Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-19
Becoming n Gentleman In Corea.

1t is very desirable to be n gentle
man, aud cn,erprising members of
The common CLASSES are continually
striving for this end. The cxamin.
alton itself is amost Picturesque 81 ht
1t Is held III Il large enclosure ut the rear
OF the palace grounds proper. Here on
large raised stone platform the q ing
sits under canopy with his officials
The contestants d'spluy their power upon
the targets prepared, or they squat upon
the ground by the thousand and write
away induslrionsly. Each writer is per
haps provided with an umbrella, stuck
INTO the ground ut II convenient angle
for sheltcring him from The sun or ram,
while by his side lies his bundle contain.
ing food and writing materials, and his
stall, for perchancc he has walked many
miles to be present on this occasion.
The day is general holiday ut the capt.
tai, and nearly every house contains one
or more Of these contestants from tho
country, with Their peculiar brimcss
hats and their little packs upon their
backs. In about three days the decision
is announced, and then the streets arc
made lively with the gay procession of
the victorious ones rs they parade the
public ways, dressed in bright colors,
wearing the court robe il sufficiently
high rank has been obtained, and riding
gayly caparisoned horses or donkcys,
while band Of music preccdcs, followed
by gayly dressed dancer bearing the
diploma, which he lourshes in tile air
as he postures in the presence Of the
crowd.
Once having become gentIcmnn, the
Core N affects peculiar slow swinging
Stride and never breaks out into n rapid
"go-as you please" gait. This peculiar
stride Is su posed to be caused ly sitting
cross legged so long i'll riding in the
chair. anI seeing il one at once infers,
n is desire |, that the person is gentle
man and accustomed 10 being borne
about from place 10 place rather than to
walking. Also the speech ana manners
change with the promotion to gentiity.
~ Corean can instantly detect II gentle
man by his form Of speech. The vulgar
forms OF the commoncr are dropped and
the more elegant expressions of the
gentleman arc cultivated. While in
the house the gentleman is strict in en-
Joining the observance Of all the respect
due him from his women, children, rcla-
tives and fricads
With the lhboring classes there is
moe nome ne, they sit down together
to eat their meals and they smoke when
and as they please; while the son or wife
of gentleman may only smoke in his
presence on special permission Tobacco
Is used universally in Corca The child
learns to smoke in Lighting the elders
pipe and lac never forsakcs its soothing
influence. The weed is never chcwed,
but is smoked IN long stcmmed pipes
with brass bowls of generous calibcr.
An official of some rank uses - Pipe with
u stem SO long that he cannot light it if
he would. except by touching it 10 coal
Mt some distance. When several Of these
dignitaries assemble in room fer IL
smoke and rcst-thcr pipe bowls in
common tray Mt one side of the room
there is littcspace left for promcnnding.
Fractions OF time are reckoncd by the
pipe, full oftohacco, meaning the amount
of time ordinarily consumed in leisurcly
smoking pipe of tobacco, which is
about equal 10 ten minutes. AS is seen
in the following sentence: II went to
your house to see you; you were not in
smoked one pipe of tobacco, and you
not ha.ing arrived, left "-.Saa Fran
cisco Chronicle