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Show LIVING A LA JAPONAISE. Simple and Delightful ami Very Cheap ta tho Housekeeping In Japan. I do not know of anything siispler And more delightful than housekeeping In Japan if yon livo a la Japonaise. I myself determined to try it, and hav. fng fonnd a suitable spot to settle in, on the highest hill in Tokyo, I proceed ed to engage a native servant, who was also to bo nry adviser as to how to fur nish my establishment in strictly Japanese Japa-nese fashion. Tho furnishing was completed com-pleted in le?a than ten minutes, and here aro some of the principal items of which it consisted: Two foutangs, or thin mattresses, betweon which one lie? at night, and a makura, a wooden pil low, or rather an instrument of torture for the first few nights, furnished my bedroom; a hibachi, or brass brazier, with chopsticks to stir tho firo with, and a water kettle made the hall cozy, and a little lacquor table, a foot square and about G inches high, with a couple of tiny little plates and a bowl, made the dining room quite complete and replete with overy comfort. Two silk cushions Were placed in tho Bitting room for distinguished dis-tinguished guersts to sit on. "Ah," said I to my servant, "but do you not think that I shall need something some-thing more?" as to my European mind what I had purchased seemed somewhat Insufficient to fnrnis a 12 roomed house. "No, sir," raid ho in his broken English, Eng-lish, "real Japan gentleman has no furniture. fur-niture. " Upon which I began to feel rather sorry to have emulated the "Japan "Ja-pan gentleman. " Still I thoughtlwonla go on for the fun of the thing, and, though I must confess as I wont round my new abode my rooms did not look overfurnished, I decided to make the best of what I had got. It is astonishing astonish-ing with how little one can do if ono tries and how much better penury is than profusion. When a couple of daya bad elapsed. I almost began to feel that I had furnished my bouse too richly 1 1 could certainly have done with a deal less. Fortnightfy Review. |