It is a little-known fact, even within the confines of the Japanese Empire, that the Emperor is an absolute teetotaller. On the royal banquet tables, not a drop of alcoholic beverage is set and, in addition, His Majesty is also a nonsmoker.' This good example of the Mikado already has begun to exert! a benign influence over the youth of Japan and many who have been addicted to pay homage at the shrine of Bacchus or to enjoy the fragrant weed have eschewed the practices altogether, these young men read-~ ig in the act of his Majesty an example to them all.
The 300 special policemen whose duty it is to guard the precincts have taken the pledge and the. Emperor's example is giving the spreading temperance movement tremendous impetus.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.