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Show News Is Enjoyed In Ear Off Japan "I have just had the pleasure of reading several' copies of your paper, which someone had kindly sent to me. I often think of my good Gunnison Gunni-son friends and like to know what they are doing," is the opening of a letter addressed to the publisher of the Gunnison Valley News and signed by Miss Mabel E. Daniels. Miss Daniels' Dan-iels' is located at Nagoya, Japan, where she is instructor in music at the Golden Castle Girl's college. Prior to going to Japan Miss Daniels spent more than a year in Gunnison, and her many friends and aquaintances here will be glad to know that she is enjoying her work, as well as the associations, as-sociations, to the fullest extent. In her letter Miss Daniels gives a 'graphic description of some of the incidents in-cidents which she has encountered' while abroad. Only recently, by applying apply-ing to American .embassy in Tokyo, Miss Daniels, with a group of friends, jp&S accorded the privilege of going "through the castle at Nagoya. This 'castle is said to be the best preserved of all the old feudal castles of Japan. Because of the two large gold dolphins dolph-ins on the roof it is called the Golden Castle. The visitors were privileged to view the three-century old paintings, in which fierce tigers were prominent. The massive fortifications, unsealed walls, triple moats and the quaint device de-vice of burglar alarm, were outstanding outstand-ing features. The floor of the entire hallway is so constructed to ci-eak, or rather "sing" at every footstep. The art of making this so-called "nightingale" "night-ingale" floor, however, is lost forever. Miss Daniels described the visit of the Emperor of Japan to Nagoya last November. The emperor stopped overnight over-night at the Golden Castle and for the visitation the city and streets were aglow with clusters of electric lights. It was a. wonderful occasion and the followers of the emperor paid wonderful won-derful homage to their leader. Miss Daniels has become an adept student in the Japanese language, and while she does not progress as rapidly rapid-ly as some of the natives, she is making mak-ing good headway and can "talk" more than she can understand. |