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Show TOKIO GAYER THAN PARIS. Japaa'a t'apllal la a lly lateaaely D-vetee D-vetee tm IMeeaare-neeelag. No land upon the hahltablo globe pneat-aeee the peculiar faaclnatlnn that cllnga to Japan, tuber cout .:.. have equal beauty of arenery, ,'reater graudmir, more noble worke if art, mora lutereatlng prublema of aoclety. Hut none pnaaeaa an equal fluctuation. No one who boa been In tba real Japan which Ilea nutalde the treaty porta and tha foreign l.otela and rallwaya ever could or even would forget hla experience. experi-ence. No one If he cuttld would aver frill to return. The great aecret of thla ch irm Ilea with the penpla them-aelvea. them-aelvea. They have made a flue art of peraonal relutlnna. Their acta ara thnaa of good tuate and good humor. Two rltea of about the an me alia and relative rela-tive Importance are Tnrla and Toklo. No two could now ehnw a greater con-trait con-trait In aplrlt. I loth are. In a aenae, cltlea of pleaaura. Toklo la a city of rontlnuoua JnyoiiKneaa, little plonaurea drawn from almnle thluga, which leave no atlng and draw nothing from future hnpplneaa. 1'arla la feverlah and feela the "difference In tha morning" and the "hnrd, fierce luat and cruel deed" which go with the aearch or pleaaura that drawa un the futurn for the joya of the prracnt. No ona who catrhna tha apltlt of I'arla can fall to inlea tha underlying un-derlying aadneaa, the pity of It all. Tha aplrlt of Toklo not of all Toklo, but of Ha life aa a whole la aa freeh aa the aong blrda, aa "aweet aa children a prattle la," and It la good to bo under lla apcll. Chicago Chronicle, |