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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1904
Page
64
The article surveys Japanese poetry and culture tracing origins at least 1500 years before Christ. It notes the reverence for art and myth, contrasts Japanese civilization with Western views, and recounts mirror related myths about Amaterasu and calming seas.
A correspondent from Beetville in New York writes of hotel life, high breakfast prices, and social misadventures. He recounts meeting a genial fellow at Trinity Church burying ground who claims a lottery prize and the plan to cash it, though an uptown engagement delays the cashing.
A young man describes being persuaded to advance $260 on a lottery ticket to a charming agent. After meeting the agent and a financier, the plan collapses as the agent misses appointments. The narrator aids a stranger who resembles the agent, detains him, and involves a cautious policeman. The tale ends with questions about repayment and the fate of the prize ticket.
A reader notes a collection of Japanese poetry in translation with pieces ranging from classical Buddhist hymns to modern lyrics. Highlighted works include Hagoroma and Hitomura’s To a Friend, translated by Dr. Chamberlain, showing a bridge from mythic past to contemporary voice.
A poem recalls a boy and girl seen in a sunlit town with a straw hat, braided hair, and two stubbed toes. As years pass the pigtail grows into a big braid and the hat becomes new while a young man offers a rose to a fair maiden. The memory lingers of their playful summers and a freckled dog companion.
London reports John Redmond, leader of the Irish party, will shortly travel to the United States to salvage finances and revive fundraising. The party faces dwindling support and Roosevelts remarks on Gaelic progress add strain. If funds do not appear, the party in the House of Commons may shrink. Marmaduke and Millicent share a concealed romance amid a separate scene.
The essay argues for education for women while criticizing sending girls away to costly colleges. It contrasts maternal and paternal aims with the pull of elite school social life, stresses the emotional costs of separation, and warns that book learning alone does not ensure practical competence. It urges common sense and a balance that fits each girl’s needs.
London reports a new pantheistic sect led by Maryon, the “High Priest of the Winged Disc,” aiming to build a Pantheon temple with a birds tower. He requests 12,600 dollars from the public, promising 5 percent interest, and says worship will honor Greek gods with reincarnation beliefs. About fifty followers attended the first public rite in Hyde Park, featuring a winged disc altar and a hymn praising immortality.
The piece argues girls need to learn housekeeping and sewing, noting neglect of female domestic education harms homes. It contrasts broad literacy with domestic skill, praising mothers as tutors while lamenting overreliance on lectures. Also discusses aluminium utensils, cast and pressed forms, and Arkansas mines as top producers.
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