Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1917 — Some “Pomes." [ARTICLE]

Some “Pomes."

Thirty-seven thousand verses have been submitted by the Japanese people, in the annual poetic competition under Imperial auspices. This year the subject is “The Distant Snow-Clad Mountain.” At the final examination six poems will be selected and" read before the emperor and empress.