Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1917 — In Real Japan. [ARTICLE]

In Real Japan.

In Japan if one will leave the hotel and the tourist office and the cocktail drinkers and go out Into the real native quarters, there are enough things to Interest anyone. One old man passes with his load of crickets, which sing in hot weather and are kept in cages like so many Canaries. These gentle creatures make a noise like a squeaky axle, and one hid under the hood of a 12-cyltnder car would subject the most careful chauffeur to scorn. They are caught with bird lime and make nice little pets, cheap to buy and not requiring gasoline for the upkeep;