JAPAN: Package

At Vancouver, B. C., the chef of the great transpacific liner, Empress of Asia, received a bulky package from an anxious Canadian messenger and bore it reverently to a special ice box. Inquisitive passengers who insisted on visiting the ship's kitchens were allowed a peek at the package as a special favor. Across it sprawled an address: "For the Tokyo Angling and Country Club, Tokyo, Japan."

At Tokyo the members of the Tokyo Angling and Country Club* awaited the package with decorous impatience. A few...

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