Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1893 — In Japan. [ARTICLE]

In Japan.

It is customary, in Japan, for chib dren to be named after the first article on which the father’s eyes alight after the children are born. Some, therefore bear the names of flowers, and others the names of fur* n ture or kitchen utensils, as Lily, Chair, Frying Fan, etc.