Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1929, Page 22

THE EVIENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDJAY, AUGUST 1929. 21, GLIMPSING THE FAR EAST BY GIDEON A. LYON, Member of American Journclists’ Party Touring Orient as Guest of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | ON BOARD STEAMER SUMIRE MARU, in the Inland Sea, between Beppu and Kobe, Japan, July 21, 1929. Lovely, fantastic shapes, land masses of old, old formation, volcanic cones, now quiet; islets scattered about in a sea of green, the surface dotted with aunre—nfled junks and tiny sampans ith jigger sails, a few steam launches, an occasional steamship—this is the | Inland Sea of which poets have sung and historfans have written regarding epic eveuts in the century-long story of Jl_g:n. e day is ideal for this voyage, which has come to be a reality after a change of our program due to the cancellation of the visit to Formosa. We have been comparatively loitering along since leav- ing Shanghai, spending nearly three days at Unzen, up in the hills of Kyu- shu Island. I have already given some impression of Unzen, with its many jigoku, or “hells.” When the hour came to leave we were sorry, for Unzen has a decided charm, and is worth visiting, to view its mountain masses, its colored spri of hot water and its cataracts, which, though small, are picturesque. Our drive back from Unzen lay for the greater part along the same route as our ascent. But there came a turn in the road and, instead of going on to Nagasaki, we went to Isahava, a rail- road point to the east of that city, and there we took train for Beppu. Until we saw the name on our schedule, few if any of us had ever heard of the place. Where was it? What was it? A hot spring resort on the eastern coast of Kyushu, we were told. Well, that ‘was all right, as a _way-point on the eastward journey. But were not hot springs somewhat of a misfit in such | weather, with the temperature running | wild in the nineties? Fails to Recommend Rail Ride. summer diversion. The best car equip- ment that could be had was furnished us, but it did not permit of easy dis- posal of tired bodies, the seats ranging along the sides in a manner to preclude | stretching out, because of divisional | bumps at intervals. However, we made | it, with an 8 o'clock change of cars at | a junction point, near which is estab- | lished the largest steel works in Japan. | a veritable Pittsburgh or Bethlehem for its masses of smoking furnaces and towering stacks—a goodly accompani- ment to a hot railway ride. ‘We reached Beppu at 11:30 o'clock at | night, confidently expecting to be| allowed to go quietly to our hotel and to . But no! Beppu had other ideas regarding the importance of our coming. A delegation was on the station plat- form, representatives of the town, of the local chamber of commerce, or whatever mav be the title of the busi- ness organization, d of the Osaka | T O | finally allowed to retire, Shosen Kaisha, or Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., which operates the In- land Sea steamers. There was no band, and we were grateful for that. We simply could not have endured a band at_that juncture. Whirled over the short distance to the Kamanol Hotel, one of the score of hostelries constituting Beppu’s chief industry we were there formally ac- corded the freedom of the city and after some lessons in the geography of the estab- lishment, which is a combinatian of the Japanese and “Eropean” style of public entertainment. We slept European, and we slept well. It was proper hot, as some Britishers say, in the morning.. It was so hot that I was fain to go to breakfast without a collar, but refrained from o such an innovation. Then I did a foolish thing, as most travelers do. I went for a walk with my camera, down the main business street to the front, then out on the breakwater to catch some views of the junks, and back by way of some of the narrow shaded | streets in which business was being carried on as though the temperature was 20 degrees lower. I got some pic- tures—or at least I believe I did, though one never knows until the work comes back from the shop—and I got soaking wet. It was when I reached the hotel after this stroll—I went at a snail's pace— that I was told that really, in point of fact, Beppu is a Winter and not a Summer resort, that its hot springs are, of course, patronized by invalids all the year ‘'round, but that for pleasuring, Beppu is at its best when the other parts of Japan are shivering with the | cold. That was a happy thought for future reference, if I should ever return ,” favorite place for suicides. to Japan, which I hope to do. But it did not help much on a July day. Beppu Is Charming Place. I do not mean to depreciate Beppu. 1t is a charming place. It has many It is fil‘c uresque. My ‘“hotel " scene there was one of great refreshment and delight. ‘The hof springs are fascinating in their terrible- ness of aspect, especially the “big hell,” where, we were told. no less than 400 persons have committed suicide in the past 50 years, and where, a diversion, the enterprising manage t bolls eggs in baskets for the delectation of visitors. I may as well remark here that I had no taste for eggs boiled in such a sinister kettle. Then there is the ver- million hell, an iron hot spring of a lazy nature, shallowed at the edges with a heavy deposit of reddish mud, used for dyeing of cloths, which are sold as souvenirs. But there again there is a sad background. For it is related that this hot spring boils up in geyser form every few years, and that its eruptions come with no warning save a peculiar quieting of the waters just before the blast. And a year or so ago, this gush of scalding water came forth with so | little prelude that a young girl who #1s | washing some clothing nearby was caught under the deadly deluge and killed. At these “hells” there is one amus- |ing ceremony, if it may be so called. | As fresh visitors come they are followed to the edge of the pools of boflinx! water by a young girl attendant, who immediately ~begins to recite a well memorized story of the place in a high- pitched sing-song, to which apparently the guests pay no attention, intent, as | they are, on the bubbles rising from the depths and the steam floating off the | surface. Suddenly the story ends, the voice ceases and the little maid bows to the backs of the visitors and retires. Dittying at Work. ‘That reminds me to tell about a rail- way postal clerk at one of our stops on the way to Beppu. He was enumerating | the bags of mail matter that had been thrown off the train, while another t | straightened up and in a totally diffe: clerk checked them. He made a song Thriftwise Women Are furnishing Rapidly Re- Their Homes From Our Annual Rug Sale 49.50—9x12 Seamless Axminster Rugs of the names of the towns or stations for which the bags were destined, work- ing with great rapidity as he picked up bag after bag, glanced at the tag, sang out the name in a rhythmic cadence and a jolly tune, while the other chap stood solemnly by with pencil and paper. The job done, the singer ceased, Its bright newness the material of which it is made puts it in a class by itself. It is hollow, and we were invited to enter and inspect it {mml within, But not at that tempera- ure Beppu had been somewhat disap- pointed that we were not to spend sev- eral days, so that we might be ban- queted and feted. o Bepp Godspeed. For one thing alone we will always remember Beppu. That is the manner in which it le us ‘‘sa) ra.” We have had many delightful ceremonies of ent voice began to chat with his col quite unconscious of having rendered a delightful ditty. On the way back to Beppu town from the round of “hells” we stopped to see a | glant Buddha that was built last year by the people of the community, a con- crete construction 80 feet high, the figure sitting on a lotus-shaped pedestal 8 feet in diameter, with a face 24 feet high, an eye breadth of 6 feet 8 inches, LU “All Over Town” —the Better to Serve You face ;‘J““’ manner. iping on_the momfig]:& welcome and farewell—int Japan, in Korea, in Manchuria and in China, es- the two-band performance at of our depart- ure—but Beppu out all in beauty gfl sincerity of the godspeed it gave us. W reached the steamer about 25 min- utes before sailing time. Soon we saw gathering on the dock numbers of peo- ple with paper lanterns. Presently, up the gangplank came Hu a score of men with lanterns, bunches of them, lighted, in their hands. They found us on the upper deck and gave each of us one of the lanterns, which were sus- g:nded on slender, whip-like stems of mboo. Then packets of reeled colored paper were given to us, handfuls o them. Over the side went the pape A Delicious Summertime DELCARA Filled Hard Candies 39¢ Pound Jar 100% Filled Hard Candies. They are filled with an assortment of se- lected nut kernels, fresh fruit jams, marmalades and delicious creams. Packed in sealed glass jars to pre- serve their freshness. Delicious and healthful. to be grasped at the shore end by eager | pictures. They flluminate their hands. Hundreds of these joined us | with joyous colyrs, with buuululsh:";e“ ¢ with our hosts on the pier. The air was | with "significant rituals of ceremon: filled with the lanterns, bobbing and [ They love their country, are proud of waving. its varied features and want all comers The whistle blew. the lines were cast | t0 appreciate it as they ‘Their wel- off and the ship slid out of the de comes and their farewells are sincere From the pier arose a grea and spontaneous. They cling to old The lanterns waved furious! the | customs for the sake of artistry that is ship slid out to the breakwater the |their inspiration. They may progress to scores of people holding fast to the |New modes of living, to new styles of ribands of paper followed. It was as |Clothing, to new methods of business, though we were drawing them with us. | D@t at heart they retain their love of At the pierhead, of course, they stopped. | the ancient forms, and blessed is ‘the The ribands stretched and unrolled and | Visitor who evokes their real spirit of then, (gxeb bky nl:"l' they broke and |hospitality and friendship. amed back, while the lanterns wer 1 hope some day to return to Beppu=— ed and the air resounded with “say- | in cooler \vmthely—qnfl tell the :exz)ple nara” and “banzai. there how much I appreciated their The Japanese people love to make | “sayonara” of last night. Candy— Pure—Delicious CANDIES Priced Very Low! Cream Caramels Scotchmallow: . . MEN . ;. Save on Popular Brands of CIGARETTES Wintergreen Wafers. .. .33¢c Ib. Jordon Almonds. . .. .. .49¢c Ib. Nonpariels . ...... Licorice Drops........29¢c Ib. Jelly Strings .........29¢ Ib. 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