‘“‘THE ORIENTAL CHEST- 
BOARD.’’ 
Well Known Educator and Writer 
Talks to Manchester Woman’s 
Club on Far Eastern 
Countries. 
A large number of people heard 
Mr. Homer Hurlburt’s address on 
“The Oriental Chestboard’’ before 
the Manchester Woman’s club Tues- 
day afternoon. In many ways it 
was the most interesting and in- 
structive of the many splendid lec- 
tuers and talks given before the 
club the past season. Mr. Hurl- 
burt’s opinion of Japan and_ her 
people was quite marked in contrast 
to that of Miss Mabel Boardman, 
who spoke before the club sometime 
ago. 
Mr. Hurlburt is an educator and 
author of note, and speaks with au- 
thority, having lived in the far east 
for over twenty years. He was for 
a number of years instructor in the 
Royal School, at Seoul, Korea, later 
head master in the Imperial Nor- 
mal School at the same place. He 
founded and edited the “‘Korea Re- 
view’’ and is the author of ‘‘The 
Passing of Korea,’’ and_ several 
other books. 
Mr. Hurlburt does not claim to 
be absolutely unbiased in his opin- 
ions. ‘‘There are only two kinds 
of people who are unbiased—those 
who know nothing concerning the 
subject and those who know every- 
thing. It is impossible to know 
everything — therefore, one who 
knows anything is not unbiased. 
‘““Why is China of greater inter- 
national interest than any other 
other country? Because it is the 
only place left in the world for a 
prospective market for ~ surplus 
American products. Why, if eight 
inches should be added to the length 
Ii’s Important That 
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in reading or seeing objects 
at a distance. 
If they have call and see 
us, and have your eyes tes- 
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glasses. 
STARR C. HEWITT 
Salem, Mass. 
158 Essex Street 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
of every Chinaman’s coat it would 
consume all the cotton produced in 
America. 
‘““There is no aristocracy in China 
except that of ability and _ brains 
and the common people of China are 
a real power-.and are the final court 
of appeal. The Empress Dowager 
of China was once a slave girl. The 
Chinese are very conservative, slow, 
very democratic, and very subservi- 
ent to the power of money. Money 
overcomes all obstacles. One thing 
that has kept the people in ignor- 
anee so long is the difficulty of 
learning to read in Chinese. There 
are over twenty-five thousand sym- 
bols in the Chinese writing and it 
takes from five to ten years to learn 
to read. I have invented an alpha- 
bet which i have placed with the 
Chinese Commission of Education. 
If they accept it, I guarantee that 
the reading of Chinese can be learn- 
ed in three weeks. 
‘‘Contrary to general opinion, the 
Chinese and Japanese are very dif- 
ferent in character. The Japs are 
quick, versatile, changeable, selfish, 
eager for power and worshipers of 
caste.’’ 
Mr. Hurlburt gave a rational ex- 
planation of the rise of the Japan- 
ese from the time when the Feudal 
System existed to the present, and 
the keynote of it is desire for power 
and social caste. 
‘““The people of Korea are- the 
most cultivated and distinctive of 
the far East, as well as the bravest. 
They invented the first ironclad 
man-of-war ever made, also the first 
movable type. The Japanese learn- 
ed of the fine arts from the Koreans. 
The world famous Satsuma ware 
was originally a Korean product. 
‘‘When I told a Korean of the 
wonderful invention of the bicycle 
he remarked, ‘Why, that was in- 
vented here years ago.’ Where is 
it then, and why isn’t it in use? 
‘Well, you see, the only one made 
had two attachments—one for go- 
ing, and one for coming.’ The in- 
ventor’s mother-in-law borrowed the 
the bicycle. He neglected to put on 
the ‘coming back’ attachment. So 
the bicycle was lost and incidentally 
a- mother-in-law.”’ 
Mr. Hurlburt once’ made a trip, 
to a monastery near Seoul to see a 
mammoth kettle ten feet in diam- 
eter, which was used to cook rice 
for two thousand monks. When he 
expressed his wonder at the great 
size, the guide said, ‘‘Why! that’s 
nothing! there’s one at so 
large that you have to go out in a 
raft to stir the middle.’’ Mr Hurl- 
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS 
A, C,. Trrus Co. oF SALEM UNABLE 
TO SECURE RE-Lease ON BiG STORE. 
The A. C. Titus Co., the well 
known furniture dealers of Salem, 
have decided to go out of business, 
following an unsuccessful attempt to 
obtain a further lease on their big 
store, As a result the task of sell- 
ing the $100,000 stock of furniture 
and fixtures will start at the store 
to-morrow, Saturday. 
The: firm has occupied the store 
for 19 years. Last month Alonzo. 
F. Titus, the proprietor, attempted 
to secure a re-lease of his store, but 
found that D. B. H. Powers and the 
heirs of Stephen Powers, the owners, 
wished to sell the property and 
would not lease it, $90,000 was ask- 
ed for the building, In view of the 
fact that the combined rents from 
firms in the building are said to 
amount to only $7,300 a year, or less 
than ten per cent of the valuation 
by the city assessors, it is natural 
that the owners wish to dispose of 
the property. es) 
Although Mr. Titus did not desire 
to buy the property he was willing 
to pay an increased rent, but the 
owners decided finally that they 
would not lease. ‘This action leaves 
the firm with a stock of $100,000 on 
hand. The stock is contained in’ 
about 24,000 sq. ft, of floor space, 
included in five floors of one build- 
ing and parts of the basement and 
three floors of the adjoining build- 
ing. 
“Tt is an ill wind that blows no 
one good,” however, and in the next 
few weeks people in Essex County 
will have an opportunity to purchase 
at cost from the high grade stock of 
the Titus!'Co. It may be a matter 
of months before the stock and fix- 
tures are finally disposed of. 
burt did not see that one. 
The rapidity with which the 
Christian religion was accepted in 
Korea is the only explanation of the 
rapid civilization of that country. 
They now have the true basis of 
progress and though they have suf- 
fered fearful tortures and tyranny 
of the Japanese, they still have the 
spirit to conquer and will yet be 
heard from. 
The musical part of the after- 
noon’s program was rendered by the 
Woman’s Club double quartet. Mrs. 
A. G@. T. Smith was the hostess of 
the afternoon. 
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