The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-29
Yum yuM,s COSTUME.
Why dap Girls waddIe--No Gee for
Stockings.
Washington Critic.

Washington Critic.
Having been soaped and dried, the Jap
anese girl lakes q long strip of cotton or
silk, according 10 her taste and condition,
the strip being about eighteen inches wide
and three yards long. Holding the upper
corner OF one end Of the cloth Just over
the left hip she winds the strip tightly
around the ioins and hips, fastening it by
lucking the end corner in the belt so made.
ms might be called the Japanese corset.
except that instead of COMPRISING the
waist. 1t squeezes the lower abdominal pcr-
tons and upper hip. When properly put
on II makes an almost rigid bandage. and
= this which gives that peculiar little
ehuine and swing TO the original Yum
fnm's walk, the legs being really only
movable from the knee down. Most
writer's have ascribed this wsddle TO the
wearing OF high wooden clogs. put this
Is a mistake. The men wear clogs, but tnsy
walk as freely as nm Indian.
The XIII, so to speak. having been ad-
}usied, the japanese gsrl then slips on
loose, sleeveless jacket--agaln either OF cot
ton or silk-wbich comes down 10 the loin
cloth, and over that blouse or short kim
one; then another little longer, tao or
three OF these. then the kimono. and then
the 90; or bow. All these undergraduates
aud the kimeno itself are crossed in front
anu are open al the neck. Each Is dec
GRATED at the nesk with strip OF colored
Grape, and the whole II so arranged that
flese strips show one beneath the other.
sometimes belle will show.a hail dczsn
OF more OF these different co.ored strips,
t1e effect being quite rainoowish. Ii the
dispensed with and the rarti-colored silks
are sewed Co the inner side of the kimono
IN number Of pats.
stockings the japanese woman does not
wear. except those who have adopted the
european fashions swhile the shoe is either
: sandal or clog. No matter what the
FORM OF the sandal or clog. the method OF
ssachhieni y always the sanae-~a soft loop
INTO which the foot is thrust. with a thong
70 pass between the great toe and shs Others
Zoe sandal tsaril is nearly always made
WIN straw sole and quilted top, and is
used Tor indoor wear, while the clog tgital
OF wood, Their height j. regulated by
sne tony" aspirations OF the wearcr, Just
3 French heels OF excessive height are
worn by our own fashionable sisters.
HE kimonos seen in this country last
clear the ground. and this Is the everyday
cut OF the garment. When the Japanese
Young lady wishes To pnt or sfyle, how
ever, she lengthens her kimono ard adds
70 It's breadth in the lower portions. SO that
snail spread out on the tsoor as she
sands This Is her train, hat must stand
"toeas0 nrt rect III ocAA shApSs 4 &c IttCe
management of this train is a great
achievement. and il takes much prsc ice 10
ofing about the true Japanese angles and
stiffness. In the old days the kimonos
worn oy the court salies were something
extraordinary IN their voluminousaess
lney were not only long behind. bat they
were also long before. and the poor creature
Stumbling along in Que Of these looked as
saoush she was shutting about on her
knees.
III Is II her obi or sash. however. that the
japanese belle takes her greatest nrlde
ordinarily IL Is tied behind in bow about
loot square at the back. resembling q
cartridge box IN shape. bnt there are
times when this modest little bow will not
safhce, and there are ladies who 20 10 ex-
cesses in the size Of the obi. IL Is made out
o. black silk. folded 10 he fally ward wide.
and II Is tied IN q bow. whose ends extend
iaiis three feet across. Moreover. il /.