Here are some of the "don't" which the newly established Board of Tourist Industry hag printed and distributed to girls and women who come In contact with European and American tourists:
Don't wisper among yourselves in the the: presence. of foreign. visitors Don't imitate fancy gestures learned fat the cinema. which will only dlagust foreigners their age women, unless you absolutely The Changing Geisha Gid The polska irl who once ruled supreme. as Japan's principal enter= tainer and whose fame has sprend s0 widely. that the word sel sha appears Tu meet English language dictionaries eliting a losing battle against modernism as exemplified by, taxi danaine and other Westernized forms of. entertainment, Like the finriksha which one practlcally. never sees nowadays In the areer ities, the old type geisha girl 4g. no Ioner popular in. modern Nippon. Uniike the jineiksha, however, the elsa do not Intend to be re placed ovtively by Western importa "Afier putting up a losing barite for some years they have finally reen the Heh and are definitely woing ""mod-corn." The result tp that if the public prefers Jazz the geisha let wilt give Tiarz, "Tt the customer wants "his entertainers attired In Western clothes rather than in the kimono and with their hale marcelled rather than it the traditional manner, he will get what he wants, No longer will the guest be told that geisha girls retard jazz as dis. sracofal and tke wearing of Western clothes og being beneath their dignity. This is the result of a far-reaching decision recently reached by the Geisha Association of Skimbasht While most of the girls still adhere to the kimono, the "majority have shifted to the Western style of Ealr-Gressing. It should not be long, how-over. before one will find a number fof the girls in the larger restaurant in Western altive. for most of these onses are already "tted out with spacious" danelnz alls where the] patrons may engage in Western ball Foam dancing with the geisha glels to the accompaniment of the latest Jara tunes.
In the meantime, however, the tax: dance halls wich specialize in such forms of entertainment have had such 'a hend start on the geisha girls in the! matter of catering to customers who prefer Westernized forms of entertainment, that it Is doubtful whether they (rill ever succeed In recapturing their ost 'Popularity, the exclusive Shimbasht distciet, for" instance, only about 300 girls of 11900, are able to fil engagements nowadays. On the other hand the taxi dance halls are fled to capacity' add zest to your service but igo. to, the extent of Diulling the ears, of foreigners tay monkey." chicken you know you direst foreigners. to the lavatory.
Don't go into. the bathroom when foreigners are bathing to ask whether the temperature. of the water ts right (oF Help them wash themselves.
at the table offer foreman Indies large napkins. ao" that they may inde their Knees when "sitting.
About 35,000 tourists visited Japan 000. year 40,000 are expected last yur and spent about Y.100,000.-
ud with the number increasing each year the Japanese Government her Eommenee to see the importance of this business and recently adopted various measures to foster it growth.
has even attempted to stop the police from spying on all tourists and Srresting visitors who innocently take photographs of the countryside, but evidently without much success.
They have, however, done wonders!
other respects. Tourists inform your correspondent that the Customs] inspectors are extremely courteous Jand make only a cursory inspection of baggage.
Recently some very clever official got the Idea that it would be a wonerful thingt to inform Japanese who come into contact with foreigners how {fo behave before them. So he, compiled a list of don't entitled, "How fo Behave Before Foreign Tourists." and Fad the Board of Tourist Industry print and distribute this throughout the country.
One of the main reasons for this.
said, was because a group of Japanese high' school girls recently outraged decency and "brought shame! to the country" when they acted ar guides and hostesses to 0. party of] American and European athletes.
Waitresses at inns, especially in the country, think nothing of entering! the bathroom when a man is bathing. This frequently embarrasses European and American men unacquainted with the custom of the land. According to offeials of the Board of Tourist Industry. it "Is partly to save these visitors from such embarrassment that tone of tke items In the "don't" list was Included.
"The geisha, however, are making 1 determined effort to win back their Customers. Ofleials of the Geisha Association are optimistic and point the fact that almost all of the girls The National Government will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Republic on January 1, 1936, at 10 o'clock in the Government building in Nanking.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.