GLIMPSES OF JAPAN 989 
THE NATIVE AMBULANCE 
It would be uncomfortable enough for a person in robust health to be carried for any distance in this tomb-like 
contrivance ; therefore the effect on one weakened by disease of being shut within such narrow confines can readily 
be imagined. 
A DRUG STORE 
No sound of a sizzling soda fountain is heard as one approaches a drug store in Japan. Owing to great danger in 
drinking unboiled water, hot tea is the staple beverage usually served throughout Japan in drug stores and elsewhere. 
It is also served in many of the large stores dealing in merchandise, the proprietor sipping a cup of tea with his 
prospective customer before the shopping begins. 
