The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-31
JAPANE SE.PAD.
Society Girls Trying to Look Like
Japanese Maids.
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Japanese Maids.
(Copui1ht)
| NEW YoRK, Jan. 3O.-The little maiden
who keeps up with the times, and who is
alive to what is going on, is making be
lieve now that she is a japanese girl
She wears a Japanese gown, she makes
up with japanese paint, hangs a lot of
Japanese trinkets from her side, writes her
billet doux with brush and japanese ink,
takes Japanese medicines and reposes upon a
pile of cushions when she is exhausted from
her round Of social duties.
Japanese gowns come ready made in the
| shops, and there are dressmakers VITO have
| learned how to do the great japanese dress
making act and who will, upon demand,
supply Miss Dorothy with gown which
might, if appearances go for anything,
cause her to be mistaken for Miss Tsei Use
| Hammamuma.
Please note that the name of the little
| japanese maiden is not at all a Chinese
name, but is a strictly Japanese one, be-
| cause the Japanese do not like to be mis-
taken for Chinese, and while Miss Dorothy
might be willing to masquerade as pretty
| Japanese girl, she would on no account like
to locke like Chinawoman.
Speaking of that, reminds me Of letter
| recently received by a friend of mine who
| is at present living in New York, but who
has resided for the last ten years in Japan
| and has become acquainted with many of
the people residing in the household of the
| Empress of japan. The letter complains
grievously of an error which has crepU into
the American newspapers. An excellent
portrait Of the Empress Of Japan had been
going the rounds of oil our daily papers
] but, unfortunately, itrepreseuted her IN the
| costume OF q Chinese woman. And when it
reached the Empress of Japan, all the joy
which she felt at the kind notices which
were written about her was annuiled
| by the fact that the picture represented her
as China woman. This was too much for
| her, and, at first, abe took it as q personal
insult, but her counselors assured her that
| Americans meant no harm. IL was simply
! G. blunder
But to return to Miss Dorthy, who has
tempo arily changed herself into Miss Tssi
| Tse Hammamuma. Around her waist she
wears broad girdle, and from the side Of
it there hangs little fiat silver case, in
which are several medicine bottles. Al
though Miss DOrthy wishes to be japanese
in every respect, Sue is unwilling
to risk her precious little digestive
organs by Undertaking any suicidal negotla'
lions with japanese drugs, and so the bot
J ties contains only Japanese sweets and cor
harmless. In the medicine case she carries
a little bottle of Italian peppermint, tiny
| bottle of camphOr and some French cough
drops. This constitutes her medicine out
| fit. Aud it is very interesting to see her
! draw upon the contents of the little flat
silver case whenever any of her friends are
afflicted with sudden indispostiOn.
Let one of her admirers cough and out
comes the cough drops. Let him sneeze and
he is given drop Of camphor. Let him
| complain of indigestion and he gets al
Italian peppermint. Miss Dorothy is amply
provided with remedies for each and every
| i'll that may arise.
The most interesting thing in all her
japanese outfit is her little box containing
what stands for pen and ink. There is little
compartment in the box which has a
black substance in it, and alongside
of this is a tiny bottle Of water.
| little saucer in the other end Of the box
receives a few drops of water and grain
! or two of the black substance, and tiny
spoor which is in the outfit mixes the two
into black fluid. Miss Dorothy or Miss
Tsei Use, as we may now call her, takes out
a small camels hair brush, which STICKS In
the end Of the box, as If it we're pencil,
and dips it In the black fluid and writes
with it upon a card which is taken from
silver card case, which also hangs at her
side.
IL is difficult to write with prusn, SO the
Acknowledgements maiden indites line or
two. In great black strokes she writes:
"DEAR CECIL: Lunch with me at /.
| DOROTHY. "
OF course Cecil is q girl, and of course she
Immediately responds to the blue-coated
messenger who brings her the note and the
two Young women meet couple OF hours
later to enjoy a decidedly American lunch.
although it is eaten by young women in
Japanese garments. A big pile of cushions
! in one corner of the room receives the two
maidens after they have lunched, and then
comes a great deal OF very American gossip;
The japanese fad is an expensive one, ana
papa ISN'T always WING 20 pJg SaO SCI card
case. and anywhere from Sl2 TO S25 for