Show japans empress popular it Is doubtful it any royal consort la more loved by her people than is the empress of japan educated ing to feudal ideas and skilled in all the accomplishments befitting one of her social eminence her majesty strongly favors the broadness of the new education for women and from her private purse gives large sums toward the maintenance of women s schools and universities during the war with russia the empress visited the hospitals many times and every day passed hours making bandages the effect of these bandages upon the wounded soldiers has been of deep in terest to medical and scientific men tor the soldiers honored by them seemed to rally under a peculiar men tal influence all other bandages were destroyed after their first use those made by the empress were sterilized and used again tor the simple reason ol 01 their effect on the recovery of the soldiers |