His Majesty the Emperor has announced his intention of visiting the semi-tropical Bonin Islands, when he goes on the annual naval manceuvres in the early part of, August. The Islanders are busy making preparations for the visit [and special officers of the Imperial Household Department have been Jdespatched from Tokyo to make fit arrangements for His Ma-Jiesty, who may spend a night on Chichijima, one of the largest of the islands. His Majesty will leave Yokohama on July 28, reaching Chichijima the following day.
This visit of the Emperor is in Parsuance of his.desire to visit all possible portions of his.realm and Jdraw the people and the Crown closer together. The Emperor Meiji, grandfather of the present ruler of iban, Laid it down that the ruler should visit all parts of his domains, and the present Mikado, as Prince Regent, paid visits to far-outlying districts of the Empire.
"Keep the Earth Clean"
"If every man and woman would select a small portion of the world jand keep it clean, this would be a better and a happier earth to live "Such is the belief of Mr, made, a retired school master, who may be seen every morning," rain or shine, winter or summer, in some portion of Tokyo, picking up what People throw away. One at first mistakes him for a rag-man, but. fon closer inquiry discovers that his sole object is to inspire in all and sundry a love of cleanliness. JJapanese parks and public places generally are littered with waste-Paper, orange-peel and similar thrown-away things. Mr. Yamada elects one park a day and patiently cleans it, his work being done before the sun rises. When a teach-ex, it was his habit to inculcate into his pupils this form of social service work, and, to-day he has quite a number of' young men who ce-operate with him in the task of selecting "some small part of the earth and keeping it clean."
Wanted, 1,000 Brides!
A thousand Japanese emigrants want brides, That is one of the jealls going over the country. Those seeking to woo Hymen are young Japanese who have made up their minds to emigrate to Brazil and settle down there, the Brazilian Government having granted Japaniluable and exten-ug the banks of the Lower Amazon. One of the points on which Brazil laid stress. when she invited Japanese settlers. to populate' her waste regions was that they must be permanent settlers, and both the Brazilian and the Japanese officials have agreed that permanent settlers should be Japanese girls generally are rath.
to embark on long jour-noys which never may permit them to return to the land of their birth. However, the difficulties of making a'living in Japan to-day, due to the depressed condition of every sort of business, the lack of capital and the ever-growing over-population, have resulted in good responses to the call for brides, raising hopes prospective ants will be forth-that the full quota of wives for the
coming before the time set for the emigrant ship's sailing.
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