| Show JAPANESE WIFE HIS NURSE sir edvain arnold blind and pnra luied devotedly taken care ot the has brown velvet curtained ab batin ritt you wonder i thole adf would rise the eight to cut when she chatters liugas or aoto bin or tamis cn no jewel gleams wibb rift than aaili from those dark ahe then the sir edwin arnold i the pathetic tenderness abul faith ulness of tho wife bt sir edwin arnold in his stricken condition have caused groat comment in social and literary circles in london the new york evening journal sir edwin has lost the sight ot his eyes and as a result of paralysis he cannot walk a step constant and tender in her devotion to him Is bis little dark faced wife who before her marriage was mrs watanabe the widow of a distinguished officer of the japanese army the talk of the town was sir edwins marriage to his sweet faced wife met her in yokohama in 1891 when he was visiting japan with his daughter edith their marriage was sudden so sudden that miss edith was shocked it was explained to her that they had been wedded by the japanese method of drinking a cup of tea together when the daughter asked her father about the ceremony which seemed to her questionable he said it Is the custom of the country and will be as binding on me as would a pompous ceremony in n cathedral |
