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AT A FAN-MAKER S.
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Yes, in some cases," replied Johnnie.
" When you copy
the Chinese style you do not, but when you follow your own
promptings you do. I think you are a much more artistic people
than the Chinese."
Kimura bowed, sucked in his breath, and said,
T You make my bosom swell with pride. In the great
period, the Chinese were our masters, now our artists are
"
at all
learning to paint in foreign fashion and have no style
(sighing). "A poor imitation is more unsatisfactory than
a crude original."
HOT SPRING, TONO-SAWA, HAKONE.
"Whydo you make those very large fans?" demanded
Fitz, pointing to a gigantic specimen fastened against the wall
of the room.
"
That is an advertisement," said the man.
" No one was
ever big enough to use such a fan."
;? You don't tell me,"
said Fitz.
rr You cannot make things
too big for some of our people."
" Indeed, you are mistaken," murmured Kimura.
" I once
received an order from an American merchant in Yokohama,
for one hundred dozen of my largest fans, for the San Francisco
market. I was overjoyed, and gave a little dinner to my
workmen, who, as they drank my sake, prophesied that I was