The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-11
TWO JAPANESE MAIDS OF
VASSAR
How They Behaved at College, and Their
Later Fortunes in Mikado Land.

Vassar students of 10 and 80 doubt
less remember The japanese girls Sta
matt and Singh, who were sent over
by the Government along with half a
dozen more little maids to be educated
in America 1t was at the time when
Japanese people were beginning to be
eager to acquire everything that was
good in Western thought and Western
methods of life. The boys were en-
couraged to visit Europe and America
and seek degrees in the schools. The
girls, to the number of eight or ten,
were sent over at the expense of the
Government. All of these girls were
of gentle birth, and several belonged to
the nobility 1t is interesting to learn
the result Of the experiment from a
lady who recently visited these girls in
their japanese homes, and who write
about her visit to the Pail Mall
Gazette At Vassar, Stamatz was
brilliant and exclusive, and very
beautiful She took high honors III
English literature, wrote charming es.
says, and spoke English, with a slight
accent, of course, but her vocabulary
and her use of it were AawIess. She
was President of her class in her sopho-
more year, ard was a member of the
shakespeare, club always confined
to the girls who were first Intellectually.
Stamatz played a wonderful game of
chess and eXCelled at whist.
Singh was never President Of any
thing, but everyone loved her. She
was invaluable at the tortnightly ''candy
pulls" splendid on a sleigh ride, and
she spent half Of her time in the in
Urinary coddling sick girls. She got
through her examinations with eminent
respectabillty, spoke very broken Eng
fish, and wrote it stiffly but correctly.
Singh was plain, dumpy and near
sighted, with a wee flat nose and in
every feature broadly Japanese.
Stsmatz on her return to Japan
made a brilliant marriage Her hus-
band was an old man of high position,
great power and immense wealth, His
wife has become a noted hostess, and
speaks French and English fuently, as
well as German and Italian. She re.
ceived an old-time friend who calico
upon her at her home with all her old
time graciousness, served tea and cake
from an English service, and talked a.
entertainingly as ever about the book
she read in America, but her face grew
listless when Vassar was mentioned
When the college paper for which il
her student days she wrote such Cleve
articles was spoken of she said she
believed they sometimes sent her a
copy But she wasn't sure. She had
not read printed page of French OF
English since her return to Japan
Evidently she had spent the ten year:
in exile because the Mlkado though
it best. She wore the costume of Jap
anese women, save that her hair wa
colled in the simple Greek fashion ant
her bronze slippers were of Parisial
make A noted European called upol
the Countess Olyama, as she is nov
known, with Japanese gentleman
The lap bent seven times to the foo
when Stamatz entered. Countess,
the Englishman said, sit bow as ofteI
and as low as that | shall fall down
but am extremely glad to meet you.
She smiled, and made his call delight
full, but she never forgave him. STAN
atz was born to the purple, and sh,
loved it. She is four times a mothe
and four times a stepmother.
Singh lives in funny little house
purely Japanese, and is the wife of {
lieutenant in the navy. The jolly littl,
woman has not changed a bit Sh,
seized her old friend by one hand, he
friends husband by the other, Sh,
had never seen the husband or hearC
of him, but she instinctively knew VIII
he must be, and adopted him in he
little motherly way She had forgotten
most Of her imperfect English, an,
at first the two friends could barrel
understand each other. But she over
whelmed the visitor with question
about everything and everybody the
had known in their school days. Sh
sent for her FIVE little children and the
bobbed queer little courtesies with thei
queer little bodies, and ran ava
laughing. The only suggestions {
Europe IN the little bit of home wer
three old books and box of cigars
which the hostess brought out for tn
gentleman with her gleeful laugh. Bu
nevertheless the Empress has founde
a girls college in Japan, and Sh
(SipuhH ic nrofeSGor Of the nianO