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Then came 3 dancing Geisha; the dance of Summer. Not really [[black underline]] dancing [[/black underline]] as they do not hop nor lift their feet from ground; merely a succession of poses and attitudes, all very decorous and not the slightest indicative of frolicksomeness. [[strikethrough]] Our [[/strikethrough]] They [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] all ^[[have]] on white socks split at big toe. Long kimonos so that your see only top of their toes, sliding movement with feet on straw matting without lifting feet of the ground. They [[strikethrough]] must be [[/strikethrough]] would be shocked to see our western suggestive dancing with so much anatomy and lingerie exposed! One Geisha represents the Stork which is the bird of long life said to live 1000 years. The other the Turtle, said to live 10000 years. The third represents the king. [[strikethrough]] the other [[/strikethrough]]
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All dressed about alike in usual way. Succession of poses and abund ^[[abundance]]
use of fan in any of these poses. All very seriously performed, and movement accentuated by sound of [[strikethrough]] woode [[/strikethrough]] xylophone-like noise, or sameshan.
Then afterwards the dance of summer by three Geisha. Dresses somewhat different girls smaller. Use of long white and red strips of silk about 24" wide and about 15 feet long kept waving while motions are being performed. Then Geisha come kneel before us and bow deep  Then sit around and watch us eat once in awhile exchanging a few words in Japanese with the guests.
[[strikethrough]] About 10 P.M Kondo tells me I - bl time to say [[/strikethrough]]
One of the girls who does not dance nor sing, but serves, speaks [[strikethrough]] english [[/strikethrough]] pretty good english. Has learned it at the mission. I ask whether she dances or sings she says no. and Kondo
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