Telegram-herald., 1891-04-07


yum" Is nothing zine for march,
bat Q very graceless. shallow, splay
footed. silly. unchaste. unlovely and un-
lovable morsel Of yellow femininity. A
couple of years spent in Japan is sufi-
Gent to cause the homeliest and most an
tiquated Of white women to appear types
Of perfect beauty.
remember when first landed In San
Francisco. after . prolonged residence 1t
Toxic. stopped every few minutes while
walking up to the hotel for tho purpose
Of feastinR my eyes ON what appeared 10
me the universal loveliness Of the women
! met. Indeed, II might venture to
make . suggestion to spinsters and
widows Of doubtful ago and in search
Of adinities, II is that they should spend
. few months in travelling between Japan
and America and Japan and Europe.
Sea voyages arc VIGOROUSLY conducive to
0ixtations. and tho homeward bound
foreign residents Of Japan would DO %
blind to their impcrfections - to become
. fscile prey for their matrimonial nets
Among tho numerous objections Of .
moral and physical nature to the Japan
ess "Ausme" is their peculiarly offen-
sivs odor. They dress their coarse black
hair but once. or ct the very most twice
. week. caking il with some kind Of evil
smelling fat or pomade for the purpose
Of giving the couture tho required
amount Of stiffness and consistency, and
Ekewise anointing it with . peculiarly
pungsnt oil Of tho castor oil species.
30 careful are they not to disturb this AZ
gsngemcnt Of the hair during the entire
week that they nse little paper padded
blocks Of wood which fit just in the nape
Of the neck and leave the head clear,
- pillows ct night Toward the fourth
and nth days both the pomade and the
oil acquire an exceedingly rancid per-
fume, in addition to their other quail
tics, and 1t requires nose Of altogether
oriental obtuseneo Of smell to remain
unmoved thereby.
Then. too, their dress Is not as clean a
e might be. True, they battle . great
deal can vouch for that ~ an ego
Wins. since they mostly perform their
additions coram publico-but they arc
noe particular - to the condition Of the
water. nor - 10 the number OF men and
women who havc been pArboiled therein
before them, and they invariably put on
the sane old picturesque but dirty
dresses which their female ancestors Of
the third and even fourth generation
have worn before them. Those dresses
are made Of such durable fabrics that
they seldom wear out, and inasmuch a
they sre never lsundered. they may be
said. without exa8seration. to harbor the
Impurities Of almost centuries.
Women in civilized countries are al
ways compared BY tho poets to lovely
flowers. such - the violet OF the ross.
whoss dainty beauty and delicats per-
fume shey are asserted 20 pcsseS. How
II ~ possible. then. to believe that man
accustomed 10 the alteration Of women
whcse entire being suggests exquisite
flowers can form any serious or lasting
attachment for q yellow skinned girl
who 10 rrdeient. not Of the rosebush, but
Father OF the castor oil plant,
Nor II is possible TO agree with Sir
Edwin Arnold when he describes The
Japanese woman a. graceful Her walk.
or rather wsddle, IL 20 ridicuiousiy
awkward ard ungsinly that IL would
provoke laughter were IL not for q
pathetic. impiorine, III treated, dumb
animal SORT Of hook apparent in the eyea
She shukliss s,cng with her toes turned.
not cutwrd, bat Inward. and with her
"kimono- wound % tightly around her
Iegs that she psosresses exaotly - II her
knsss wvre bound closely together BY
cord Her fest sre very brood. vs<y short
end stumpy. and without even any 80
virsnn a an irsfsn Indeed. . eiimnss of
them is sufficient ~ daEsp~s any enthu-
sisssn about the almond eyed hcuris 70
whom they belong.
Nor is sherc snyshise beautiful about
Che figure q JApanee woman. As
general rule the trunk ~ her body il fsr
Zoo long I'm proportion - the lenssh at
her lever limbs. . radical fsuif PER -.
Thss. sos>. her shoulders ars marrow md
sisping. her buss pssisble. sod the vhoi>
sftitnae II her BODY soubs~si NJ ard ar-
fcssnt IN gra-e There ara ~ srperh
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