Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-05

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dresses 60. Groups Of mea and giris &c
scattered about the streets, playing, ~ish
40 great skill il must be confessed. tine
game of b.ttledore and shuttlecock.
favorite pastime Of the japanese, who
play this game as game of forfeits,
wherein the unlucky swain who drops
the shuttlecock must submit to have .
big streak of black paint drawn across
bis face by one of the compositions Of
the other sex, who in this game gener-
ally seem to get the best of It, and take
huge delight in the infection of tho for
felt. The girls have on their gayest
"kimono," or silk robe, which is often
very tastefully decorated, and their lest
wooden sandals, which are generally
lacquered. This attire, and liberal a.
lowance Of powder to whiten the neck
which is left bare by the kimono, and
rouge to color up the lips and cheeks,
often enable the Japanese girl to put in
an appearance, wanting in natural charms.
but artistically success. But when we
come to the European costumes, then NO
pen but the pen Of Dickens could do
justice to the subject. For ON this day
rybody calls on everybody else, and
then the Mikado holds great reception
for bis Ministers; and the correct dress
to be worn by all not actually entitled
to uniform is simply European evening
dress, surmounted BY tall hat. Surely
such bats have never bean seen elsewhere.
For SO long as anything 10 worn which
has once been tall hat, it does not INST
ter what 10 its present condition, and
such trif1es as the fact that it has l'cen
brushed the wrong way, or
sat upon . few times, are beneath the
adorns. Nor do the dress-suits fail to
come up to the same high standard. A
pair Of inexpressibles that once were
black, made on plan past moral ken,
20 wonderful tight and short are they,
have their commencement about ON iuch
above the tops of pair of ladies' bcots.
How these have been wriggled into no man
shall say; the feat has been performed
once more 10 safety, and the risk has not
TO be run again until the next New
Year. But who can blame inexpressibles
for being too high at the bottom, when
they are so much too low at the topa 1t
must surely be the fault Of the wsis coat,
Of which the other garments are innocent.
that there il broad stratum Of shirt b.
tween the two; and it il creditable to all
that the stratum aforesaid
should have been clean no longer ago
han the last time it was worn, last New
Years Day. But . dress-suit, even
when tastefully constructed of good al
paca, is hardly warm enough for JAN
nary. We need . comforter, and what
70 effectual in this capacity % nice
rough bath. toweli Picture the japanese
vakunin complete; his costume, q above,
BY the remains Of his tall
hat, delicately balanced on his ears, him
,elf in q jinriksha, or mounted ON .
donkey; and compare this with tho
graceful, flowing robes of elegant ma