Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-22

QUEEN OF KOREA AND HER SLAVE. chin, jaw and high check bones. Her hair Is a soft brown, as arc her eyes. Her mouth is rather large, but full of character. Her nostrils dilate when she talks as do those of high bred horse when running great race Her movements arc as graceful as those of n lawn, and she rcjOices in one of the sweetest voices have ever heard. Her ideas of dress are purely antiquatcd. Un- like the empress of Japan, whom have seen, she refuses utterly to add foreign or naments to her person, and she relies al most wholly upon Korean products for tho articles of her toilet.
 The principal articles of her costume arc inner and outer tunics of various lengths made of silk, satin, velvet or grasscloth. In some there is n lapel at the top, which fits tightly to the neck and is gorgcously embroidered. In others the tunic is long draping to the ankle, and is there flutcd and rufilcd like new style pctticoat. The sleeves of the gowns arc much wider and longer than the arms and have no cuffs or facinGs. In the inside are various pockets, where the queen carries her scent cd handkerchief, cut in the shape of n star, instead of square, like ours; her snuffbOx, her eyeglasses with tortoise shell recommendations, her rico powder and puff and her eyebrow pencil. Tho sleeve lS JuSI lIt SSllllt lO lIlc GTlSlDCEdllC court lady as the pocket is to the average American woman.
 The shoes of her royal highncss arc not as large as those of the Japanese queen and not as small the No. 1 wife of Ii Hung Chang. They arc n happy medium, a cross between those of n Chicago and New York maiden. They arc made of silk or cotton and of wonderful patterns. All court ladies seem to take as much interest in thinking up odd designs for shoes in Korea as the won:Cn of our own country do for ChatClainc ornaments. One pair of slippers which l saw worn at n general $ reception by kurCau official wife were shaped like q junk, with the bow and the stern of plaitCd ~ilk. The tongue, rising | likc n sail, represented that important fca- turc of the junk. and queer shaped buckle | mounted the whole, which was just tho design of Korean uar. The queen 5 slippers, sh"Vs and boots are made up in hundreds of pattCrns-buttcriliCs, hum ming birds, riccbiris, blackbirls, snakes, royal hats and gloves. Speaking of tho latter, ono curious kind of Choisen shoe | has parts made and fitted for each toe just | like q glove. These shape on closely and make the foot appear just like q we'll dress cd and glnvcd hand. Tho effect is rather strange nt first, but after one gets used to | 1t is moro artistic than grotesquc.
 
 | appeared in n rose colorcd costume, with petal dr1pcrics. lemon trousers and pctti- | coat deeply embroidered in white. Tho | dress was very simple and loose fitting, | but her gorgeous hair was claboratcly dress | 'd and ornHnCntCd with clasps of jade stone. She wore earrings and bangles to match. Unlike in China at n lcvce given | by the queen, all subjects, officials and others who do not pay the proper homage II Il. | very little of this style of punishment to bc dreaded in tho land of the morning calm" however, for the little queen s | greatest fault, fear, is attracting and fas- cinating too many royal members of the i court It was whispered when I was in | ChcmulIsO that the real reason of the i'm | tcrnal rCbcllions in Korea was brought about by tho intrgucs of the queen. Tho only way in which this could bc credited
 however, was by conversations which she | had with foreigners in which she is said to | havc given out that she Was tired of Chinese and Japanese interference with her coun- try, and she hoped to live to sec tho day | when korea would be thoroughly indc- pendent kingdom.
 Of course, as Korea stands today, it is | merely q tributary province of China, and every custom practiced is prescribed by the dragon emperor and his imperial fam | ny OuIsIue or the empress uOwagcr or l China the rest of tho rcigning clan arc
 idiots, ninnics, lunatics and blockheads, and it is not peculiar that an intellectual woman liko the Korean queen should be | unhappy in tho confession of having to live her life just as the Chinese rulers com mand.
 She is very kind to the ladies of her | court, taking n strong and affectionate i'm tcrest in their love affairs and giving a fair dowry to them when they marry She has not the admiration for foreigners per | sonally that marks tho Chinese empress dowagcr's character, but she treats the | Fan kwai with respect and courtesy and aways adjurcs her countrymen to study | and learn from tEem all they can of the | twentieth century arts and sciences. One of the greatest of the English diplomats in the east told me not long ago that in his estimation the future of Korea lay in the brains of this little but intelligent s"""" MARGuERITA ARLINA HANM FiIial Gratitude.
 Harold, my boy, '" exclaimed the proud, indulgent father, ''Im glad to see youl
 How you have grownr'
 The blood mounted to the pale, intellec- tual brow of tho young man, who had just
 returned from college, and his voice trem-
 bled
 Father" he said, with deep feeling, your handshakc is 25 years behind the styleP'-Chicago Tribune.
 THE cuNNIN LITTLE THING. When baby wakes of mornings | TNl.-..g Ia