Show 1 t I 1 1 0 A AN V amite HD every day life of tile the aipa nese court Is practically un inese known to the public in spite of the increasing te of Japa japanese nebo journ which N has made repeated efforts to break down don the barrier of and nis mastery tery thit has hitherto guarded all approach to the inner apartments of the chloda palace invariably these tt It tempts to violate the sanctity of oe the imperial imperi il precincts have ended in fail ure and until a short time ago no consecutive and intelligent account of what ac actually tualIN goes on at court had ever been pu published bashed the death of 0 tile the emperor mutsu lite into who iris his now nonn joined the ranks of the sacred ancestors with the post title of ikelji tenno and the retirement of the lord chamberlain prince Toku daiji have removed the ON two 0 greatest obstacles in the wa NN a of a more intimate kno knowledge uledge of palace happenings the new emperor ind hig consort the empress cideko are much more modern in their ideas and thoughts than the late ruler and it has not taken long for several expressions of their liberal tendencies to evi lent dent palace Is ie modern the emperor and empress hane hae not bet ct removed to tho the chlad t palice the residence of the reigning monarch from the akaska adaska palace 1 I 1 brand new nenn german structure which is the home of af the crown prince of japan this Is owing to the necessity necessia essit of the former un undergoing der going a thorough turnout and re pair nhen the do go into residence there thera it is probable pro bible that the old order v ill 11 he be changed and that life in the will no longer follow follon the old mysterious n ster lous routine which inis w is asso coated with inith the das of all 11 the more interest therefore at laches to the contents of 0 a small vol ume just published josvan mono gatan or the reminiscences of court ladies to which the writer Is partially indebted for some of the in for mitlon contained in this article the palace is hidden away in we inu immense mense compound behind the he trifle must and high walls valls which oc cc copins cupins p the center of the the coldest Nc feather ather all night a watch vatch Is kept by evell i of the ohp ing NN women omen against a rel ro cible Eible outbreak ot of fire a as the result of re lighting ing hibachi or oNer overturning turning ol of candles rules are arc strict the whole of at the service in the tha pil ace is monopolized by women omen with the exception of the imperial pages who ho are the mec messengers ligers between the outer arid and inner court indeed with thi the exception of these and of the princes of the alood who have hae the entree no male beyond an occasional or plumber Is aver seen even enen the presence ot 0 a carpenter to carry cany out some small job ob is a great amrit owing to the which hive to b be taken and the purifications which to be undergone anci also the late emper jr r disliked exeas execs shel the intrusion ol 01 stringers part 13 1 owing to his anntte conservatism ind and parti owing to et a pertain mean ness which objected to the perform ance of repairs there is a story which it if not true la Is it 4 past ben that on oil one occasion on entering one of the rooms and fndia g a work vork man there fixing new piper in the shogi he sent cut for the 1 idle of the court ind delli del herel erel a short lecture on economies informing them that when the shogi wanted it repairing pairing they should not have hae a Nor workman kman in to fix new nena paper but should themselves pitch it up with onith old A certain privy councillor who NN was as in attendance dur ing the list last days of 0 the late emperor and entered his room told the present N writer riter that the paper of flip shogi N as brown bravn with age and patched in many places giving the room a very ery bloomy appearance the three essentials ot of palace lite life appear to be cleanliness cete moni and tradition or rather super station the maids inho ho intend on the court ladies during their toilet per form their duties on their lpoez I 1 prea and on no account must the touch theli their on lotter limbs should this acci acct dentally happen the of oE Lending mald maid must instantly withdraw and under undergo gi a course ol of purification before she can call again appear before her mistress 11 I 1 the rules with regard to the maids ol of the ladies in halting alting are so strict if i 32 T A T I 1 WS 7 i tVS 8 W ewt Y 1 I u I 1 f V k 5 1 l t I 1 ak 3 6 ig CW CLIt ANING PALACE P ROOM city of toldo besides the it self the compound contains babiack tor for a regiment of guards the ofIl officers con ot of the imperial cabinet of the arl privy y council of the mini ministry str of the house hold immense stables telegraph sta tion lion and post postoffice office Bce power and water nater station stat lono and residences dences tor for able offic officials Is the palice palica itself is divided into the outer arid and inner courts the former la Is that to which the world ot of officials nobles ind and diplomats has a limited admittance its spacious hal halls IS and apartments part ments ire all furnished I 1 in tor for ngn eign stile stale it is illuminated with nith electricity and farmed warmed by steam tin the inner court adjoins the outer being connected with it by a wide cor it is both ester and inter nally absolutely absolute lv pure japanese the floors are covered with white tata rit the NN wills ills of the rooms are shogi sliding paper screens there are mabb for sitting and lo 10 low tables ot of white hite wood lor for eating the ll il lumina tion la is en entirely tirel b candles set in an ail don while warmth is obtained only from hibachi or charcoal braziers in the inner court is neither gas nor electricity nor ilor even cen an oil limp lamp it is pra the residence lesi dence la in tokio ot of high or low lonn derel without the trace ot of western civilize civi liza tion which has ostensibly conquered the col coil D irl iri ig tile the illness of 0 the late emper or a bedstead was introduced into the palice pal ice abich nas the liitt lit in tro duclon into the tuner inner or of ann an pece ot of foreign furniture As a matte of fact the imperial patient n never ever rallied to be able to be III IN ed onto it and it i A as piter liter re turned to the importers importer but foreign alt hidu di and pillows used in 8 teli stein or of the native hamutal on oil aich which he be gen generall crall reposed so strict are the against fire thit all the hit clien stoves which are of the usual japanese style md till all hibachi must be it light 0 in ia the evening evin eld lu ill in ma a be 0 imagined that those with re gard to the personal attendants of the so sovereigns 1 aie ae everi even more cre so it t is s ol of c ourse course me well 1 I 1 known that all I 1 serice sen ice before their majest majesties les has to be performed on the knees and it Is not etiquette to approach them except on the knees even the physicians who ho attended ded on the late emperor dur tatt I 1 ing his is last illness were not exempted from this rule it is also common knowledge that no one may touch the imperial person with hands last jul drs altura and amiama oll ob tamed permission tor for the first time to take the imperial pulse without inter position of a piece ot of silk between beleen their fingers and the patients wrist urist while for the first time on record medical instruments were nere applied to the imp imperial erial bodi thib rule Is equally strict tor for the ladles ladies in waiting and especially sc v when hen in attendance on their majest majesties les when bathing or at their toilet there is a satorv confirmed by the police ree rec of how hov a coolie N was as sent to pris on tor for touching the empress dov dowager ager hands some bears ears ago the carriage in which she was nas driving in III the coun til near namamu met nth fill a slight accident and i I 1 coolie working near hi ran up and ii assisted the emeres doN dowager Nager to alight in so doing touch ing her hand with his own bare hinds ile he was arrested rested ir and punished puni thed for hit presumption |