Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1918 — Way of a Japanese Woman. [ARTICLE]

Way of a Japanese Woman.

Lafc-adlo Hearn was a very critical man. For Instance, when he was doing business with publishers In foreign countries, and because he was so far away, the publisher would take the liberty of deciding the arrangement of such things as book covers and illustrations without consulting Hearn, who was very particular about all details. At such times Hearn was ofteh made furiously angry % When he received a letter from the publishing house he would immediately write back a fierce (sic) -answer in anger, and order it to be mailed at once; bnt I would say, ‘Yes,’ and hold It over a mall. Two or three days afterward, when he had become calm, he would regret that he had written too severely, and would say: “Mamma-san, have you mailed that letter?* I would ansWer ‘Yes,’ and watch to see whether he really regretted It. If so, I would give him the letter. He would be immensely pleased, and say: ‘Mammasan, you are the only one!’ and woull begin a new letter in a milder tone.— Mrs. Hearn in Atlantic.