Show MORMON BOY IN i I Elder Alma Taylor Tailor Sends Interest Interesting InterestIng ing ng Letter Home Homo i NOW OW GETTING A START SAU I I lIo ruIt and Art Aro 5 jf In lIn IIII Ihl of if Ibo Ilio Tho The following i Is a letter received by b bIr Mrs tIrl Ir Joseph E Taylor laylor from her soi Alma Ima who 1 hi Is 18 with Apostle Grant Graut ana nud associates In Japan As I 1 In my last letter wo we Wo Bulling Into tho thu nt lit It Yokohama lit nt 10 a in m Wo We hud not gone Ione till fai when tho the ship shill was brought to a n stand standstill stIlt still und two Japanese doctors dotor camo camu on board for tor tho the purpoSe of ot l thu th health of ot nil all passengers who In Intended InI Intended tended to leave leae the ship shill at ut this port I Finding that the condition of the pas pasI nger was Willi a U healthy health one wo we were wert I allowed allotted to continue on to the wharf The water being too shallow for tOI tha the ship to sail Hall all tho the way Into the wharf we wo were met by b n a number of ot smalL tug tuff tu boats each of ot which represented n I Yokohama hotel We signed with chic ilia Ih agent of oC the Jle Orand rand hotel and wera weri taken to the tho landing on oil that hotel hoM tuff tU boat bont called the tho Tourist Wo We were wera then directed to the Iho custom house houst where our hand satchels were exam examined examIned ined toed and passed any trouble Ag AI our other baggage hud had not HOt yet et been bea taken from tho th ship and would not bi lc J for an hour or so 80 we wo decided to go ou oi oito to the tho hotel and com back after Is 18 where we hind had the novel experience In III the tho land of Japan Leav Leaving LeavIng LeavIng ing the custom house we walked walk ell a few Cew steps and saw about twenty little carts caru nil all backed buckell up UI to the curbing and tin the shafts pointing out to the tho street In Inthe I Ith the thi th shafts men were standing like lII e I horses horle We e had hind heard ot of before leaving homo home and thinking that these the e were the human conveyances of which we had hod heard the tho novel of ot the thinK thing tempted UH u so much that we do to ride In them to the tho hotel po so by b the simple movement of ot a at nt them four Cour of or them came rame runnIng up to us anti dropping the shafts the thie stepped aside While hIle we wo got In tn On say sn lag Ing ready they thoy started out on the therun th run and kept It up uJ until they reached the hotel which I should judge Is three quarters of at n a mile from the custom customhouse cu customhouse tom house hou The men of oC Yokohama tIng bring consist ly I on tho the lookout tot foi strangers whom they the can overcharge and recognizing r u Immediately us as OR now new newcomers comers corners they charged us UR u about the llio regular tarP tariff tar liT of which we were totally Ignorant hence we wa went down don Into our jeans anti paid what they Ihl nuked asked This Thill was therefore the first time we were taken In by hy the Saps Japs JapsOn On arriving at nt the hotel we WI found that our apparel was waN extreme odd the tho custom light clothes of or very cry thin material We hind had hn not been heen In our rooms but a n very few tew minutes when there came a II light tapping on the tho door anti on Come In a n Chinaman the door find and peeping In said Good 1001 morning sir In very ery good l nR lieu Ho Je hall had under hL hb arm a n cloth In which he carried of at cloth used usell In making suits stilts He ILe announced himself ns as a clothes very ery cheap anti and guaranteed a n good fit Ot or no Tie PM pl There was a II small card hanging on his hla tight right side on which printed his name address and business Ho lie Il was wall very ery anxious to make us a II suit but n not u having been teen In the country countr long we did dill not feel teel like Jlko taking the risk of ot falling Into a n trap and being bit again as nR wo We were by the man loan so we Ve told him that we had not Mt been there long lOll enough to know the fashion sufficient ly Iy well to bo be able to nay MY exactly what kind of a n suit stilt we would like This tailor had bad not nol been heen gone but n a few minutes when there came another knock on the tho theor or and In Caine another tailor with precisely the same mes mOl message sage as the first Ott He l had not been Ileen gone gono but a n when an nn other r conic came then them another until wo we had five all nil within n u halt half an nn hour hor It WIlS very rry strange to us to think tut i ihie lie hotel would allow these men KO go nil till through their apartments canvass HII their vure to the guests lithe I hi Ix I h however the in this land MId aid overy over enterprising firm has two or or three representatives at each ench hotel to solicit tho patronage pa of or tho the guests in nut mot tho the person who vho buys clothes need never go to 16 the tho shop shall M na 18 the tho clothes arc Lre brought to your our room to be bo fitted you ou can sit In your our chair and give directions you OU wish and It If you ou are rue not satisfied you OU may keen keel tho the tailor running back and forth until you ou are mid find lie he will vIII not say sn a it word but Is la laso so to have you ou satisfied that he rather takes n a delight In It We Se went down dOln to dinner t an nn American meal Hn In r Insign n sign Ign and un myself went wont back to the cus cusS tom torn to have our baggage Into the We felt relt rath mth rather er Cr dubious about setting getting our boxes of books without paying duty fin n them but when Urn thin custom raIbe the lid of oC Uio lire Grants trunk he saw Mw laying Immediately on the tho top of ot 11 11 clothes one on of tile Ills cards written n In Japanese This Thin sc s I attracted his alien atlen lion that ho he picked it up and read It Feeing that It was Wu attracting him we up a n little closer and began begat tc te explain Mho this i iIan inn was 1111 who hose e card cald tie lie looking nt lit We also told him I flint we te e were companions of or this Mr Ir Grant r nt and gave him our cards carll He lie vaa so no much couch that when hen ho h got fol through looking at al them he shut up ur the thi trunk arid checked hecke t It through We then Ihen him another of the tho trunks had not L ten en examined and atil without looking nt at It hardly he lie passed It through landing I him to t the boxes boxell we wo vo told him thul they were books looks for or our library and t opening them or ev even n asking n a he put lut the check on OH l them and ordered them taken to tn l tile transfer carl lIt winch which went to tho lie hotel Thus we e felt relt that tho the earls cards had helped us to get Cot through without any an expense t Anti and we Ws Were INt more Inure than thank ful tu ui We had not tint beon n back to the tho hotel hole very cry Ion IlIn when hn there tame clime the old uld familiar tapping jn my doot and In stepped another Chinaman tailor I was to ID sick of or seeing 1 tailors tallou that I 1 felt elt like kicking him bun clear out Jut of the thc ti lintel hotel but I 1 concluded to hear his little speech with patience I told him to coma corno back JaCK JaCKIn In tho the evening und and Perhaps Would bo be ready by that time to be measured for foro era a milt Uit HB He came back all ali right and 1 gate Ii YC him him an nil order for Cor n II pongee till sill suit AUIt to cost me two twenty yen or ten ton dol dot dollars lars hors I 1 also gave IIno nn an order ardor for a n plain white duck suit stilt for which I 1 was wan charged nine tune yen en or four and a n half hair dollar TUb ended tho the tailors for tor that 11 lay Jut but a n number of or other merchants loft left their cards carda and amI by night I 1 had porno or VI twenty adver advertisements lying on oil the table tahle That evening we sat on the front veranda of ur tho the hotel lintel nUll and watched the natives row rowing mi ing In Iii their bouts on the bay Lay Most MOlt of or the fishermen and others who whip live 11 almost t on the lie water go about In their boats naked except a n little breech clout thus titus showing the wonder wonderful ful development of their muscles The Tho Japanese n ft somewhat small sni ll nice arc the most powerful people physically I have havo ever seen Last f venial a little bit hIt of or a n fellow two lichen shorter than thun Brother Brothel Ensign I came up tip to our nur room maul ouch and put ut IUt tho the I heaviest box of or books boke weighing pounds on oil hits his shoulder and without n a murmur or a n grunt carried It down Malm rein iron i the It fright frightened ened oneil me inc to see HOC le him try tr hut when I Isaid Isaid said that he could not do tb 0 It he only laughed M as a much ns as to say nay An Ill show you jou ou As we sat Exit there on tho the veranda we wo caw two molt men who by the tue old nil of long poles which they stuck tuck Into the ground nt ot the tho bottom of ot the tho water were moving slowly n a large largo Mat flat boat hont honton on which there wa wall at least h enough coal coni conito to fill III one of those th 80 new lb Ib freight ears cars used on the tho n B II It As Aft It U grew Brew re dark tho the lamps began be an to bo ho lighted on the little barges that floated loa tell on the bay Lay and when night had fully tully conic como the tho golden streaks which fell rell up UI upon on OIL the waters surface when seen leen In contrast with the beautiful starlit sky presented to tho the eye eyen a delightful pic pie picture picture ture Lure far till moro more Inviting than the human nakedness which the day flay had hall shown Thus wo spent the first twelve hours houra of our In Japan and the evening and the lie morning were the day Now sow that we had arrived In the land landof landof of ot our oar mission we wo began belan to think of tho ho work that lay In before us and amI the best way wa of at making milking n a start According Accordingly ly I II after breakfast breal we went vent with er cc Grant to a II number of places to which he hind had letters lett rs of i and judging from the thu ma or er In which we were generally received we will not be without some lame oven If It we are Mormons We met with the manager of or the tho Cos COI tea ten house also n a Mr Averly Averl who manages a d large foreign to reIgn mercantile house and a aMr 1 aMr Mr Ir Is iii the owner of or n a trad sing Jug firm nil all of or whom received us UI kind kindly kindly kindly ly and nd offered any and all alt tho ho assist anco that thaI we might need and which they the would be able to give visiting the people named I X did noth nothIng SIng Ing but star In 11 my mv room writing up my journal which I 1 have started to keep The proprietor and manager of or tho the hotel at which we were stopping Mr fr 1 hall had once lived In Salt Bait Lake Inko City CIt ond aliI was vas the manager of or Belich for tor a 11 year Mr Ir how however however ever Wate 1 not In tn the city but the acting manager Mr was very kind to tous tous us Cli and as nil he ho was an nn actor on the stage and had many pleasing recollections of or his visits to Knit Lake he seemed to take a particular Interest In us so mu h ho no so o that he ho said that hint he would like 1110 to tomake tomake make tho thiO rates rateB half price to us tie He lie having heard that ono omia of our party was wasa a II singer Binger In the tho Tabernacle choir he de do desired sired fired to have hae him sing for the enter entertainment of or himself anti guests so he h asked Brother Drother Ensign l n to favor him hinl antI and of or course Horace consented cOllsen tell to do so That evening we assembled In the la In ladles hadies dies parlor IJ and Brother Ensign l sur surprised surprised the natives with his wonderful voice olce and made many friends for tor the theM Mormons M from Utah Thus the Lord 1011 began to open the way n for us to make friends of ot the man ninny foreigners who came to the lintel hotel to spend their oven even logs ings In conversations with people of their own oln tongue In looking through the paper that evening I 1 found the fol tol lowing note on our arrival It Is re reported ported that four Mormon ormon missionaries from Utah have havo arrived In tn Japan and Intend to establish n ii mission They The will find the native article better than their wares This little squib lulb s was simply I I the tho lighting of the fuse which led to lie tho lieI I bomb that soon exploded Having lII heard of or our arrival tho the papers were soon after un us and during the day one a 11 reporter three times to see sea us but Lut we wo all happened to be oat out so 80 thinking th It proper to reciprocate Brother Giant failed called on The fhe Japan Dally Daily Herald the lie next morning und and gave ave thorn thom nn an Interview the result of or if which was two columns In iii the tho evening Issue Tho The accuracy with which they published his hili answers to 10 questions pro propounded pounded was remarkable for tor or a 11 lIes paper and we se relt felt much pleased In getting the tho truth before tho lie people In Inthe inthe the onset This paper Inper also published hell un 1111 odd less which Brother Grant hail had furnished them them thein to the nation of or Japan You will undoubtedly see Bee It published In iii the he News for a copy COllY of the lie paper unit has been sent cht to them The rue expenses at III the hotel being JehU too great for Cor Mormon missionaries wo we hud had to hunt accommodations at some so III cheaper place and tho the other brethren went vent up on eu what they called c The Bluff where the lie foreigners mostly live to look nt at a 11 place thud that hind had been recommended recommended mended to us uc u na nh n a desirable boarding hoarding boardinghouse boardinghouse house houst They found It and went vent In to see SM tho tie rooms anti other oilier conveniences tolling toiling the landlord that they tilt were wore from Utah lIe He however must have them for Cor after atter ho he had hod shown them the rooms he made the tho remark that he was wan expecting some from America Brother Drother Grant told him that lint they th y wore were the ones mid that they had arrived d In Yokohama Yol on tho tile steam steamer er or Empress H of or India last Monday Then Theil the hii landlord lun lord said Hahl I will not havo have you OU hero here under Ray any an consideration Whoa asked why ho lie had such sueh lIu h a 11 prejudice prejudice dice against the Mormons he said that they were wore a n wicked anti a n God lost sect Brother asked him him If It ho lie would not like Jlee to hear some good about them for tor It was evident that ho he had hind heard nothing but bail bad but buthe buthe he lie said fald No I do not This was spoken pol en with HO BO much emphasis that they thought ho he must be In earnest so Be they the salt said goodday and nn left We learned later Inter that thin this place piRce was nH owned by b nn an and that lint It was where a great many of the active fictive preachers cero living so the tho cause for our became quite plain This effort being a II Rood good beginning 7 wo we thought wo we would try somewhere else so Brother Kelsch having the address of a n minister who had been In Japan for many mau years arR took n a and went to see zoo him desiring to learn from tram him It If ho knew lenel of a 1 boarding place Illace that lint would be suitable for our purpose Ho lie went expecting to receive a cold re TO reception reception but as all the time hind had hn 1 ex OX exhibited exhibited such n fl charitable feeling 7 1 toward us U he lie thought he would like to feel the Christian spirit that burned In Inthe time the heart of or an active worker In the ministry When Shen the Rev He gentleman found that lint a Mormon was In his house It caused 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