ABSTRACT
SEVERAL times there were geisha in our theatre parties, and of course they were present at all our feasts. No Japanese would think of giving a dinner without these innocent hetaera, whether it were to be in a public tea-house or in a private dwelling. That is, of course, unless his feast were in the foreign style. Then the native buds and blossoms would be quite out of place. They are indispensable for the native celebrations though. In five years I never saw a gathering for pleasure without them. They make everything go successfully, so cleverly, and with so little friction.
