Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-18

The complexion al the Japanese IS
yellowish, with a little brown; their eyes
are small, their HAIR is black, straight
and course. The Dress is very peculiar.
The men wear robes OF different lengths,
one being worn upon the other until n
man will sometimes carry four or live
rebes at orce. They are girt round the
waist with a broad sash. The sleeves
are very large, and, being partly closed
at the ends, are used as pockets, In
which are carried various little articles
of property. In the sleeves, for exam
pie, they carry squares of white paper,
which serve as pocket handkerchieis,
and which are always thrown away when
used. They esteem our habit OF retain
ing our pocket handkerchiefs alter use
a very dirty one. In these sleeve
pockets, also, the Japanese guest will
carry off the remains OF the feast to
which he has been invited, such being
the custom Of this strange country.
This must be remembered if our Wis
itors carry out the custom here. The
hair of the men is dressed in q
very singular manner. The front
and temples of the head are shaved,
as in China, and the rest OF the
hair is made into tail, as with the Chr
nese. But the hair is net allowed TO
grow to its full length and hang down
the back; it is made into a short queue
or braid, about three inches IN length
and as thick as the finger, and is turned
up over the top of the head. In Eu-
ropean court-dress the trousers worn
only come to the knee; but in Japan the
custom is reversed in very strange way.
When the mobiles appear before the Em-
peror they wear pair OF trousers with
legs fully twice as long as those of the
wearer, so that in walking they trail q
yard or SO on the ground. Walking IN
such garments is an art which requires
very long practice, and even when
learned, it is nothing more than an un-
calmly shuttle, and the poor courtler IS
in danger every moment of coming down
in very undignifed way on his face.
The women's dress is almost like that OF
the men, only the materials are general
ly finer, and the sash round the waist IS
broader. Both men and women wear
stockings made like mittens, hav-
ing separate place for the
great toe; this enables them to
wear the peculiar sandals and clogs of
the country, some of which raise the
foot of the wearer six inchOs above the
ground. The chief difference between
masculine and feminine attire lies in the
hair. This is allowed to grow on the
women; and they take extraordinary
pains to twist it into all manner of fan.
tastic patterns. The hair-pins are used
for adjournment. They are seven or eight
inches in length, and half an inch wide:
They are made of tortoise shell, carved
wood, ivory and glass. Sometimes a
woman will wear dozen or more Of
these pins in her hair, so that at little
distance her head looks as if a bundle Of
frewood had been stuck loosely into it.
To add to this strange appearance the
women cover their faces and backs with
white paint. the natural pink Of the lips
is rendered disgusting by layer of red
paint, the white teeth are blackenea, and
the eyebrows are pulled out. Mr.. OH
plant, in his work on Japan, may well
say, 1.-THE CHASTITY appearance Of the
Japanese women produces o most pain
ful and disagreeahle effect.