“Honourable sir,” I magnify, “if the legal laws of this San Francisco become prohibition, so sorry for you! What would you do with this saloon to make profitable wealth from it?”
“That is easy to reply,” say Hon. Strunsky. “I would turn it into a drug store.”
I am shuddering when I think of that deceptive man.
I have obtained a slight job of employment waiting on table-board of Fujiyama Restaurant, H. Sunigawa, Prop. This profession give me $2 weekly sum, also three times daily to eat it. As addition to money sum I receive $1 weekly from my cousin Nogi to help him do Japanese spy work. From this sum of $3 weekly pay I expend it away as following:
| Schoolbooks which I can not borrow | .55 |
| Cigarettes & other dissipated joys | .15 |
| Shoe-strings & neckties | .20 |
| Contribution to church when necessary | .05 |
| Car-fare for Japanese ladies | .45 |
| Poker-playing & music | .26 |
| Total of this | $1.66 |
After this money has went you can count it, Mr. Editor. I have to keep $1.34 of weekly cash which I will save together for sufficient boat-fare to go back Japan. Maybe I will not go at that time—if so I will do something else and get married.
Of evening time I am frequent to attend lectures where I learn facts of intelligence very cheap. Last night I go to speech of Dr. O. Sumuchi, Japanese surgery, on subjeck of “Alcohol Inside of People.” Hon. Dr. Sumuchi had most beautiful lecture because of magic-lantern showing human stomach under surprised conditions. Following charts was showed during lecture:
No. 1.—Pink of colour. Exposure of stomach during calm moments before alcohol has got there.
No. 2.—More red of colour. Exposure of stomach which enjoys happy, smiling expression because alcohol have arrived.