miss M. F. Koester is in charge. P i 1f you need work, read the want Ml-‘ umns of The Star. JUNE 22, 1929. EDNA McCAULEY, FORMER ACTRESS, DIES IN-PARIS | Was Known Generation Ago as the Prettiest Woman on the Broadway Stage. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—News of the | death in Paris of Edns MecCauley, | known a generation ago as “the pret | tiest actress on Broadway,” was re- | ceived by friends today. ‘The daughter of a Brookiyn police~ man, Miss McCauley mainly through her beauty rose to the forefront of the New York stage in the early days of the century and shared with Lillian Russell the toasts of Broadway. 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