The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-06
THE GENUINE YUM Yum.
She is Different from the Repre-
sentative in ..Mikado.
Az Child She is Trosted Around on
Her Sisters Baek-Peeufisr-
tiles Of Her Dress.


ever appeared on the American stag
! Ike her rich, ereaIn-coIored con
piexion. ! have fallen in love with be
jet black eyes, which, though the
shine through lids not half as wid
apart as those Of Mrs. LangfFy or 9
Mrs. James Brown Potter, are quite .
full Of soul and quite as beautiful
Ike the flowing drapery Of her 80
tune, and have become aecustOme'
TO the absence OF the corset and 70 ca
decollcte display Of the bust. iadmir
her modest taste in colors, and the sol
grays and blues ~ her dress seem I.
harmonic with her surrounding
The paint on her lower lip can evei
approve Of, and the structure Of he
oily Jet black hair fills my soai Will
wonder
cosTRACTfsG xAEKfAeE
The marriage and counting catfoni
are entirely different from ours. Yum
Yum can furnish no garden gate IN
her lovers 20 hang over, and she neye
knows the pleasure Of moonlight
drives. She has no gate In The FRS
place, and no lover in the second. He
family. II she be Of high birth. ar
ranges the marriage with the family
of the groom, and the counting, Il
there be any Is done after the we'd.
ding.
The Yum Yum of Japan tbs.
leads much less eYeutf0l lie than
the young girl Of America. shs
thinks she has fun, because she know
no better. and her chief employment
II she BIC one Of the poorer classes, 8.
the toting OF her baby brother and
sister upon her back. IL is thus
that her mother took care OF her. and
the cradle for all the little Japane e
babies II the human back. Almost
as soon rs the baby is born Il Is tied
10 the back Of the children next in
age, and the moment a mother begins
10 expect the advent Of a second baby
she trains her little daughter in prepa-
ration for IL. At first light doll IA
placed on the baby's back, then a
heayies one is substituted, and thus
the weight Is increased until Ii ap-
proaches that Of a baby. | saw last
week three year old child carrying a
dog strapped 10 its back In this way
and as the baby staggered along with
IL II met child Of the same age who
had a baby lied on its back, and the
two sat down on their little heels aud
played together ia the mud. The ba-
biey did not seem to mind il Ia the
least, and the infant Yum Yums here
cry less than do our little American
babies.
As an infant, Yum Yum dresses
like her mother, and other girls Of ia
pan spend less upon clothes than do
their American sisters. Spring bon
nets they never get, for all woman
hood here goes barc-headed. Skirts
they do not use, and the long stock
ings and the high-heeled shoe never
ciasped their toes and calves. The ia
panese girl wears no gloves and she new
er loses her shoe buttoner. Her shapely
little feet chatter over the street, in
wooden sandals two inches high, and
she holds these on by white cord
which, tied to the wood between her
two first toes, crosses the foot and Is
fastened az the heel. In place of
stockings she has foot mittens. and
these have finger for the great toe.
and they do not come higher than her
ankle on the leg, Above this eomss
her dress, and if the weather DC wet
she will.think nothing OF puttingi it up
TO henknees and wabbling along with
hcricalves showing NJ the back,
This dress, however, Is curiosity.
II has no pins nor hooks and ewes 10
keen il together, and as for buttons
they are a foreign invention. II con.
sists OF long robe made OF silk creme
or cotton, and this Is open at the front
like long jacket. When worn. one
side Of il folds over the other at the
front, and il is held In place by vide
belt or Obi. This belt Is the finest part
Of Yum ium's toilet, and it forms her
girdle and hustle all in one. Ii Is four
yards long, and its material is as rich
as her circumstances will warrant.
Sometimes il Is made OF magnificent
stiff fabrics and loaded with embroid-
cry. Ii is tied in n blk butterfly bow
ut the back, and, though not pin is
used it keeps its place aud holds Tho
dress perfectly.
How THE You've GIRLS FLlgr
Yum Yum, however, does not want
her dress spread cut like the tail Of
the peacock. She runs rather to the
pullhack and the loose folds uf the un.
starched stniis which wrap themselves
about the form, showing its every out
line. They impede the walking IL the
ladies. and the result Is that the Jap
anese girl totters along in halt
pigeon-tocd fashion, and vixen she tries
to run she goes oil In gait like COW
The dress in summer II upen AZ the
neck, and Yum Inm does not
know what a hreasipin is. Nv wife
made a girl in The country, who
had done her favor, a pre-.
sent OF one and pinned il az her
neck. The girl was delighted with the
present. but she at once renewed il
from her neck and fastened il to her
girdle in the region Of the hustle. Tn,
Japanese girls never wear earrings
and their only ornaments are on thi.
belt. The belt Is the costliest part ul
the dress, and have seen some which
| am told. cost As high as SlO0 and up
ward. The cheaper ones SO as low 4,
a few dollars, and some can Ice bough
which are made of cotton or briRh
colors, and which cost only lev
cents.
The dress for winter Is much tn,
same, save that the stuiis are wadded
and that more underclothcs uf IN,
same shape axe used The sleeve
probably pinch The arms a little tightc
thar. in the summer, and still the
have che same baE-like appearance
Yum Sum's sleeves are her pockets
In them she keeps her lunch aud he
paper pocket handkerchiefs. and il
them. as a little girl. she carries he
plavthlngs. They hang fully var
down from her wrists, and they loti
one of the most useful instruments a
Irritation. She does not use Ia
tan for this, bat she ha
n language OF gestures whieh vii
tell love story in her waves OF th
hand. She uses her ewes. 500. bu
never winks. The same meaning &
conveyed hy the rolling OF the rvcball
or the twitehing OF the left corner %
the mouth. She has 40 language O.
the handkerchief. and She does no
shrug her shoulders Il disguised Sh
can turn up her nose, however. wit.
quite as much scOrU as can 4 New lOr
belle, and she can curl her little ~.
upper lip 10 the same purpose. She :
above all things friendly and Cped-na
tured, and she will giggle and laugh a
the least proyocation.
The japanese wofuen--or rather IN
japanese young wonen-hayc yer
good forms. They are fuN heal
shorter than the average American
woman, but they are plurrcr. an,
their non-use of stays or eoTSctS seem
10 have produced better bust deyel
opment They lean slightly - th
front As they walk, and in cid age the
become round shouldcred. | belicv
that the women age quicker here that
with Us. This is specially SO In IN
lower classes
Asleep ia Freddy Gebhardt's iarta.