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Show PROUD OF DISTINCTIVE GARB I Japinese Carpenters Wear Peculiar Coat Blazoned With (he Name of Their Empmor. The artisan or old Nippon Is a walk lng advortlscmont for his employer.' At work he wears a long bluo coat blazoned between the shoulders with a hUgo whlto Japanose character denoting de-noting the namo of tho contractor tor whom ho works. Down tl9 front aro figured in while, other names of-the contractor; whether wheth-er thoy may bo called given names or Chrlstlnn names i cannot say. At any rale, tho namo on the back Is tho ono the contractor fs known by to the world, llko our Smith or Jones. Below this name Is a rectangular do-sign do-sign in whlto covering tho entire skirt of the coat. When tho Japanose artisans first camo to tho exposition grounds to erect their national pavilions spectators specta-tors thottgnt they wero somo part of a p,.gennt rather than carpenters, for their long coats nie like tho tabarda worn by Heralds In ancient -'times: The cont Is a perquisite ot tho carpenter. carpen-ter. Twice a ear his emplojor haa to glvo him a new ono. For tho rest, tho carpenter wears u pair ot hlgh-walstcd, close-fitting, long bluo tights with stocking feet, ro-enforccd ro-enforccd on tho soles with thin leather. leath-er. Most remarkable of all, tho stock-c lng toot has a separate division tor tho great too, liko tho thumb on a mitten Why, I cannot toll. 1 watched ono of these carpenters tor somo time, hoping to bco him pick up a nail or a hammer with his toes, but in vain So tar as I could see, the Jap-ancso Jap-ancso carpontor's rcotgenr has no-relation to Juggling San Francisco Chronicle |