Show I I I I TRANK FRANCIS I How lIow soon great calamities s are arc forgotten except by those dIrectly Joi Involved ed The Tho reader may have o f dismissed irom from his mind the fact I that last lost September Japan had II a devastating earthquake I IA A A recent special edition of the Advertiser Ad of Tokio gives some me on the recovery of from f roil J Ithe the work worle of I The population of the Iho th capital on onI I June 30 1923 was On March 31 this year year It was 1578 1578 or a los loss of Yoko Yoko- Yokohama Yokohama hama Is not n t rebuilding rapidly So far few permanent structures have been erected Writing In reminiscent reminiscent nood OIL scenes on the Gln GInza a Tokio's Broad Broad- Broadway way Broad way an American says One cannot become with the real reat through the I medium of or hotel corridor mo moIe Ie show or church meeting for tor there everybody wears ears a mask of or propriety propriety at ety or sanctimoniousness It there Is one whore the masl Is cast aside 1 It Is the tho GInza It Is C not merely a shopping place It Is I IsI also the playground of young oung and old It i Is there the cafe cato girls put on all the wiles that woman has used since Eve ate that awful ap- ap apple appIe ap apple pIe Didn't know womankind had had any wile not possessed by man mon Moth Moth- Mothers Mothers Mothers ers have deeper love hove for children women omon generally have a finer sensibility ty than men but but In tho art of deception woman la is equaled by man 0 In the little artifices in beguilIng beguiling beguiling ing In coquetry yes es women do excel but men have hove compelled wo- wo women women wo women men to resort to those flatteries In Inan inan Inan an appeal to their 5 Foaming glasses of beer give the le discerning an on Insight to the minds of oC ap people a-people ople who have been called Inscrutable The Japanese are Just as human as you or Y T l They Th y have ha all the same joys jOs and sorrows Pain hurts gladness reflects mirth The only difference Is that the Japanese do donot hot lIot express their feelings as liS read 1 read readily ily lIy as ao many other nationals They suppress their emotions like t the o ChineSe and Hindu Hindus But when gla glass glans the wine has hn s been emptied e a few times expansiveness eness sets In i Thus we dl discover that strong I drink operates In Japan as It has hasin hasIn In America In the days of the open 80 saloon loon There TherO is a stage of J i the the loquacious j stage 4 hen there Is an element of amu ment lent nent but quite a different e Is pre pre- presented pre by sightseer who enters the the old amuse amuse- amusement amusement amusement ment park of Tokio with a party drinking sake fake I Here wa was a street musician 1 Sas Sa's the pleasure r seeker with two little girls dancing and sing sing- singing log ing The children danced In per per- per I ISa's fact perfect to the Samisen strum strum- strumming ming ining but their faces wore a wistful ful tot look an seemed older than the summers which ho ha had browned thorn I wondered It If they were as happy as the tho monkey on ou the or- or organ organ or organ gan grinders grinder's back Itinerant sing sing- singers singers ers sleeping Bleeping anywhere eating when possible When they grow up and nature has tided them across the he bridge of girlhood the to-the mystery of maiden maidenhood I hood what th then Surely the maudlin note notes com com com- cornIng log Ing from a drunken coolie upstairs Is not the reply The scenes In Inthe inthe Inthe I the park often conjure up thoughts which are too deep for tor tears I And so 00 human nature Is the I same In Japan a as In America for I rorI tho picture re of or the tha two little girls In tho the midst t of dissipation brings back the he days of our own national debauchery r I There Is Ie laughter In the tho drink I that cheers cheen but women and chil- chil chil children dren ciren the th world round have paid In tears for all 1111 the hilarity It has created Somewhat surprising Is In the state state- statement state statement ment made by an American travel travel- ing traveling In n Japan that there are no footpads footpad or holdup men roan In la Tokio IL a city of oC a million and a II halt hair Ia- Ia Ja Japan pan has hai not yet that bit of oC Narrow pathways pathway In Tokio lined with trees of graceful foliage make a lover lovers lover's spot In Amer Am America ica It could be b a dangerous place where might lurk the skulking hol holdup lup We Vc have havo something to 10 lar l a n a y from Japan How la Is it possible to e eo o control a great city elty as to have no murderous holdups holdup such ouch uch II a as Continued Con on race Page Pa e EI t I f L Lf I t I NEWS AND VIEWS I 4 f rum Pago Inge One more through the Iho shado shadows hado s and rind aIle le less s of ot our cities 7 It n cannot be b the th policing SS- SS tern tem It must mURt be Inherently Japa- Japa Japanese Japanese nese c The Japanese are arc unscrupulous unscrupulous ulous In their business dealings Their financial sense sene of ot responsIbility i Is not highly developed eloped but esen een with that lack of ot Integrity they y do not degenerate Into foot foot- footpads pads Wo We are aro puzzled in attempt attempt- lag Ing to und understand this s contradiction I In America i e are aro ar much In need of ot somo Rome powerful force to suppress highway robbery and vio- vio violence vio violence lence lenco There Thoro I Is not a a large larr city In the th United StAte States Statts which ha has not districts district un unsafe sate for A lone pedestrian pedestrian pedestrian trian late lat at night And worst of ot all our holdups holdup ale aie II e A murderous crew and year year- year year- yearly yearly ly contribute more jooro victims to 10 the tho list of ot murders murder than tho the total ot of blent deaths y thus thugs thug In alt all the tho th 1 rest of ot civilization lOur Our bad men are ar the tho tn scum ot of othe the tho earth It Isell Is well ell that we wo have havo our better side sd d well ell as a to help redeem us In tho th e des cs ot of humanity But why should w we e have hav so many thugs thues What produces then Is It the looseness of ot our borne bomo life Itte or doe does docs it t come corns from the abuse of ot the iio ibert of ot which wo we sing sine In praise o 0 0 News W ws and Views has bas been urged to assist In the tho th mo ement mo I to give live to the th American Indian hi his rights A member of ot that tine fine or- or ort orI or t I I Daughters of ot the th Pio- Pio Pioneers Pioneers Pio Pioneers has made mad this pl plea a At our out recent we had many Inspirational lectures lecture anda and a ery sery ery high t tip pe program One I feature especially has receIved milan man ta comments I 1 reo re- refer re refer fer 0 o 1110 I the he In- In In-dlin In dl lien n nho Mho sho made such a II timely pica for tor his people Do the Amerl in Amerie-in n people generally realize that our American Indian I Is the tho only lass class classI I e entirely from becoming a I naturalized n In this land Lind ot of otI freedom though we wo all nil kno know the Indian Indan was Mas as here long lone beto Tie ac e I ere ere Ik I I ask what good Chautauqua I or any other e or duca- duca educational educational uplift of ot any nature Is 0 O o-ln- o lag Ing to do unless we wo take action 0 We We Ve the Iho have been stud lag Ing the ican for forth Iho th pat past pa t two lears Cars and ha hase e learned much good about them I 1 urge that other educational org orgin- orgin n- n orRin do 40 likewise Ise It We wo could I Join hands I 1 see no reason why we wu no not bring brine about bout o it-o L O birth birth- birth l l th Indian so that h he might be a naturalized md be pel pel milted to cast his vote vole vol I I 1 admit wo we o hase ha many Indians I who are uneducated o 0 have wo we or of other Vi Vt ny icy not Le be fair to the 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