A WAY THEY HAVE IN JAPAN
* v # A traveller from the Hast reminds us that the ceremony of launching a ship in Japan is rather an interesting one. They do not break a bottle over it as we' do in this country, but suspend on the prow of the ship a large cardboard cage filled with birds. When the ship begins to float a cord is cut which opens the cage, and immediately the birds fly away, filling the air with music, saluting the entrance of the ship into the world of living things! HIS WAY OUT Sounds could be beard from upstairs. “Why is Daddy singing so much tonight?” asked Jack. “He’s trying to sing baby to sleep,” replied Mother. “H’m!” grunted Jack. “If I were baby I should pretend to be asleep.”
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 19
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134A WAY THEY HAVE IN JAPAN Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 19
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