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of the [[red underline]] miraculous shrines of Roman Catholic worship! [[/red underline]] - Little Coney-Island connected with it. [[strikethrough]] Photo [[/strikethrough]] Acrobatic theater. Photo-plays. Weirdest horrible possible subjects. Exploding balloons. warfare in the air. autos jumping into precipices
In all of them [[red underline]] Europeans illustrated with slanting tiger looking eyes and mustaches brushed like cat-moustaches. [[/red underline]] Fierce image of [[strikethrough]] Kayser [[/strikethrough]] Emperor of Germany. Slanting fierce eyes and mustaches
Japanese Kayser! 
[[red underline]] Doll theater. [[/red underline]] Entered for a few minutes Fearfully sweltering heat. No ventilation in the tent. Everywhere same [[red underline]] careless risk as to fire. [[/red underline]] endless paper
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lanterns, paper decorations, paper flowers hanging from ceiling and every jap. smoking cigarettes, carelessly lying or sitting in all positions. bare legged etc. etc.
Two girls one playing monotonous discordant Sameshan the other reciting and [[strikethrough]] sini [[/strikethrough]] singing [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] false notes. Same weeping as heretofore. 
Marionettes are brought in
Size big dolls. Each handled by [[black underline]] three [[/black underline]] men
^[[who are]] covered with black muslin kimono and black muslin mask and cap. and whenever there is motion of the hand or arms they simply grasp hand or arm of marionette and [[red underline]] their black is supposed to be invisible! [[/red underline]] Guide then drove me to Yoshiwara (see Terry's Japan. Empire page 221) Got out of carriage
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Transcription Notes:
"Sameshan" probably refers to Japanese stringed instrument shamisen.