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JAPAN M)NDI PROUD OF THE LOSS OF A SON OR HUSBAND IN THE SERVICE OF THE MIKADO. ARE NOW- EAGER TO SERVE AS NURSES. No nation has a better right to be proud of tvliat its tvomen have done j ?-W; in war time than Japan. Even the ! k-. .... mothers and wives of ancient Sparta; have been rivaled in deeds of patriot- I ism and self-sacrifice by the women !%; of Japan, says the Mew York Sun, -'r In the feudal times, which came to an end in Japan only 30 years ago, . '^11. gentlewomen were trained in the; ~ " nse of the sword and lance. The ' fe-, women of the samurai class received ! a re gular( military education and if ' B the castle of a daimio was besieged J they Were Capable of assisting in the , defense if necessary. - A . noted instance of the martial ; |j. prowess of the Japanese women oc- i curred during the siege of the castle j ft of AVakamatstt in 1SC9, where the I JtlV Shogun made his final stand against i tiie forces of the Mikado. Nearly one j 0 . thousand women and girls belonging] to the families of samurai attached ; iKtH.- to. the Shogun fought behind the bar- ; fe&'t'''ricades and on the castle walls. Many | jK- of' them were killed in battle, while ] $_ . not a few of them committed suicide j fi-iw'i; rather than undergo the humiliation ; Iff" of defeat. 1111^ Yet the Amazonian, qualities of the j ^ ' women of old Japan did not detract teA-A from their Womanliness. They were jriL tender mothers and loving wives. The llllgjr,. nursing of' the wounded and sick was j part of the education of every samurai Bgji., With the passing away of the age I* ol chivalry in Japan, upon the downj?:' fall of the ..Shogunate, the Japanese - woman was called upon to face new iff . . conditions, and now she met these conditions is shown in the history of the Chinese war in 1S95. ' It is a matter of record . that some .10,000 Japanese women volunteered to So to the front as nurses in she field j hospitals at the outbreak of the Chinese war, and advices from Japan state that the number of women volIjPlsf unteering to go to the front as nurses p to-day is greater than in 1S95. But the women who stay at home are not lacking in patriotic, devotion. ' There is an anecdote concering the mother of the heroic Commander IP Sakamoto, who was killed on the ife ' bridge of his ship, the Akagi. at the battle of Yalu, which shows how the |P spirit of patriotism flames in the f : hearts of Japanese women. X An official of the navy department called on the family of the naval (officer to convey, as delicately as possible, the news of his death. Having communicated his tidings to a memI '. ber of the family, he was about to || depart, when the shoji slid open ? ' softly and the aged mother of the fcg dead commander staggered into the i" room. f% - She had been an accidental eaves- : V dropper and had heard all. Trembling : x with emotion she bowed to the vis?& ' > iting officer and said: fe. "Tell the emperor I rejoice that a I son of mine has been able to be of X some service to him." ? aome Japanese women ieiu?eu iu jT 1 weep over their dead, because it was pi . considered disloyal to the Mikado to weep for those who had the honor to die fighting for him. When a wife |;iv or a mother heard that a husband or jp .a 'son had been killed in battle, the Et'r first expressioning uttered was an tej... acknowledgement of the honor con|f;.i ferred upon her by the gods in being ?p:.' bereaved for the cause of the empeKh - ror. Ifcc' To the Western mind such patriotpoi-", ism appears to he fantastic and hard . to understand. In the light of JapStv 'anese history it does not seem so &- - strange. |j'The spirit of patriotism in the Japanese women of the present gcneraj?. tion is the outgrowth of ages of feu?.rV' .. dalism. The loyalty and devotion which the women of past generations gave to their feudal family head are j; in the present generation given to the few Mikado.* Sps In time of war the Empress of Ja: pan sets an example for all the wog men of the country by her activity in behalf of all those who are suffering or in distress. She may he seen fre_ quently visiting the great military . hospitals, accompanied by a party of fit; court women and noblemen's wives. |te Following the example of the Empress, all the great women of Toltio society do what they can to relieve i&v;.; ? xn? uisuuss auu humiiu? Ks& . tably foilotvs -war. There is no class "!. of women that does not contribute gi#jtometiing to this cause; even those " v:erfiies, the geishas, and the un y' creatures in''the Voshiwares - f, ' C ;:e.T share. only the women of the who show passionate esented in the 9g|fe. s Proof 3MEN SRFUL IN WAR that she is cjuite as devoted to the Mikado as the sumarai woman. A story is tcid of an old peasant woman who sent her only son to fight for the Emperor in the Chinese war. By depriving herself of everything but the' barest necessaries of life,! and toiling early and late in the fields, she had been able to give her son a superior education, and she had the satisfaction of seeing him fairly started on a business career, which promised to he successful, when the. call to arms sounded. The little peasant mother made her son give tip his business and enter the ranks oi' the army. The boy did as his mother wished/and his regiment was one of the first to set loot on Chinese soil. Every morning just before daybreak the little peasant woman rose and. after making a careful toilet, as an orthodox Buddhist, she went to a little shrine nearby and prayed to Ojin, the god of war. She did not pray for her son to come home safe and sound, but she prayed that he might prove worthy of the honor of wearing the Mikado's uniform. One day, when the old woman was returning to her home from the temple, she met a messenger who told her that her son had keen killed in the attack on Port Arthur. The mother's eyes grew dim with tears, and she swayed unsteadily for a moment. Then she turned and started to go back to the temple. "Where are you going?" cried the i messenger. "Don't you understand what I say? Your son has been kill| od." "Yes. i understand," said the old j I woman, calmly, "and I am going to i | thank Ojin for the honor he has con-j j ferred upon me." I The Japanese woman who above j till others distinguished herself in war i I time was the Empress Jingu Kogo, j who led a Japanese army in person ! to Korea in 20 J A. D. and conquered i that .country. She was equally re| nowned for her beauty, her piety, her ; energy and her martial valor. She assumed the supreme power on the death of her husband, the Mikado Cliiunai, in 200 A. D.. and immediately demonstrated her military I genius by suppressing a formidable rebellion. A Jew years later she invaded Korea and quickly subjugated that country. She dressed in male attire and fought at the head of her soldiers. After her return from Korea she gave birrli to a son, who became the Mikado Ojin and like his mother a great warrior. Jingo Kogo is worshiped as the goddess of war in Japan to-day, and her son Oji as the god of war. The history of the feudal warfare in Japan is replete with instances of the heroism of the women. It often happened that the wife of a daimio was called upon to defend the castle from attack during the absence of | her husband. She was well quali? 1 fieil for the task both by training and experience. Considering what Japan has been in the past, it does not seem strange ; that the Japanese women of to-day shouhl possess a keen martial spirit and intense -patriotism. C Urn ? * ' ? -% ? ? -* * * j * ? I * * *?,** * * | * * 14. COSTUMED MAUD MULLERS 4. * ? : * * : ?-? In Pink, White, Veiiow, Blue j And Red On fvlorrow Lawn ?? i ; Thursday Evening, ? I ?- June the 9th. ?? 1 ? 6 * 4- Save your eyes to look upon 4. 4. the bevy of pretty Maud Mullers 4. 4* Fast oue meal so you may 4* 4- heartily partake of ice cream, 4" 4. and rich, juicy strawberries 4* 4* fresh from Baltimore. And? 4" 4* and?did you say what else? 4* 4. Cake of course?such as the 4* 4. Presbyterian women make. 4* 4. 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