No.09 (March 11, 1912)
Serving Tailors The lives of these prostitutes are extremely tragic and judging from their appearance there are not many who are in a buoyant mood. Of course, there are some uneducated, gluttonous ones who corrupt themselves and get into this life, but from one perspective even those women deserve our pity as they lack sense. […]
No.10 (March 12, 1912)
Strict Regulation of Street Prostitutes After prostitute caves in Chinatown, which accepted Japanese and whites without any discrimination, were closed down, only caves on Harris Street* have remained, though they do not have any contact with Asians on the surface and their numbers are not so significant. Meanwhile, the population of Vancouver continues to increase. […]
No.09 (November 28, 1908)
Route of Cave Pioneering (cont’d) Otame and other three women were manipulated by Takahashi and entered Nelson as soon as they were smuggled into this country. They were not able to freely use the language and had completely no idea about the new world, which made it possible for Takahashi to perform his skills without […]
No.11 (March 13, 1912)
The tide of street prostitutes has not completely gone. They still occupy corners of our neighbourhood while hiding from the eyes of authorities and are corrupting public morals. This is truly a bitter situation but it is better than letting them sneak in among good families and become more fortified. In fact, the situation has […]
No.10 (November 30, 1908)
Route of Cave Pioneering (cont’d) Tetsuji Ishida was a sailor and migrated to this country in around 1887 by a sealing schooner. He was also fishing salmon in the Winch Cannery (Steveston Cannery) one time, although half of his earning came from gambling. Later he also had a soba noodle store in San Francisco. When […]
No.12 (March 14, 1912)
There are countless examples of this sort of moral degeneration, which makes it difficult to judge which is acceptable, street prostitution or indoor prostitution. However, our primary goal is not to make a judgment over which is right or wrong but to offer three or four resources to make such a judgment. Therefore, without further […]
No.11 (December 1, 1908)
Route of Cave Pioneering (cont’d) It might be somewhat irrelevant to talk about Tamekichi Shiraishi in this section but I will do so tangentially. He had been operating his cave in Rossland for a long time, but he took over Shintarō Hayashi, whom you know, who left for Japan last summer after saving some money. […]
No.13 (March 15, 1912)
Change in Fernie As Old Kishida is currently located in Fernie, to follow the right order we will work on Fernie from now on. The situation in Fernie tremendously changed since the fire of 1908. Those who read the first series of Exploration of Devil Caves may still remember it. Okiku was in Fernie and […]
No.12 (December 2, 1908)
Route of Cave Pioneering (cont’d) Dr. Haeckel in Germany is aging and there was even a news report on his critical illness. Soon Shiraishi sent a letter to Dr. McCabe in London and asked him to send back an autograph of Dr. Haeckel, which he had, for the doctor’s memorial. McCabe immediately sent him a […]
No.14 (March 16, 1912)
The fire of August 1908 was the greatest fire in recent years, which spread across Fernie and its neighbourhood, but Fernie had another fire in the summer of 1910, which burned down seven prostitute caves on one side of town. There were two new houses managed by brothel businessman Takagi’s Osan and they were using […]