The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1902, Page 10

being the Park ( ling ke a by some traditie the Flowery K the floor of drance was les to.a local mporter of Oriental curios and works of the little Jap Jappie began the f bronze a daled feet, we: ric emibroide; ing sleeves, whi alm impurtabil- ity and orisp w palate without he curious cus tlemen appeared American with starched shirts and rs nd neckwear of the latest ap- ern to matek With the romance garden strong upon one. the newly acquired brisk busi- ke attitude of these once dreamy came a shock of They jarred upon the harmony of the whole like a blatant discord in & sweetly phrased symphony. It needeq only the jangling ring of the bell in the polished metal cash register of modern attendants as surprise TABE SOoFYwIciaceD American design and finish when the price of the delicacies was recorded to completely dispel the illusion. The trans- formation was complete. The Japanese FrioTo. (e One oF the Most Popllar FeatUres oF the Midwinter Fair £0 RBe Restored. In Lis own native garments the little Jap Jappie is picturesque and pleasing, but who that have seen him in American clothes two or three sizes too large or too small, and pretty almond-eyed women, in crinkled shirt walst, badly harging skirt and unbecoming hat of in- harmonious colors, can help deplor ainge? When the receipts of the g: began to_feel the effect of to Americanized Jap missioners decided process. the rden he objection se the Park Com- the ¢ on alizing On Sundays there are nine Japanese em- ployed in the garden. Three of a mother and two daughters, m are one a Tea Garden was Japanese in little more than name only. When the Park Commissioners, follow- ing out their policy of municipal control THE WAITIMG olmns isy THELIR AT IVE of all park privileges, decided a few months ago to run the Japanese Tea (arden themselves, they took careful note of the changed spirit of the place. <O STURLE, girl of about 12 years old, the other a fas- cinating, plump little miss of sweet six- teen, who have lived in the ginger bread house and served tea and wafers in the COSTUMLE MuUusT WESR tiny stricture over the fish pond ever since the Midwinter Fair, when they were brought direct from Japan for just that purpose. In striped kimonos, with the Ve Iy St TEHEY FPHoTo 1"; kobi strapped on wemurely rnament the grounds a gold of the othe acce tal that were brought to embellish this bit of the Flowery Kingdom on American soil deed all the rest they aloue seem The other six are men who have found their native garb incompatible with the American prosperity they are enmjoying; ago the formal ir Jap ¥s, at least, or see command did not ple he little Jap Jappie in the least. Besides, being expensive, he poi ed odt that the kimono of his employm e'sewhere. ancestors a very inconvenient garment, because eeves are so long that they are in his way. But there was no appe: om the commission’s ruling, and so the first step in the orientalizing of the garden wa: fi ally taken. The next will be to increase the size of the grounds by an acre or two, making the garden about three in all, and beautify it with new buildings, larger flah pends and new rarer plants. When the change is made the garden will ex- tend almost to the of the slopa leading up to Lake on the south and west and to the north driveway on nerth. acre and Stow In a natural basin that lies behind the site a chain of tiny lakes will be z with water flowing from Stow Lake through the length of the garden and across the south driveway On an artificial knoll the lakes a Japanese to the great Buddha tea merchants of to the south of temple, dedicated a contribution of the the city, will be built. It will be completely surrounded and al- most half hidden in Japanese foliage, and from it a Japanese stairway will lead down to the lakes. On another high knoll to the north of the lake larger teahouse willy be built. It will be thoroughly Japanese in every detail. This new structure will have a setting of Japanese dwarf trees, cherry groves and flowering plum ef- fects, while on each side of the steps leading down to the lakes will be beds of iris. Near the new teahouse an arbor of westaria will also be construeted. The are intended solely to ext at garden, which will turbed except for some im- in the present teahouse, en these changes have been made and vemen the attendants are attired in bright vari-colored kimonos the oriental- izing of the Japanese @ Garden will be complete, Just at present there is no prettier scene in the whele park than the sight of the dainty little sixteen year-old Japanese id and her wee ister seated on the bridge over the lake and throwing food the storks that stand sedately on one leg In the water, enjoying a feast of plenty, in the midst of true Oriental calm and tranquillity to It is computed that the men direc(!y,' concerned in the Northern Securities Company, which, with its $100,000,000 capi- tal, is the second largest corporation ever formed, represent more than 110,000 miles of rallway and more lb;n $5,000,000,000,