Strange peoples and customs (1921) (14763968532)

Identifier: strangepeoplescu00evan (find matches)
Title: Strange peoples & customs
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Evans, Adelaide Bee
Subjects: Children Missions
Publisher: Mountain View, Calif., Pacific Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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hers scrub well with soap, and rinseit off with clean water; then they climb intothe deep tub, with water coming clear up totheir chins, and soak as long as they wish.Afterward they may cool off with cold water. Mothers bring their children, even babies,to the bathhouse, scrub them with soap, rinsethem off, and then dip them up and down inthe warm water. When they have been driedwith a soft towel, and sprinkled with fragrantpowder, they are sweet and fresh and rosy,pictures of health and cleanliness. PARKS AND TEMPLES Japan is a pretty country, with its highmountains, and its pine-covered hills, and itsgreen rice fields. There are lovely mapletrees too, in many places, and giant ever-greens, which live to a great age. In the busycities, all kinds of work is done in factoriesand mills and shops. Tokyo is the capital ofJapan, and nearly three million people livethere. The palace of the mikado is in Tokyo,and many government buildings also. Onlytwo other great cities of the world — New
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CHILDREN OF JAPAN 9^ York and London—have more people thanTokyo. But even in the largest cities, where auto-mobiles rush along, and street cars filled tooverflowing jangle their bells, we cannot for-get that we are in a land where the great massof the people do not know and love the LordJesus. Yesterday we visited Uyeno Park. TheJapanese usually have temples in their parks.This is because, in the old days, whenever arich man wished to build a temple, he chosethe prettiest place he could find — a greenhill, or a high wooded place on the bank of astream, or some spot from which there was afine view. Later, when the cities openedparks for the people, they often took the landaround these temples. There are a numberof temples and shrines in Uyeno, besides amuseum, a library, and other buildings. Inthe spring, the cherry blossoms here are likea lovely pink mist, and every one who can doso comes to Uyeno Park to walk among thetrees and admire the delicate pink flowers. SCHOOLS AND HOLIDA