The record-union., 1896-07-19

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prostrated by the heat and too free in
dulgence in ice water.
/ The Japanese, their customs and
| modes of living as well as manner Of
dress, have become an interesting study
! OF late, so great has been the influx Of
immigration to our country. Japtown
is becoming nearly as well populated as
Chinatown, and one often meets two or
three of these odd little doll-faced
| women on the streets of our city, beau
tifully made up as to face and quite
richly dressed, some &C them. l have
noticed particularly how fond of dress
| these queer little people seem to be.
But there is a vast difference to be dis
cerned in the nations of China and
Japan, as well as in their mode of liv-
ing, customs and dress The male por-
ton of the natives Of Japan have long
since adopted the dress of the American
citizen as being more convenient and
becoming than their own native cos
tune, but it is only in our country that
the Japanese women dress American
fashion, and in Japan their dress is
not only convenient and easy, but it is
exceedingly rich and becoming as well.
The obis-the sashes which the Japanese
women wear-are the most beautiful
fabrics woven in Japan, and are the
pride of the women. A Japanese belle
regards her obi as European woman
does her diamonds, and although her
wardrobe costs very little in other re-
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sister across the sea, two-thirds of it's
value will be invested in her obi. These
precious brocades absorb the most ar
tistic patterns that the designers of
Japan can produce. They are as thick
as leather and as soft as crepe. 1t is
amazing how the weavers can produce
a combination of gold thread and silk
that glistens like metal, but is as pliable
as gauze. The obi always comes four
and one-half yards long and nine inches
wide and you can buy it at any price
between S3 and $500. 1t is said that
some of the women of the upper cult in
the old feudal times possessed in their
wardrobes obis that carried as much
as $500 worth of pure gold in their
threads. They are very earnest people
III all they undertake and seem to be
possessed of a high intelligence. The
women of the ambassadors train in
Washington, D. c., are giving daily
afternoon teas, and the fragrant bever
age, served in dainty ware, is from tea
plants grown in their own private
gardens at home in Japan.
Mrs Maud Tebbitts-Lord nee Den
nison, and daughter Marjorie went to
San Francisco on the 18th for visit to
friends in that city. Ted Schaw was off
to the mountains on the morning of the
same day. When our people go a-rusti-
eating they generally make a record
for themselves, and reflect credit upon
the town. Miss Tilden of our city is dis
tinguishing herself as a fisher maiden
at Lake Tahoe. One day last week she
caught twenty-seven trout while on a
fishing expedition, a record of which
an experienced angler might we'll be
proud.
Mrs. Lena Carroll Nicholson of Oak
land, who but recently ceased coming
to Sacramento to teach, has been hon
ored by Professor Harry Pasmore with
the entire charge of his class of fifty or
more pupils in the Bay City during the
absence of the latter widely known mu
scian in the East.
Miss Ethel Chamberlain. a young lady
well known in Berkeley society. expects
to make her dramatic debut shortly un
der the direction of Miss Winters of the
Frohman Company. So many people
now we'll and favorably known to the
fIof, cfa
toward the legitimate work in private
theatricais. There was Lillian Rollins of
Oakland, at one time a writing teacher
in a business college in that city, after
ward having a private class which she
conducted at her home. She had a good
singing voice and was at the time lead
ing soprano in the First Congregational
Church choir. In an entertainment
given for the benefit of the church she
appeared in a leading character in a
drama with her little sister and made
such a hit by her good voice, fine pres
ence and splendid Interpretation of the
character she Immediately had an offer
from a San Francisco manager, which
she accepted, and thus Unexpectedly
enough was launched upon life which
she had never contemplated entering
even in the remOtest degree.
William Brewer, whom you will re-
member as the corpulent 20 Dandiny
in cinderella" given at the Clunie last
winter, adopted the stage in the same
manner, through first assuming charac-
ters successfully in private theatricals.
Miss Chamberlain, aforementioned,
made her late decision for professional
life in the same way. The mimic stage
gotten UP for some purpose in the town
of Berkeley, brought her to the fore.
There are many youthful aspirants for
the dramatic stage, some of whom will
doubtless make a success in this line
and be heard from in this connection
before very long. Miss Emma. Juth of
San Jose, a young lady of striking ap-
pearance and rather STACEY manner, is
said TO have decided intentions in this
direction, as also Misses Eva Dennison
and Clara Simmons, two of our Sacra-
mento High School girls, who are a sort
of Damon and Pythias combination, so
constantly are they seen together Miss
simmons comes honestly by her ability,
her father and his father before him
having followed the stage profession
ally for years.
Miss Mary Dunster has gotten so far
along on the road to recovery that she
Is able TO be out. She attended service
at the Sixth-street NJ E. Church last
Sunday, much TO the pleasure of her
friends.