ABSTRACT
It had been intended to celebrate in spring the eleven-hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Kyoto; but the outbreak of pestilence caused postponement of the festival to the autumn, and the celebration began on the 15th of the tenth month. Little festival medals of nickel, made to be pinned to the breast, like military decorations, were for sale at half a yen each. The reader can always tell by the voices of women conversing anywhere in a hotel, for example - if there happen to be any geisha among them, because the peculiar timbre given by professional training is immediately recognisable. The wonderful character of that training, however, is fairly manifested only when the really professional tones of the voice are used falsetto tones, never touching, but often curiously sweet.
