{iN THE EAST INDIES. 209 
Oriental Palace Hotel. 
Yokohama, June 12, 1907. 
Dear Mother and Father : 
We arrived here on Monday (June 10th) after 
a very pleasant passage of six days from Shanghai 
‘and found your nice letters waiting for us at the bank. 
You are over kind in suggesting that we should go to 
Fisher Hill first and then to Tupper, but I do not 
want to. Tom and I have planned first to stay with 
Mr. Barbour in Oakland, then to go to the Yellow- 
stone Park for a day or two and then Tupper Lake 
for an indefinite time!!! We are both anxious to 
get back and tell you all about our trip and I know 
when we once begin to talk we shall not cease for 
weeks. 
Yokohama is a very pretty place, although far 
too European to be attractive. The shops are simply 
fascinating. I really never dreamed such lovely things 
existed, crepes and embroideries, ete. The first after-' 
noon we were here we took a drive out in the country 
a little ways and saw Fuji in the far distance, look- 
ing most grand and stately. The Japanese gardens 
are so pretty, all dwarfed maple trees and tiny rose 
bushes, a mass of color and blcoms, and the azaleas 
just in their zenith, really far finer, I believe, than 
the cherry blossoms. The photograph of you and 
Warren is very good indeed and we aie glad to have 
it. The shoes and socks came in the most opportune 
moment, just when they were needed. That very 
morning I had said that I was going to buy him some 
socks and then I could not get any large enough ! and 
when I came back to the hotel there was your box. I 
thank you very much indeed for it. I sent you from 
