The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-24
A TOUR OF THE WORLD
TWO YOUNG SCOTCH NEWSPAPER
WOMEN MAKE THE LONG JOURNEY.
Their Impressions OF the Various
Types of Women They Have Visit
ed i'm the Past Eight Months.
New York Recorder.

Miss Marie Imandt and Miss Bessie Max
well, the two young Scotch journalists who
are making the tour of the world for the
Dundee Courier and Dundee Weekly News,
and who have been for a week in the city
studying up the condition of the working
classes. sail for Europe to-day.
They started from Dundee Feb. s and ex-
pect TO arrive there the first week in Octo-
Der, thus having occupied eight months in
making the tour of the world.
w will be very glad to see home
again." said Miss Imandt yesterday when
seen in the Victoria Hotel, where the Ia
dies stayed while in the city. Although
every minute Of the trip has been extreme
ly exciting and interesting. we begin to
be bodily tired of travelling"
Miss Imandt appears about twenty-five,
and her accent, fair complexion, light hair
and blue eyes would make it impossible
for her to disguise herself as other than a
Scotch girl. Miss Bessie is plumper.
rounder. roster and full Of fun. always
seeing the humorous side of things.
II don't know how 1t happened that we
came to make the trip" said Miss Imandt,
smoothing down her Scotch linen cutaway
and Strengthening the stifr shirt front.
One day Mr.. Thompson. the editor asked
me IL / would go. Well. you may imagine
how stared at him. 1 had been seven
years or the staff and knew he seldom
talked anything but business, yet for this
once / judged he was joking. l catch my
breath yet when + think of the minute in
which 1 realized we were really TO go
round the world"
1T has taken us eight months. and is. in
truth. too short a time" interrupted Miss
Bessie.
Yes" said Miss Imandt, 1--WE have a lot
OF baggage with US. Messrs. Thompson in
sisted that we SHOULD bring it and always
be presentable. We have been entertained
Loyalty everywhere The yiceroy of India
Lady Elliot invited US to a garden party
and so did Lord Elgin; Our wardrobe con-
two evening gowns and a lot of wraps,
shirt waists, jackets and the like. Our
even the hotels where We sheuld stop be-
ing designated. We have a kodak, OF course,
and between the two S. Of us we furnish a
ADVENTURES OF INTEREST.
.swhat do we say?' laughed Miss Bessie
Maxwell. why we tell everything the
people do and say and what happens TO
us. We were on the steamer Columbia
when it was burned on the Columbia river.
and we lost all We had with US at the time.
Miss Imandt had money and jewelry burnt
Fortunately, / left most Of my things at
Banf, where the big luggage was. Then,
we just escaped being killed by that
earthquake in Yokohama. We braved the
plague in China. suffered all the incon-
veniences of the great American strike,
and. oh. I don't know what all we haven't
experienced. We had a little of the war in
Corea, and when i went through Japan
alone. 1 thought 1 would surely die Miss
mand went one way and l another. for
We We're behind. having been quarantineo
SO long in China
"Of all the women you have seen, what
nation do you like the best?'
American answered Miss Bessie, with
q twinkle in her eye.
81 suppose you said Indian women to
the Indians and Chinese to those in
Chinag'
yes, ma'am," was her answer. and an
other merry laugh sounded through the
room. Then. strengthening up, she was for
a second serious. mo. now. for truth,
the American women are the incest; the
only trouble is we have just time to meet
them and say goodbye We met very few
professional women until we struck San
thev say there are some missionaries there.
In japan the only professional woman is
Nine. Tel Some. and she is a lawyer. There
seem TO run that profession there. In
Paris we were treated lovely by Mrs.
C Gs sferak t ssn p9 Praeeisc wrlseEi D we SSasa
come to the conclusion that all the live
women Of the United States are Pro ooS
truly, / am In earnest when | say the
American women are the brightest and
tiers In Scotland. OF course"
"The most interesting women to me,
because they are so different. 1 suppose. /
took tea with a Chinese mandarin, and met
there Chinese ladies. Men carried me TO the
furnished, and L noticed many books and a
plano, a profusion OF potted plants and
Ceylon sparrows, with blue heads. that look
like velvet hoods. The Chinese furniture is
deliberately carved and generally made of
The ladies made fun of my leath-
er shoes and showed their wooden ones, as
coverings of beauty anf comfort. The
young girls parted their hair in the middle
and cooled ii over the right ear to show that
they were unmarried. They sleep on bam-
hoo pillows, because soft ones make the
hair Rough. After tea they played the dull
elmer. The music used is manuscript writ
ten in Chinese characters. A Chinese lady
never goes to the theater. except in a box.
and If a respectable woman cannot afford
the box she never goes to the theater. All
the women powder, covering the face with
five or six layers of different shades. to Sc
cure the soft and white velvet tone, that
forms a pleasing frame for the bright black
WOMEN IN CHINA.
"What Is woman's position in China?"
The unnatural words. It's only a girl
form the keynote of her standing. Even
as late as 1892 an edict was issued against
the prevalence of infanticide. Some wom-
en-. however. have enjoyed the advantages
of education, and the literary record is not
without the names of women. Two text
books. still in use in the schools, were writ
ten by women.
"A Chinaman may legally be the husband
OF one woman and possess several other
women at the same time.
The poorer class, or working class. work
principally within the seclusion OF their
own homes. Many spend their whole lives
in boats, while the men work I'm town.
Chinese working women are cleaner than
the women OF India. but not as beautiful
and gentle as the Indian women. They
squat or the floor when working. wear
green jade earrings and cotton clothing
only the rich are allowed TO wear silk.
Some make sacks from cocoanut mating.
and thus earn a few cents daily. Others
beat rice-in this industry they wear al
most no clothing whatever. Those who prod
roots of ginger. TO facilitate the penetra-
ton OF tho sugar into the roots. earn as
high as 80 cents a day. These workshops
were so filthy i shall never be able to see
a stick OF ginger without smelling those
awful doors. The women seem 10 have no
recreation other than playing cards. In
groups they sit about after the days work