Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back (41 page)

129
  There were indoor bathrooms: Dorothy Plum and George B. Dowell,
The Magnificent Enterprise: A Chronicle of Vassar College
(Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1961), year 1865 on time line.

129
  provided her own napkin:
Fourteenth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1878–79
(Poughkeepsie, NY: E. B. Osborne, printer, 1879), 47.

130
  Twenty minutes of quiet privacy: Ibid., 46.

130
  “He waked us up”: Cornelia M. Raymond,
Memories of a Child of Vassar
(Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1940), 36–37.

130
  “You should see his Cassius-like proportions”:
Letters from Old-Time Vassar: Written by a Student in 1869–1870
(Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 1915), 58.

130
  “What’s the matter?”: Ibid., 116–17.

130
  “I expect to talk about him”: Ibid., 17–18.

130
  “He is our oasis”: Ibid., 116.

130
  At Vassar, male professors were addressed: Ibid., 56.

131
  “How are you getting on?”: Frances A. Wood,
Earliest Years at Vassar
(Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College Press, 1909), 86.

131
  “Learn as if you will live forever”: Ibid., 85.

131
  “dome parties”: Maryann Bruno and Elizabeth A. Daniels,
Vassar College
(Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001), 20.

131
  “Who lifting their hearts”: Wood,
Earliest Years
, 97.

132
  “I have no memory”: “Japanese Vassar Girls,”
Sunday Advertiser
, October 1, 1893.

132
  “Japanese arias”: Sheet music, Ritter Papers, Box 13, Folder 19, VSC.

132
  “like a beautiful Jewess”: “Japanese Vassar Girls,”
Sunday Advertiser
.

132
  “When the class-room was depressed”: Helen Hiscock Backus, “A Japanese Lady of High Degree,”
Vassar Miscellany
, February 1901, 201.

133
  one of her older sisters, Misao: Akiko Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan’s First Vassar Graduate
, trans. Kirsten McIvor (New York: Kodansha International, 1993), 117.

133
  When a letter from this distant sister: “History of the Class of 1882, Vassar College, Prepared for Their Fiftieth Anniversary, June, 1932,” SYOP, Box 2, Folder 4, p. 114, VSC.

133
  “I believe it was on account of”: Ume Tsuda to Hatsuko Tsuda, June 15, 1879, TCA, I-A-8.

133
  Sophomore Party: Marian P. Whitney, “Stematz Yamakowa, Princess Oyama,”
Vassar Quarterly
, July 1919, 265.

134
  “Miss Yamakawa’s essay”: “Home Matters,”
Vassar Miscellany
, November 1, 1880, 73.

134
  “the sacred lotus spread”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, “Recollections of Japanese Family Life,”
Vassar Miscellany
, November 1, 1880, 49–54.

134
  Ocean View Hotel: “Block Island,”
Hartford (CT) Courant
, August 5, 1881.

135
  “who is a fine swimmer”: Ume Tsuda to Hatsuko Tsuda, September 7, 1880, TCA, I-A-11.

135
  “The girls say I was very convenient”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, June 23, 1881, TCA, I-B-5.

136
  “as to whether the negro is doomed”: “Commencement at Vassar,”
New-York Times
, June 23, 1881.

136
  “It is evident from their actions”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, June 23, 1881, TCA, I-B-5.

136
  “Through her connection”: “Off for Japan,”
New-York Times
, October 24, 1881.

137
  “of Spanish descent”: “Detaining a Japanese Girl,”
New-York Tribune
, August 10, 1881.

138
  “When it came time for Louisa”: “The Japanese Girl Disposed Of,”
New-York Tribune
, August 24, 1881.

138
  “But for her queer little”: “Wakayama’s Daughter,”
New-York Times
, August 19, 1881.

138
  “creamy skin, jet-black hair”: “Off for Japan,”
New-York Times
.

138
  “I think of Shige”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Ume Tsuda, October 9, 1881, TCA, II-6-1.

138
  Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes: Ume Tsuda to Hatsuko Tsuda, June 15, 1879, TCA, I-A-8.

138
  “an ambitious persevering & truly polite pupil”: Ume Tsuda,
The Writings of Umeko Tsuda
[
Tsuda Umeko monjo
] (Kodaira, Japan: Tsuda College, 1984), 511.

138
  “If I could see you”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Ume Tsuda, October 9, 1881, TCA, II-6-1.

139
  “I cannot, I must not”: Shige Nagai to Adeline Lanman, 1881–82, TCA, IX-C-6.

139
  “Bring lots of buttons”: “History of the Class of 1882, Vassar College, Prepared for Their Fiftieth Anniversary, June, 1932,” SYOP, Box 2, Folder 4, p. 114, VSC.

140
  “In spite of modern sources”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, “De Temporibus et Moribus,”
Vassar Miscellany
, December 1, 1881, 128.

140
  “Could he have foreseen”: H. C. Kingsley, Leonard Sanford, and Thomas R. Trowbridge, eds.,
Leonard Bacon: Pastor of the First Church in New Haven
(New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers, 1882), 224.

140
  “I have never expressed”: Yew Fun Tan to Catherine Bacon, January 3, 1882, BFP, Box 9, Folder 210, YMA.

141
  “It is such a perfect likeness”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Catherine Bacon, January 28, 1882, BFP, Box 9, Folder 210, YMA.

141
  “I was nearly wild”: Ibid.

141
  “However[,] she does not have much rest”: Class Day prophecies, 1882, SYOP, Box 2, Folder 4, VSC.

142
  “Ironic and Otherwise”: Scrapbook 1, Jessie F. Wheeler Papers, Box 1, VSC.

142
  “The Conscience of Science”: Commencement program, 1882, SYOP, Box 2, Folder 3, VSC.

143
  “Never before had a foreigner’s speech”: Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations
, 104–6.

143
  “To Students Leaving College”: Scrapbook 1, Jessie F. Wheeler Papers, Box 1, VSC.

9:  
THE JOURNEY
“
HOME
”

144
  “I cannot realize”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, August 2, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

145
  Alice received certificates: Edward T. James, ed.,
Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
(Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe College, 1971), 78.

145
  “I am now in the diet kitchen”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, August 2, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

146
  “You see we would live in American style”: Ibid.

146
  “Perhaps I am counting the chickens”: Ibid.

146
  “I hope I shall see you”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Jessie Wheeler, September 17, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 7, VSC.

146
  “Do you mean to say”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Jessie Wheeler, September 22, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 7, VSC.

147
  “Every thing is already upside down”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Jessie Wheeler, September 26, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 7, VSC.

147
  “Miss Tsuda’s progress”: Yoshiko Furuki,
The White Plum, a Biography of Ume Tsuda: Pioneer in the Higher Education of Japanese Women
(New York: Weatherhill, 1991), 33.

147
  “The regret for her departure”: “Society,”
Evening Critic
, October 6, 1882.

148
  “I was thunderstruck”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, October 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

148
  “I did not know what to say”: Ibid.

148
  “Indeed we have been lionized”: Ibid.

149
  “Their mother remarked”: Furuki,
White Plum
, 39–40.

149
  “We have since we’ve been here”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Jessie Wheeler, October 25, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 7, VSC.

149
  “We all climbed a tree”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 22, 1882, TCA, I-B-7 (1).

149
  “It is so strange”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 25, 1882, TCA, I-B-7 (2).

150
  “I hardly wonder”: Ibid.

150
  “You know he talked very bad English”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 9, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (3).

151
  “I think I realize”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 30, 1882, TCA, I-B-7 (4).

151
  “Ume Tsuda and Stematz Yamakawa”: J. H. C. Bonté to Charles and Adeline Lanman, November 1, 1882, TCA, IX-C-2.

151
  “I expect after the first days”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 30, 1882, TCA, I-B-7 (4).

151
  “The purser who has crossed”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, November 18, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

152
  “Although it is very pleasant”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 6, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (2).

152
  “He says that the storms”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, November 18, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

152
  “plenty of waiters & China boys”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 6, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (2).

152
  “the object of some curiosity”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 9, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (3).

153
  “We must not make enemies”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, October 25, 1882, TCA, I-B-7 (2).

153
  “Come and see me”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 12, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (3).

154
  “Japan is no longer a land of mysteries”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, “Recollections of Japanese Family Life,”
Vassar Miscellany
, November 1, 1880, 49–50.

155
  “Consequently, you must constantly”: Ibid., 51.

155
  “What will be the end”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, “De Temporibus et Moribus,”
Vassar Miscellany
, December 1, 1881, 131.

156
  “splendid except for a nasty cold”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, November 18, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

156
  “They swam all around us”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 19, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (4).

156
  “Tomorrow turns a new page”: Ibid.

157
  “How do you feel now”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, draft manuscript, December 24, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

10:  
TWO WEDDINGS

161
  Yet as they thanked: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 21, 1882, in Yoshiko Furuki, ed.,
The Attic Letters: Ume Tsuda’s Correspondence to Her American Mother
(New York: Weatherhill, 1991), 13–14.

161
  “who though very polite”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, draft manuscript, December 24, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

161
  “so nice and comfortable”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 21, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 13–14.

162
  “I ate the lunch”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, draft manuscript, December 24, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

162
  “I get along as well”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 21, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 13–14.

162
  eleven more members of Ume’s family: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 23, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 14–19.

163
  who promptly burst into tears: Akiko Kuno,
Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan’s First Vassar Graduate
, trans. Kirsten McIvor (New York: Kodansha International, 1993), 115.

163
  “They are so afraid”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, December 11, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

163
  “After the first week”: Sutematsu Yamakawa, draft manuscript, December 24, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

163
  “American Aunt”: Ibid.

163
  “As soon as I touched”: Ibid.

163
  “My knees at this moment”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, December 11, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

164
  “She does not show”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 23, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 14–19.

164
  “The day the steamer sails”: Ibid.

164
  “every kind of mess imaginable”: Ibid.

164
  “Shige is a great help”: Ibid.

165
  “So you see my return”: Ibid.

165
  “so much lighter and warmer”: Ibid.

165
  “The hardest thing”: Ibid.

165
  “I can’t yet sit down”: Ibid.

165
  “My dresses have been shown”: Ibid.

166
  “If I could only speak”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 19, 1882, TCA, I-B-8 (4).

166
  “I am bound hand and foot”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, December 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 22–23.

166
  “Oh, I don’t want to lose”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 23, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 14–19.

166
  “But now in Japan”: Ibid.

166
  “Much to my alarm”: Ume Tsuda to Mattie, Maggie, and Mamie, February 20, 1883, TCA, I-C-6.

167
  “I long to jump around”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 23, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 14–19.

167
  “My father was talking”: Ibid.

167
  “Sutematsu and I hate”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, November 29, 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 21.

167
  “for twelve yen”: Ibid.

167
  “a sort of tea concern”: Sutematsu Yamakawa to Alice Bacon, December 29, 1882, SYOP, Box 1, Folder 5, VSC.

168
  “Such a curious mixture”: Ume Tsuda to Adeline Lanman, December 1882, in Furuki,
Attic Letters
, 22–23.