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Show DIDN'T QUITE GET THE IDEA Japanese Geisha Girl Meant Well, But American Traveling Man Remained Hungry. Baron Rempei Kondo, president of the Japan Mall Steamship company, said at a dinner that he gave recently in New York : "The Japanese are a very clean people. I know an American traveler who will testify to this. "The traveler, half famished, made hi? way one day Into a teahouse in a remote Japanese village. The geisha girl ushered him Into a spotless, airy room, and brought him a cup of unsweetened un-sweetened tea. As he could speak no Japanese, he tried to explain by signs thut he wanted a full meal, but the girl, though she smiled politely, failed to understand. "So the traveler thought he would resort to another means. He took out his notebook and pencil, drew a fish and an egg, and handed the drawing to the geisha. This time she laughed delightedly, cluppiug her hands and ran from the room. "The traveler was pleased. He waited contentedly for his meal. Five or ten minutes passed. Then the door opened, and two attendants staggered In with a portable bath, brimful of. hot winter, and fc.cake of soap." |