Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-24 | Page 15 | Winter in Japan Section

WINTER IN JAPAN the wake attle effort to combat the trying condition the japanese winter la most trying cn account of its continual dampness but the japanese arc content to remain cold they make almost no effort to overcome it the old basuldo bu chivalrous idea ol 01 the samurai knights was that it was effeminate to feel cold nod such Is their severe training that they do not really feel it as we do the wearing of some extra aal the use ot a or brazier in which arc a few tiny sticks 0 lighted charcoal char ore the only concessions t winter weather with tho alicy never pretend to beat more than their finger tips which they bold over the coals it Is used when the house la entirely open tho bouses as every one knows are built of thin wood and tho bald ing panels which serve for doors and windows bare paper panes they are as apt to bo open as closed during the day the coolies wear thin blue cotton clothes and are always paddling through the mud the el out in their open booths and the women go bareheaded about the streets la the houses of the rich the cold be bind the closed panels Is often more intense than that outside n the eua phane where the air la stirring