The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-11-11
NATIVE COREAN COSTUMES.
They Wear Thickly Padded Stock
ings All Summer.

Corea is the land of white garments
and black hats. All the men in this
country except coolies, wear either
white or blue long flowing gowns. Cot
ton and silk goods are worn in winter
and linen and hemp in summer. Dur
ing the last several years great deal of
silk has been imported, bothfrom China
and Japan, the native article being Of
little value.
The ordinary street gown generally
has three broad flaps, one of which
hangs down the back and the other two
in front overlap each other. then are
tied with a pair of long ribbons OF the
same material. The flaps reach with
in a few inches of the ground The
gown has very wide and long sleeves,
in each of which ore might carry a
baby without its being noticed, and
they are long enough to conceal tn.
hand completely, while an extension of
the sleeve reaches almost as low as the
flaps above mentioned. Another gown
of the same pattern, except with shorter
and narrower sleeves, is always worn
under the first. But persons in the gov
eminent service, including all members
of the nobility, wear gown having
from one to three large flaps, which are
broad toward the ends. This gown,
with the exception of its sleeves, is
more like the dress of an American girl
OF 10 or II. 1t is always made of fine
goods, well starched. and on windy days
it's flaps and sleeves create quite fut-
tering and rustling noise in the streets.
The winter coats and trousersethe lat
ter always white-are very large and
heavily padded with cotton. A most
singular thing is that the hose worn by
Coreans are always thickly padded in
summer as we'll as in winter; conse-
quently, everyone seems to have thick
and large feet, although quite the con-
trary is true.
The ordinary street hats have broad
brims and high crowns. They are made
of fine bamboo splits and are covered
with fine linen cloth and then lacquered
with black. Hats covered with silk are
worn by people of rank. Persons in
mourning for their parents wear hats
az large as umbrellas and of similar
shape. They are made of coarse bam-
boo splits without any covering of
cloth. 1t is customary for every mourn
er to carry a little hempen screen at
tached to the ends of two bamboo sticks
held up conveniently in front of his
face. These uncomfortable trappings
are intended to indicate his regret that
he did not make his parent or parents
happier while they were living. So it is
that for a period of one or two years
he is ashamed of seeing the heavens and
of looking upon the beautiful objects
of nature. There are great many
other varieties of headwear by which
one can tell conditions and to great
extent positions in society.-Roanoke
Collegian.
,,nar Might Be Done with Burglars
When Not Burgiing.
The question, What shall we do with
our burglars in the intervals OF their
convictions? has been partly solved by
a man who appeared recently at the
central criminal court, London. His
story, says the London News, was ono
of vulgar crime in most of its details
| he had been caught breaking into
| house and he was now sentenced to l.
| n.onths' hard labor. 1t was particular
! .y we'll deserved, as he was an old OF
fender. But the police were able u
show that since his last release IRON
yaol he had been getting living icy re
porting inquests for newspapers. ~
one can cast the first stone at an honor
liable profession on that account, fol
was not Mr.. Peace a gentleman with
gig of his own and distinguished mu
ts:cal amateur? The more interesting
question is whether the prisoner wa
we'll advised In his choice of a depart
rncnt of press work. Inquests must b
demoralizing in their tendency, as the.
lfamiliarize the mind with crime. Fires
on the other hand, ought to be purify
ling, and close attention to the bust
ness Of the police courts, with its abund
ance of awful examples, should maxi
a man four square in moral resistance
to every i'll wind that blows.