THE STORY OF ASIA.

TOKIO, A JAPANESE CITY.

“Fancy yourself in a Japanese city if
Out in the harbor lazily float

merchantmen and men of war from France,

you can.

England and America, looking strangely
out of place with the queer junks of the
natives and the Japanese gunboats. The
streets are well paved and inviting, yet we
see no drays | 2
or carriages
drawn by horses
as we passalong.
Everything is
carried by cool-
ies; they are the
beasts of burden
Their heavy
loads, their sad
stupid faces,
their hopeless
air awaken pity;
their splendid
physique, their
swelling mus-
cles, their easy
carriage arouses
admiration. :

As we pass up the street we see little
Jap girls at play. Their baby brothers and
sisters strapped on their backs laugh-
ing or cooing in high glee or sleeping

quietly in spite of the boisterous play of

  
   

JAPANESE CHILDREN.

their little nurses. Little tots of two years
have dolls slung upon their shoulders in
imitation of their elders. Yonder comes
a man carrying a queer looking outfit. He
is the griddle cake man and the children
run to meet him. He carries astove anda

The children dip the butter
ae

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jar of butter.

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on the griddle
cake and eat it,
give him a
penny and he
passes on. Then
we see the boil-
ed sugar man,
He carries a jar
of boiling syrup
and endless lit-
tle molds of
mice, birds,
dolls, cats, kites
and horses.
These he
molds as the
children want
x them and drives
a busy trade
The children
wear wooden shoes and make a great clat-

as long as the pennies last.

ter as they play upon the streets. On enter
ing a house they remove the shoes and we

see their stocking have a compartment for