Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-30
AN ATTRACTIVE COUPLE.
Description OF Mr.. Autsu, the japanese
Munster, and HIS Wife.

Munster, and HIS Wife.
The present Minister. Mr.. Mutsu, Is
a typical japanese, 1.-THE, slender
active. alert. polished gentleman
and deep thinker. He is swarthy'
and his eyes are a black rs night lie
learned to speak English in Japan ana
while he doesn't spetk 1t hnently' ne
expresses himself very well and under
stands readily. He is a devoted nus
band and very proud OF his pretty
wife, who has but TO look as If she de-
sired any thing 10 get IT, lie Is III
favor Of the highest position ior
women. and advocates their advance
ment and freedom. Mr.. Mutsu was
appointed by the Emperor Governor
of Yokohama, and several years alter
wards political complications arose
and he was thrown into prison. where
he was confined for four years and
half. After the political upheaval he
was released, honors We're conferred
upon him. and on the recall OF Minister
kuki the Emperor made him his Min
ister TO the United States. During his
incarceration the cholera broke out IN
the prison and his wife greatly feared
that he would be 4 victim to II. She
then had to care for his two little boys
By former marriage aud her own in
iant daughter. She was then quite
Young herself. and had little more ex-
perience of life than child. For the
distress she endured then he is trying
to make up now by his tender care
and his admiration for her courage
and self-reliance is unbounded
Mime. Mu,su. although she Is the
mother OF daughter taller than her.
self. and has not the slightest objec-
tion to telling her age up to the latest
date, is very young and girlish look
ing; far more youthful. in fact than
many belle who has been out a
seas n or two. She is by far
the prettiest Japanese lady ever
seen in Washington. She is pc
tite. with pretty. graceful figure,
and the tiniest hands and feet imagin
able. Her skin is of that smooth, sat
inv texture resulting from the hot
baths so universal in Japan, and is a
clear olive in hue; her cheeks are like
the damask rose and ner eyes large
and dark and sparkling with intelli-
gence. Her eyebrows are straight and
delicately penciled, aud her abundan,
coal black hair is rolled back from her
forehead and ooiled on top of he,
and her lips are full and ripe-i ed Her
expression is very quiet. but when she
smiles her whole face lights up and
becomes radiant Unlike most Jap
anese her face is a perfect oval. and in
the American dress. which she has
adopted. one has to look second time
to assure himself that she belongs ia
another race. As one OF the ladies in
waiting to the Empress, she became
accustomed to foreign dress and likeC
it.
She is fragile. delicate little Great
ure. with scarcely muscle enough TO
! lift an ordinary chair, and looks with
wonder on the activity OF American
ladies, She rarely walks except il
the garden behind the house. and ha
walked on the street but once in tn,
day time (then just around the blocl
with LADY,, Gnd twice at night for
short distance with her husband. Sh,
Is fond Of going out visiting. etc. bu
doesn't take the mad delight in shop
ping for nothing that we do. Sh
dosen go shopping except when sh
really wants something. select
quickly what she wants. and that
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