Show MASSES AND CLASSES IN JAPAN I An old friend fJ just returned Cd from Japan tells me nue some ome thin things which perhaps per per- haps all ill the world el does not kno know Says Sas Ito hn Of rank there thoro arc eight classes classed H cl after aCter tho the Mikado and ancl th the namely 1 the princes 2 the nobles nohle who owe os-e feudal vien sni-vien to the prince or orthe ortho tho the empire 3 the thc priests 4 the sol lien diets These four form the higher or orders dors ders anti enjoy the tho privilege of If wearing two t swords and petticoat troll Iron ron I sera sers 5 G inferior on officials c a Ie find and doctors called r respectable allowed crl t to wear ono one sword with the tIll ti G 3 mel nici chants and anti tradesmen whose liose legs mav inny not pollute tho trou trousers rs though b bv b entering en en- bring as domestics to a n man of rank they tiie may enjoy enor tho tim privilege of wearing ono Inc sword t these are the only by I whom wealth can be bc a accumulated 7 i R artists 1 artisans rt and petty shop keepers h 8 day dav laborers and ana peasants Trades Tradesmen men who work on leat leather tanners etc oto tl arc are excluded from classification They lher del defiled lerl l live with are arc and may ruia- not even cn e other men they the live c in 1 villages of their I own own New Now York Pr Press |