THEY ALL KNEW HIM.
Every American) feels as proud of his native State as a European is of his native country. One that hailed from Ohio, and wanted all the world to know of it, lately arrived at Yokohama and ppifc up at a large hotel there. Now it happens that the Japanese word for "good morning" ia " o hayo " (lit. " honourably early "), Next day the servant who conies to his room, bowing low, says, " O hayo." The globe-trotterj blushing . slightly, re« plies: " However did you find ouii I came froml there." Later on comes down to breakfast. " 0 hayo," says the ihall-porter, bowing as is the custom of Oriental.servante. " What a respect they all have for Ohio !'*< exclaims our hero, entering the breakfast* v room, whereupon, a dusky waiter rushes atj him with a bill of fare iand, bowing low,, calls out, "O hayo." . The American, on recorerj; from Tabs fitf of amazement, blurts out t " Waal, I've beem just one night in tikis * forsaken country, and its gain all roundl the location. — a, man from Ohio's stopping} iheear." . /
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7232, 19 October 1901, Page 3
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