After they have learned here that
Columbus discovered America on October 12th, 1492, they proceed to that
Japanese school and are taught that the Mikado is a divinity and a
direct descendant of the Sun God. And I suppose, also, they are taught
that it is a fine, clean, manly thing to pack little, green, or decayed
strawberries at the bottom of a crate with nice big ones on top--in
defiance of a state law. Our weights and measures law and a few others
are very onerous to our people in La Questa."
"Do you mean to tell me, Miss Owens," Parker asked, "that you despair
of educating these little Japanese children to be useful American
citizens?"
"I do. The Buddhist school over yonder is teaching them to be Japanese
citizens; under Japanese law all Japanese remain Japanese citizens at
heart, even if they do occasionally vote here. The discipline of my
school is very lax," she continued. "It would be, of course, in view
of the total lack of parental support. In that other school, however,
the discipline is excellent."
She continued to discourse with them, giving them an intimate picture
of life in this little Japan and interesting revelations upon the point
of view, family life and business ethics of the parents of her pupils,
until it was time to "take up" school again, when she reluctantly
returned to her poorly paid and unappreciated efforts.
"Well, of course, these people are impossible socially," John Parker
admitted magnanimously, "but they do know how to make things grow.
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