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The morning call., 1893-02-12
JAPANESE WOMEN.
Not Trained to Make Their
Own Living.
THE DESTINY OF THEIR SEX.
Some Peculiar Features of Life In
Different Classes of Oriental
Society.
Written for THE MORNING CALI.

Their care not many occupations open to
the japanese woman who has to earn her
living. Nor, indeed. are there many she is
fitted to fill.
Her education ls almost entirely confined
to domestic and social duties and accom-
plishments.
Women OF the higtat classes are never
trained to make their own way in life, for
the fact that they may some day be COM
PEELED 10 earn theirown bread Is never taken
into consideration.
Marriage is regarded as w0man's sure and
only deStiny-a destiny as inevitable as
death Itself. To become wife and mother
should be her highest and only ambition.
Ladies Of good family are restricted
almost entirely to teaching and fancywork,
and OF course can earn but bare pittance.
But in the lower walks Of life a woman can
gain competence in variety of ways.
Many women keep shops. transactng all
the business themselves and in their own
names; the husband, if there be one, not
appearing In any manner whatever.
Fish, fruit and china shops are frequently
owned and managed by women entirely.
the accounts, orders and financial depart
ment generally being attended to by the
prOpretreSS herself.
AS one passes along the streets of Toxic
1t Is no uncommon sight to see a woman
sitting at one corner of the open shops,
going over the accounts for the day, the in
dlSpenSable "SOrOban" or counting board
by her side. 1t may be remarked incl
dentally that mental arithmetic Is an I'M
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known art in Japan. save among the
younger generation, who have been taught
according 10 western methods.
Tea houses. which correspond somewhat
to restaurants with us, are kept principally
by women. The Golden K0i" in Toxic.
one OF the most celebrated restaurants, is
kept by woman. When these houses are
kept by husband and wife the division of
labor Is peculiar and exactly the reverse of
similar arrangements with US.
In Japan 1t is the man who does the cook
Ing. while the woman waits on the CUSTOM
ers, makes up the bill. receives payment
and gives the receipt il il is required.
HalTdreSslng Is very important busi-
ness IN the land Of elaborate toilets, where
even the little maid-servant wears so COM
pllcated structure on her head that she is
compelled TO employ professional to ar
range II for her. As professional hair
diessers o number of women find very
lucrative employment, perhaps the best
paid OF any occupation of this sort. That
this as a well-reeognized fact we may know
from native pr0verb which asserts that
THE hairdresser's husband does not need
to work for a living" the inference being
that his wife can make sufficient for both
Women, however. have not IA monopoly of
this business, rs occasionally men are en-
gagged IN the same line OF work
In the country districts men and women
Work Side by side In the rice fields, distiuc-
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"Yes. as 1 am of that erims they have
charged you with"
What do they say of me? What is
thought"
Tom. what does 1t ImatterT You are
innocent. and love yen"
my noble heart, God bless you. What
does your uncle think?"
Times upi' cried warder.
"You have sworn il, Tom. Remember"
81 will write, dearest, l swear 1t, | will
write"
"Come, my manw shouted one of the
guard.
Remember, Tom !" exclaimed.
81 will write to you" were his last words.
| stood watching him as he walked with
the other convicis and the guard to the
gangway, gallery. The excitement and
grief Of this meeting worked like fever on
me. My breast was violently heaving. my
eyes were dry and hot, as though full of
fire, my lips Tarehed as though pale and
broken with thirst. stepped over to the
deputy governor and said: "Will money
help man in this ship?"
mo, madam" said he. shortly, eying
me with q look of grave surprise.
III will send fifty pounds 10 you or the
governor, and as much again when that
money Is spent, TO furnish Thomas Butler
with comforts outside the horrible prison
fare"
Gently, madam. The prison fare is not
so horrible ms you think Many get such
food here as they never see out of jail and
never get money enough TO purchase after
their discharge. Cocoa, bread. beef, SOUP
such food is not horrible. But the wealth
OF the Indies would not help your friend
in this hulk"
bowed 10 him. dropped my veil, went to
the side and entered the wherry. The
waterman began TO talk; to this moment l
believe il Was he and not his nephew who
had been a convict l kept my lips sealed
and the man sank into silence while he
r0wed steadily in the direction of Black
wall. When we turned bend so as 10 get
a sight of the docks | spied the Chide far
old lying atnwart the stream with her head
close in 10 the dock entrance. The waterman
looked at her and said he guessed she was
hndeTed by some difficulty or the
tide Addressing the fellow for the
first time l babe him pull close under the
stern Of the shir. as ! desired to hail her.
| stared anxiously as we approached, think
Ing l might see viii tombstone. A num-
Der of men were travelling round a capstan
on the fOreeastle. and a hurricane chorus
swept in regular pauSes from their lungs as
the pawlS clanked TO the thrust Of the hand
spikes. a knot Of people we're gathered on
the pierhead a few figures walked the poop
deck.
We pulled close under the stern of the
ship, where the water was sparkling in
diamonds and trembling in gold to the
windy flash and the rudy CLEAN OF the
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DINING IN LONDON.
WRITTEN FOR THE MORNING CALL.

we meet in London from India. the most
perfectly well-bred and amiable and restful
woman in the world.
Ah, II our beautiful Amer ican women
were only as well bred, only half as we'll
pred, what might they not do with those
doughty British lords. But you are hardly
at the SIDE OF one till she begins trying to
De otlsht, 0rassy bright. in 4 glittering
string of small smartness. griBs, giggles.
Bob! Ii our American beauty abroad would
only sit still and look pretty We know she
is smart, almost as smart as she Is pretty:
but this everlasting string of frecrackers
and small smartness soon makes her less
attractive than her far less beautiful but
perfectly well bred British cousin.
Says the Talmud. If word spoken In
the right place is worth a piece of silver.
then surely Is silence in the right place
worth two pieces Of gold"
TO cut this London dining short, | must
say that they don't live nearly so we'll there
as we do here, the poor not half nor quarter
so well, and it costs more to live there than
here. A dinner that cOss 80 cents here
would cost twice as much there. A dinner
that costs 50 here would cost IS there. and
so on up. OF course, if you refuse to drink
the wine Of your own land you can have
costly dinner here as we'll as ia London.
Finally l want TO tell one thing of vast and
vital Importance to sensitive stomach.
Our food is fresh and clean. theirs is not
No one can help it but food that must be
handled over and over again by dozens
OF big. sweating, greasy men, such as
hsh, meat and so on, must invariably
be less fresh. unclean beyond all cOncep.
ton, as compared with our own. But I
reckon they are used to it. | am reminded
of a remark by tranquil English travelling
companion of mine in the remote mountains
of Italy. The women there were making
wine, and made it by simply dumping the
grapes in big vat and then getting in with
their bare feet and tyeading it out az in the
old Bible days. did not like to drink this.
and biuntly said so as we sat down. ''Oh,
well" answered the EEglishman. wiping his
chin and pouring out another glass, II SUD-
pose they always wash their feet--after they
get done, you know" JOAQUIN MILLER
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sort OF light frame strapped to their back.
"Daikon" is the principal commodity, as 1t
is hight, sells readily and not great deal
need be- taken about, as each purchaser
buys only little. In cidentally it may be
remarked that dakon is sort OF radish
with Limburger smell.
On the outskirts of the towns and in the
rural districts women peddle charcoal. 1t
Is contained in very light straw frames, at
taehed TO a ladder-like arrangem t fastened
to the back aud supported by the hands.
Each bundle holds certain measure OF the
coal. aud, taken altogether, the load Is a
very heavy one.
Many OF these women carry In this way
burdens that would stagger a man unaccus-
toned to such labor Horses or oxen play
very small part in Japanese labor OF any
description. and work that we consider
fitted only for some draught animal is here
performed by human agency.
Great carts of cut wood are pushed
through the streets by men and boys, but
1t Is no unusual sight to see the hus band.
wife, son and daughter all pushing together,
the wife or daughter often with baby
strapped to her back.
For work like this the women are dressed
In tight trousers and kimonos exactly lik Q
those worn by the men. save that the
klmono is larger and the sash broader.
Work OK this sort Is not regarded as hard
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ship. and the women perform it cheerfully
and willingly, looking upon it simply as
their share of the daily work.
In the evening when the cart is empty the
mother and baby frequently sit in it and
the men draw them home-a concession TO
weaker physical strength simply.
There are some curious trades, IL they
can be called that, followed by women in
the land of the rising sun. One of the
strangest is digging out with small knives
all the moss and weeds that grow between
the unmortared stones of the great walled
moats and embankments that surround the
castles and daimios' residences in Toxic.
These women, generally old ones, carry
little ladders with them 10 enable them to
reach the highest parts of the walls.
Usually they are employed in bands of five
or six. Their earnings average from IL to
Is cents apiece per day; not an enormous
sum, but sufficient to supply their very
m oGest needs.
These same women are often employed
by foreigners in the larger cities to cut the
grass of the lawns. Very carefully and
neatly they clip the whole lawn with great
shears until it is as smooth and even as
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The Successor of the pharoal,s.

just how England got hold Of Egypt and
by what delicate processes of diplomacy she
finally fixed her hold upon it would behard
to detail, but by that marvellous faculty
which her PEOPLE have OF picking up PROV
inces and Kingdoms and making them trib-
utary TO her she has secured Ii, and nobody
that knows anything supposes that she
will ever let go. As in the case of
her other conquests. England has
vastly improved the condition of
Egypt by her possession. In ten years the
material resources Of the country and the
condition OF the people have been entirely
changed for the better This is the case in
nearly all of highlands dependencies, and
this is the excuse that is readily offered for
her conquests. She goes with the Bible in
one hand and the rifle in the other But
along with her piety and pugnacity, she
generally brings peace and plenty.
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Spirit-ropping aud Fortune-teliing.

ton of sex being forgotten entirely and
mere physical strength being the criterion
OF what class of work either shall perform.
The peasant woman works by her hus-
bands side up to her knees in the mud and
water Of the paddy fields. hoes, rakes or
weeds as he does and shares all his tasks
equally.
In the mountainous regions Of Vase Miss
Bacon says that the women carried her
trunks and hampers and performed all the
heavy duties of porters and grooms. These
women attain an extraordinary muscular
development and by protecting the head
with little straw pad can carry incredible
weights.
The nurses for the children OF the impe-
rial family are selected from among the
Vase women on account of their superb
health and physical perfection. At Mikko,
the most celebrated OF Japanese resorts,
the packhorses used for picnics and country
excursions are hired by women and groomed
and cared for by them, and the baggage
ponies are led and guided by little girls.
just as 10 the West. such situations as
servants in households are always obtain
able by Japanese girls and women, but
there are other occupations in which they
engage that their western sisters never
take up.
Fruit or vegetable peddling affords mid
dle-aged or old women a method of live-
hood. They carry their stock IN trade in q
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AT SUNSET.

1t isn't the thing you do. dear.
It's the thing you've left undOne
Which gives You a bit of heartache
AT the setting OF the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you dId not write,
The flower you might have sent. dear,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The stone you might have lifted
Out Of brothers way,
The bit OF heartsOme counsel
You were hurried too much to say,
The loving touch OF the hand. dear,
The gentle and winsome tone
That you had no time or thought for
with troubles enough OF your own.
The tile act of kindness
SO easily out OF mind,
Those chances to be angels
Which every mortal f1nds.
They come IA night and silence.
Each chill. reprOachful wrath,
When hope Is faint and tagging
And blight has dropped on faith.
For lie is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late.
And It's not the thing you do, dear.
It's the thing you leave undoDe
Which gives you the bit of heartaehe
AT the setting OF the sun.
NJ. L. SANGsTER
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Literature and OrthograpI,y.

Minneapolis Tribune.
A bright young married lady who has been
attending some private and public readings
In the city tells good joke on herself in
connection with this experience. After re-
turning from q delightful hour with Brown
ing one afternoon she discovered that her
doorbel was out of order. So she put up q
card on which was written the following:
BELL out OF order-please wrap"
Her husband returned, looked at the card
and calling her 10 him, said
Been out today, dear?"
"Yes."
Been to the Browning readingsY'
Eyes, love!"
when is there another?"
Tomorrow night On, l see you are in
terested," said she, delighted, "and you
want to 60, don't you? Pm so glad"
well, not exactly" returned the hus-
band. but was thinking, my darling,
that | would go-if-'
Yes. if L"
IF you, my darling would stay at homo
and learn how 10 spell rap"
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DEAD CITIES OF KANSAS,

twenty BOOM 1 OWLS nat UnCe were
Thriving, but Are Now DeSoiate.
Chicago Herald.
There are twenty we'll built towns in
Kansas without single inhabitant to
waken the echoes of their deserted streets.
Saratoga had $4,000 opera house. large
brick hotel a $4,000 sehoolhouse and q
number of fine business houses. yet there
is nobody even to claim place TO sleep.
AT Fargo a $4,000 scho0lhouSe stands on
the side of the Hill, monument to the bond
voting craze. A herder and his family con-
stitute the sole population of what was once
an incorporated city. This is a sad COM
men tary on unhealthy booms. Those Kan
sas towns, like Wichita, advertised them
selves az phenomenal boom cities For
awhile everything was lovely and the
goose hung high" but at last dry rot took
hold on the boom towns and killed them.
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Copyright, 1893. by W. CLARK RUSSELL.
Why He VIII Study Music.

Why has Old Jugtop made up his mind to
study musicP Filter-Oh, he heard OF some
one telling OF piece Of music that had
double bars all through it-Inter Ocean.
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Not so Bad After All.

'See that poor man on the sidewalk there.
Well, the results of all his work for two
weeks have been destroyed by fire."
.Too bad"
mot bit. He's kindling splitter
Chicago News
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Fully % per cent of all the champagne
made Is lost by the bursting Of bottles.
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No Reason for Feeling Blue.
Paterby-Did you hear the news? Got q
baby at our house. They say it is the very
image of ME. Synnek-I wouldn't mind
lie may outgrow it.-Boston Transcript
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-27
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
JOhn Mcconnell Receivers S2e6 From the
s.. Peter and Paul's Church.

John Mcdonnell Receivers S2e6 From the
S.. Peter and Paurs Church.
In the Court of Common Pleas yester-
day the town treasurer of Johnston, was
granted "A non-suit in the case brought
against him By Simon w. Simmons, on
the ground that the stone taken by the
town was the property OF the wife OF the
plaintiff, who did not join with him in
the action.
The case brought by John Mcconnell
against William III. lierrick, a~uctioneer,
ard the SIS. Peter and Paul's Church was
heard before Judge Rogers yesterday
afternoon. Last spring the plaintiff
bought a house at auction of Mr.. Her.
rick. which belonged to the church, and
which the auctioneer represented was in
good condition and so constructed that
IL could be conveniently moved to any
part OF the city.
Mr.. Mcconnell paid 500 for the house
aud asked permission TO move the build
ing. This petition was refused, and the
city Inspector told Mr.. Mcconnell that
besides being too large to move through
the streets the building would not hang
her if an attempt were made To move
il. Mr.. McConue ell applied for redress to
Mr.. Herrick, which was denied, and TAIL
ing to move the building within the re-
quired time it was again sold. lie there
upon brought suit for the recovery OF his
money.
1t appearing that the auctioneer was
authorized by the church TO do what he
did the action against him was discou-
tinued. aud that against the church
proceeded. The jury rendered n verdict
for the plaintiff for S226. ~. George !.
West appeared tor the plaintiff and Il. j.
Mccarthy for the defendant.
This morning the case brought bv
Nra1tar ID Rnpnpy nuninGt Hanrr Sif,,.
man of this city was begun before Judge
Rogers. This is AN action OF replevin in
which the plaintiff. n dealer in
cows in East Providence, sues 10
recover SOL, the value of four
COWS sold TO the defendant on the install
ment plan last March. The contract
provided that the cows should b. tho
property of the plaintiff until all the paw.
ments had been made, AM that
the plaintiff reserved the fright to
reclaim the lows at any time be-
fore that time. Lust October while there
was vet $50 due on the contract the de-
PENDANT sold two OF the cows at auction
When asked why he sold them he said he
did so because he could not feed them.
T.. c. Dubois appeared for the plaintiff
and Franklin Il. Owen for the defendant.
The defendant claimed that { 70 of IN @
cows had been paid for. aud that the So
was only due on the other two cows. The
verdict was endered for the defendant
for two of the cows.
The case brought by Anastasia Lam
bert and her sister OF Manviile against
Emanuel Marcotti. n police officer in that
place. aud John Il. Lambert was then
d, ard before a jury for assessment
OF damages, there neing no APP
pearance for jhe defence. 1t Is
claimed that the TWO men entered the
residence of the two women and de-
manded the right to search the house for
stolen articles. After ransacking the
house they took away nearly all the fur
niture the bonse contained. J. j.. Heffer-
nan appeared for the plaintiffs.
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Washington Briefs.

Senator Mitchell from the committee on
claims reported fsvorably the bill intro
duced by Mr.. FryeSto adjust the claims of
any state for expenses incurred by its de-
Tense OF the United States.
Senator Gallinger presented an amend
ment TO the naval appropriation bill which
ap%propriates 100000 towards the con-
struction of a dry dock at Portsmouth,
y. H., navy yard, under a limit OF $780,
900, as n total cost for the dock.
The receipts from internal revenue yes
terdny were sag, 5So; from customs sl,-
17i,212, and miscellaneous $500, 900. The
national bank notes received for redemp-
ton amounted to S3il ,352.
Senator Chandler hos introduced n res
olution directing the committee on A.
nance to undertake an investigation for
the purpose of ascertaining whether there
is a so-called whiskcy trust organized to
control and m~onopoliZe the business Of
producing and selling distilled liquors;
whether the rebate 81 stem u used; wheth-
er edulterants or drugs are used under the
guise OF rectifiers' license; and IL any pro
ceedings have been commenced againS.
said company; and to investigate general
~ any other matters connected with tn
trust IL may consider material, and TO re-
port 60 INC Senate by the first OF Deem
Der next.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-27
Hoods SarsapariN;
Whist without Words.

A "dove" whist class is one Of tn,
winters occupations for sixteen youns
Boston women who meet once a week,
rom IL to 2, and a simple luncheon
breaks the absorbing games promptly at
| o'clock. BY 2 o'clock they have sep.
irated, leaving in time for any Afternoon
Engagement.
I'VE are tired, 4" said one Of the mem.
oers "of being politely snubbed by men
when a game of whist is suggested.
You know how they will refer to ladies ,
whist and we propose to become thor
oughly posted in the game.
1--WE have the best authorities and play
The most modern and improved game.
A little box stands on every one of the
our tables, into which a penny is dropped
Tor every word uttered during the playing
Of a hand, and the ofrense for asking
what is trumps can only be condoned by
The payment of a dime"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-27
TALKING ON SILVER.
It Will Begin in Congress on Feb
ruary 9.
JUSTICE LAMAR'S SUCCESSOR
President Harrison win Probably APP
point Some One Already on the Bench
to Fin the Vacancy Caused by Lamar's
Death-He VIII Not Walt Long.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEws.I

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The house con-
sumed yesterday In defeating two amend
ments 10 the sundry civil service appro-
p%riation bill, increasing the amounts APP
propriated to public surveys, in voting to
Increase the amount appropriated to pco-
tect public timber lands from $40, ZOO to
$4,000. and in listening 4 Mr.. Dockery
criticlse Secretary Fosters recent report
CT the condition of the treasury.
In the senate Mr.. Bates's bill relating
10 SUPERVISORS and special deputies at
elections WAS referred To the judiciary
c mmlttee. The Till for the enforce
ment OF regulations for the navigation of
canals was passed. Mr.. Mills and Mr..
Hiscock made urgent protests against
the anti.optlon bill. the Que on the
ground that IL would not effect the price
of agricultural producs $, aud the other
the GROUND or constitutionality.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-27

Soap

Whoever wants soft
hands, smooth hands, white
hands, or a clear complex
ion, he and she can have
both; that is, if the skin is
naturally transparent; UNI
less occupation prevents.
The color you want to
avoid comes probably nei-
Their of nature or work, but
of habit.
Either you do not wash
effectually, or you wash too
effectually; you do not get
the skin open and clean, or
you hurt it.
Remedy.-Use Pears
Soap, no matter how much;
but a little is enough if you
use it often. ,
All sorts of stores sell Il. especially
druggists all sorts Of people use IT.