Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 30, 1913, Page 2

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It e —— T S U R 53 GARAX A WENRD ‘selt the compound contains barracks ‘| ts that to which the world of officials, oight o'clock in the evening, even In HE every day life of the Japa- nese court is practically un- known to the public in spite of the increasing enterprise of . the coldest weather. All nlgfxt [} watch is kept by several of the serv- ing women against a possible outbreak of fire as the result of relighting hibachi or overturning of candles. Rules Are Strict. The whole of the service in the pal- Japanese journalism, which | has made repeated efforts to break down the barrier of exclusiveness and mystery that has hitherto guarded all ? r approach to the inner apartments ot! ::‘ is monopolized by “0?7’1 v«lt: the Chiyoda palace. Invariably these; e exception of the imperial pages, attempts to violate the sanctity of the i who are the messengers between the imperial precincts have ended in fail-' ::t" and inner court. Indeed Wt‘;“ ure, and until a short time ago no| e exception of these and of : e consecutive and intelligent account of ’"n‘f“ of the blood, who havel b‘i what actually goes on at court had entree, no male, beyond an occasional ever been published. carpenter or plumber, is ever seen. The death of the Emperor Mutsu- Even the presence of a carpenter to hito, who has now joined the ranks carry out some small job is a great of the Sacred Ancestors with the post- rarity, owing to the precautions which humous title of Meiji Tenno, and the have to be taken and the purifications retirement of the lord chamberlain, ; which have to be undergone. Prince Tokudaijl, have removed the ' Also the late emperor disliked exces- two greatest obstacles in the way of a sively the intrusion of strangers, part- more intimate knowledge of palace ly owing to his innate conservatism and purtly owing to a certain mean- happenings. I ; ness which objected to the perform- The new emperor and his consort, X of ‘in i There is & story ::dfr:p;:“m:‘r“i::hmm:m::fi:;: which if not true is at least ben tro- than the late ruler and it has mot Y0 that on one occasion on entering one of the rooms and finding & work- taken long for several expressions of #an there fixing new paper in the their liberal tendencies to become evi _shog! he sent for the ladies of the . { court and delivered a short lecture on economies, informing them that when the shogl wanted repairing they should not have a workman in to fix new paper, but should themselves patch it up with old. A certain privy councillor who was in attendance dur- ing the last days of the late emperor and entered his room told the present Palace Is Modern. The emperor and empress have not yet removed to the Chiyoda palace, the residence of the reigning monarch, from the Akaska palace, a brand new German structure, which is the home of the crown prince of Japan. This is owing to the necessity of the former undergoing a thorough turnout and re- pair. When they do go into residence there it is prcbable that the old order | will be changed and that life in the palace will no longer follow the old mysterious routine which was asso- clated with the .days of Mutsuhito. All the more interest therefore tt-i places, giving the room a very gloomy appearance. The three essentials of palace life would appear to be cleanliness, cere- mony. and tradition, or rather super stition. The maids who attend on the court ladies during their toilet per form their duties on their knees and on no account must they touch their own lower limbs. Should this acch dentally happen the offending maid must instantly withdraw and undergo | & 'course of purification before she can ' again appear before her mistress. If the rules with regard to the maids of the ladies in waiting are so striet, t taches to the contents of a small vol- ume just published, “Jokwan Mono- gatarl,” or the “Reminiscences of Court Ladies,” to which the writer is partially indebted for some of the in- formation contained in this artiole. The Chiyoda palace is hidden away in the immense compound, behind the triple moat and high walls, which oc- cupies practically the center of the city of Tokio. Besides the palace it- | may be imagined that those with re- gard to the personal attendants of the sovereigne are even more so. It 18 of course well known that all #ervice before their majesties has to be performed on the knees, and it is not etiquette to approach them except on the knees. Even the physicians who attended on the late emperor dur ing his last illness were not exempted from this rule. It is also common knowledge that no one may touch the imperial person with ungloved hands. Last July Drs. Miura and Aoyama ob- tained permission for the first time to take the imperial pulse without inter position of a plece of silk between their fingers and the patient's wrist, while for the first time on record medical instruments were applied to the imperial body. This rule is equally strict for the ladies In waiting, and especially so when In attendance on their majesties when bathing or at their toilet. There 18 a story, confirmed by the police rec- ords, of how a coolle was sent to pris- on for touching the empress dowager's hands. Some years ago the in which she was driving in the coun- try near Namazu met with a slight accident and a coolie working near by ran up and assisted the empress dowager to alight, in so doing touch- ing her hand with his own bare hands. He was arrested and punished for his presumption. for a regiment of guards, the ofcers of the imperial ‘cabinet, of the privy council, of the ministry of the house- bold, immense stables, telegraph sta- tion and postoffice, power and water stations and residences for innumer able officials. The palace itself is divided into the outer and inner courts. The former nobles and diplomats has a limited admittance. Its spacious halls and apartments are all furnished in for elgn style. It is illuminated with electricity and warmed by steam. The inner court acdjcins the outer, being connected with it by a wide cor- ridor. It is both externally and inter nally absolutely pure Japanese. The floors are covered with white “tata- mi,” the walls of the rooms are “ghogi” (sliding papeWscreens). There are mats for sitting and low tables of white wood for eating. The illumina- tion is entirely by candles set in “an- don,” while warmth {s obtained only from “hibachi” or charcoal brazlers. In the Inner court is neither gas nor electricity, nor even an oil lamp.. It {s practically the only residence in Yokio, of high or low degree, without the slightest trace of western civiliza- tion, which has ostensibly conquered the country. During the illness of the late emper or a brass bedstead was introduced {nto the palace, which was the first in- troduction into the -inio: ralace of any piece of foreign furnite. Asa matter of fact the impc: patient never sufficiently rallied to able to be moved onto it, and it was iater re- turned to the importers. But foreign made sheets and pillows were used in- stead of the native habutal on which he generally reposed. So strict are the precautions against fire that all the kitchen stoves, which are of the usual Japanese style, and all hibachi must be extinguished at Tragedies Told in Headlines, *Had Too Much Confidence in the Fighting Qualities of His Dog.” “Bridegroom Drops in to See Report- er Who Wrote Him Up as Wearing ‘the Conventional Black.'” “Masher Unexpectedly Encounters Big Brother of Young Lady; His In- Juries Are Severe, But Not Fatal” “Meets Man of Whom He Borrowed a Dollar Forty Years Ago; Man Re members.” h;fi g:fhter;l of Old-Fashioned me Eloquent and Aggres- sive Suffragists.” ——e e ————— L’ R & R T I e > ! JULY 80, 1913, l —————e | IT HAD TO HAPPEN gy H. C. TILLMAN. «Oh! 1 wish we never had th?'u&h' of having that old picture taken. Maud Clark was in real dis- tress as she said this and threw herself down on the comfortable old sofa and fin- fshed the cry which she had be- gun when she had sent Jack the note. She was very miserable and very proud. “The mean, bateful thing. Just as though he could make me do anything.”’ There was no d)ubtthat she was very mad—or pre- tended to be. She arose and walked over to her win- dow. The lights and the ever-pass- ing crowd would at least attract ; her mind from the hateful picture and the more hateful things that it had brought. “There are plenty of men,” she mused in a half-conscious way, as she turned and walked back to the sofa. Just then her eye chanced to fall on the picture of Jack that had hung in the place of extreme promincnce over her mantle for over two years. He|, was 80 good looking and had such an elegant expression that anyone would have liked him. She was sure of that. Their love had been a rather peculiar one, He was very poor and she was very rich and pride had them waiting for him to make a little money before they married. Her pa- rents had never objected in the least and in fact they were in favor of the match. Until three days ago they had writer that the paper of the shogi was | been getting along so smoothly, and brown with age and patched in many jyst as they had about determined not l to wait any longer the crash cgme, and all about a little picture. How she hated that picture. After satisfy- ing herself that she had done the right thing, she bundled up all of his notes and the picture over the' mantle and addressed them to Jack Croyles ton—being careful in the little note she inclosed to be as sarcastic as she could. Then she began crying again. Jack Croyleston was sitting in his office when the messenger boy handed | him a note. He sat for a moment when he read it and then began pac- ing the floor. George Coles found him still pacing up and down, half an hour later. “Hello, what's the trouble, Jack? Clients not coming fast enough to suit you?” “No—worse than that. Read that,” as he shoved the note across the tae ble to George. “Well, of all the fools. Don't you know you can't boss a woman. At least not until you marry her.” “Yes, I know it now.” Wiley was very busy the next morne ing when there was a knock on the door and Maud Clark walked in. “Mr. Wiley,” she began, and Wiley might have expected a proposal from the blush which accompanied it, “have you the negative you took of Mr.—Croyleston and me the other day?” . “Yes, Miss Clark, I think it {s here.” “Could I get it, please. I want to break it.” “I'll have it for you in a m! 'l sald the kind photographer, il A n:otn;en;ol:ter there was another rap at the r and i Ao Jack Croyleston “I beg pardon,” he stammered. “Certainly,” was the cool reply. Wiley was gone longer than Maud had expected. She was having a hard time trying to keep her eyes off of Jack. He was seated in the far end of the room and was pretending to be very deeply interested in his morning paper. “Oh, I wish he would hurry u 1t,” Maud was finally torcer;yto l:av;{m :'Wlth what?” was Jack's response, 'The—er-—nothlng—t.ho—nothing. 1 mm‘m t:o negative.” “Is that what you ca: Jack asked in a cool ton:.1 o :ZVoh{lEy;:—Jl believe it was, ," Jack sal her ‘%ll in the eyes. T et “What were you going to do with 1t?” she asked, lettin "g;““ it dr T OFOR “Oh, how could Croyleston.” iia :gwt;w could I what? y—break {t.” stand it no longer. Sy A Ma_ng. let's not break it at all. I'm Jack—Mr. “No, Jack, I was foolish.” had crossed the room and 8 his arms. They heard Wil and both were very much interesteq | lnulome new photos when he entered, ' Tam sorry I kept you Waiting, Misg | mm I had a hard time finding ft, t here it is. You can break if yon| wnunt to, but I think it Very pretty.” Never mind the wait,” Maug st:ut, od‘.'tbut Jack interrupted her. ou can fix me up two do h{ve 08 & Sl P two dozen—ang iley looked a bit handed him a proof, ol “I want to show this to ) our | ents,” he said }o Maud as th’«;y clo’;:; l the d:or. ’“Wney s a clever map, Two :en. Why, we will send that many to George and thé others after We are married.” Copyrisht, by Daily Story Py, Co) And Jack he was ln’ ey coming B ST sy i} Bl s . PURE ICE You can eliminate that worry and exasperation you experience over the way your money goes by opening a . CHECKING ACCOUNT with this bank, The checking account keeps track of every cent—it reall DOES elim- inate waste and saves many worries and controversies. “Asgk the man who banks here” THE STATE BAN OF LAKELAND FL , o ; LAKELAND PEOPLE The ICE I am’ handling is mad well water and double distilled. 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