The morning call., 1894-09-23

into the room to her. 1t is served on a
Korean table about as big around and as
high as half-bushel measure. She sits on
her heels while she eats it, and her ia BILE
furniture consists of a spoon ard pair
of chopsticks. The food is served in brass
bowls. She has no tablecloth, and she
uses no napkins. She is very particular
to wash after her meals, and contrary to
the general belief. the better class of
Koreans are clearly. In washing the teeth
great deal of salt is used. The mouth is
filed with salt, and with the finger or
brush the teeth are rubbed until they are
perfectly pure and clean. She washes her
neck and lace every morning. and in sum-
mer size takes bath every afternoon or
evening. Her bath tub is big jar, made
OF burnt clay, and in the summer her bath
is cold. A Korean lady seldom takes a nap
in the day time. These Korean mobiles do
nothing. They are the greatest profess
slonal lOafers on the globe. bat they think
1t would be lazy man who would take a
nap when the sun is np.
The winter clothes of Korean lady are
often made of fur and of quilted silk. A
fur gown may cost as high as hundred
dollars, and quilted silk gown is some
times worth $50. If she wears cotton, she
cand be dressed for So, and lady can get
a good summer outfit for $50. These clothes
are made so that they have to be ripped
apart before they are washed. and this is
so with many of the garments of The men.
Korean washing Is, in fact, about the big
gest Industry that is carried on in the
country, and shall speak further of 1t in
another place. The Korean lady seldom
does any washing herself. This is given
over to the slaves. If she is blue blooded,
poor and proud. she may do some ironing
behind the doors of her apartments, but
she cannot be lady and go out to wash.
Tie business of Korean woman of high
rank is to keep the accounts, to boss the
servants and TO now and then pay social
call upon her friends. Some of these
women are educated. That is, they are
taught to read and write Korean. As q
rule. however. they are very ignorant.
There is great difference 10 conditions
as agards the classes of women. A mid
dle-class woman when she meets the wife
of a noble has to address her in revereptiaI
tones and the lower classes bow down TO
the middle classes. The midde-class
women never go out of their houses except
in chairs, and among them may be classed
the wives Of scholars or interpreters and
those of docters and of the traders which
go to Picking. 1t is the lower classes that
you see upon the street with their green
shawls upon their heads. They do all
kinds OF work in the house aud, il thew
are rich, they live perhaps as we'll
as the wives Of the MOBILES. The
mobiles never marry them, though
they sometimes take them as con-
cubines. Most of the rich men have con-
cubines, and some sport harems which
M ight be com pared with those of Turkey.
The extra wives are not kept In the
woman's quarters. but they have an estab-
lishment of their own in another part of
the grounds. The only duty of the concu-
bine is to keep clean and goOd-looking and
to please her master. Her daughters usu-
ally marry the sons Of concublnes. and her
sons get portion Of the fathers property,