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Show , , M Two Missionaries 'M Return From JipM ,;1 Lester Chlpman, Who Left In JHM 1010, and Leonard llnrrlngtaii.'W, Mho Left in October, 111,F lUtiirn Homo Tuesiliij. ,- ; v 4' Lester Ohlpmnu and Leonard Har-rlngton Har-rlngton returned .from mlssloifHCte Japan Tuesday evening. Mr. tinders? T. J. Chlpman went to San Francisco to meet tho boyB and returned .homo with them. Uoth young men nro look? Jng well and reeling tine and report, having greatly enjoyed their mission: Mr. Chlpmnn sailed on tho stcnmahlil Monteaglo trom Vancouver, U. C, Jtinjl 28, 1910, mid was Bovontcen days brf tho trip. Mr. Harrington sailed frc-nl Senttle, Wash., in October, 1911, on the? Japnnoso boat Inaba Mnru, and whb' Blxtoon days crossing tho ocean. TlH&y, landed at Yokohama and went direct to Tokyo, where tho mission headquarters headquar-ters aro located. 4 M Mr. Chlpman spent a few days nl headquarters and then wns nsslgned to Morloka, n district 3C0 miles to tho north, whore ho labored ono year. Ho also labored a scar on tho Island ot Hokaldo, where tho snow rails flvo rcct deep In tho winter tlmo. Tho balauco of tho tlmo was spoilt in Tokyo. Mr. Harrington wns assigned to Kofu, whoro ho Inborcd all tho tlmo ho was on his mission. Tho boys tnlk entertainingly or their experiences- nnd of tho strango customs cus-toms of tho people While- tho male population is rapidly adopting the American form of dross, tho ladles still cling to their komonns. Most of the women nnd tho men of tho lower clasB wear wooden Bhocs. In tho cities tho homes nro profusely decorated, while In tho country tho homcB uro exceedingly exceed-ingly plain, but their gardens aro most beautiful. Tho floors uro cov; ored with mats nnd pcoplo aro all required re-quired to rcmovo their shoes beforo ontcrlng. Tho country Is largely composed or rolling hills, though thero aro Humorous Humor-ous smnll vnlloys where tho rice Is grown In nbundnncc. Thero arc thirteen Mormon oldors laboring in Japan at present, and there oro between fifty and sixty Jap-ancBo Jap-ancBo converts, members of -'the church. In returning homo their "boat stopped nt Honolulu for.Bovornl hours, giving them nn opportunity to visit tho mission hendqunrtcrs and tako an auto ride around tho Island. Sovcral days wero also spent In San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Doth young men upoko in high praise or the Citizen, which came to them regularly, and which was much appreciated. |