Mrs. Anderson's husband was appointed in 1912 Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of His Majesty the Mikado. The whole time of their sojourn in Japanwas filled with experiences seldom available to foreigners. They witnessed functions to which they were admitted only because of their official position; they were granted every facility for seeing aspects of Japanese life which ordinary visitors would have infallibly missed, and they became acquainted with the very flower of Japanese civilization.
Mrs. Anderson's husband was appointed in 1912 Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of His Majesty the Mikado. The whole time of their sojourn in Japanwas filled with experiences seldom available to foreigners. They witnessed functions to which they were admitted only because of their official position; they were granted every facility for seeing aspects of Japanese life which ordinary visitors would have infallibly missed, and they became acquainted with the very flower of Japanese civilization.