The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
4 GIRL SEES JAPAN
AND TELLS WHAr SHE THINKS
ABoIII4IT.
Etiqusse Is an IpFortant Pasts
Japanese Maiden's Education, and
Deal of Care Is Given to the, Ar.
ranaement Of the GlrdIe
Etlqustke is an IraFortant PaEtl

Miss Ethel Maud Soper student
at the Woman's College, was born IN
Japan and lived there long time. \
She is the daughter Of, the, Rev, JULIUS
.Soper, of the Methodist Church. who
has been a missionary. in, Japan. Miss
vsSoper speaks as fellows of the differ
eence between, a Japanese girl and e a an
The first remark made after an D.
eTodqGtions is And what, might obe
yol'iir, q honorable ageY,, And you may
be sure that II the answefeT be. a Jap
anese she will give her full ageA-ahd
ETdn Be tempted to add agear or two.
-phis isethe Indispensable Question: lin
spelite society There is even a special
Costume which only women over $50
may wear1qT'he long, Edull-colored gar
nmeiit cannot be altered, but the lining
of the sleeves and neokpiece' are made
nof the most brilliant scarlet. DO The
Sandals are laced with 1et thongs,
9and a close skuTleap of the same color
eng completes the dress! nj al fG29d
HI nThe dress of g Japanese girl Dis
ifhadeo of straight II pieces osewed 3 to
gether. Japanese sewing is veryldif-
aferent from ours There. are no erailes,
bpo gathers no bias, folds, the fashions
oneYer Change, and a. girl may " ear
cher 9nother's or -grandm others, fTpek
9withent "a thought, of fit or, fashion.
eThere are however, prescribed dresses
for different classes of -societyffrA
IoJapanese can tell att a. glance, butt a
lnElgeRean will gel hopelesslyi Devil
tdered at the class distinctions. indi-
Gated by a tiny thread of color in the
Idsleeve8o or, slight variation in the, way
of wearing the hair b9tfnrT 9fl Yof
fe 1.-The upner class Japanese girl, usll-
haHyr has a loose garment of some dali
teoler9 lined with brighter tint, Our
fashion of putting bright silk Innings
in our-coats came from japan. A ball
dress might = be of a dove-colored
crepe with a pink lining; the skirt
showing beneath this might be, hand
painted most elaborately. The neck
piece showing above The loose outer
GARMENT is often of variegated silks.
Abeautifully ornamented.tuq .rsvtiluq
l,t29TBut the. most interesting earticleflo of
"a Japanese girls toilet to- herselfais
p her belt First width of crepe His
9wound around the waist to hold the
dress in right position; eoEer this
com es the belt proper lit is often at
b leasts16a inches wide; made of any
substance, but always lined with some
heavy material like canton flannel.
y SOME ofsithese ebrocade belts, with
Inlaces. (Which come from thebshoulder
ito the feet cost as much as 5000, or
$780, cit takes good deal5of skill to
!. get theig belts on just right land a
b large part of a japanese girls eduea-
h ton consists in learning exactly how
b togdo tfIqeyoa hre v9raa59suod obi
l-ot .Hotaughtt fprincessT once who was
every close to the throne She would
.oeome tony house with several attend
.fants,, and in . the. most costly robes,
ebut if the weather was " warm she
-Ywouldf be barefootedyf9fe m4dt 7oa
ss The hair is dressed very elaborate
h lN and always byra hairdEeSsera The
|. fashion of putting the, hair over epsh-
biensn er3'trats, N as schoolgirls sail
b them. is arJapanese importation. o The
past fashion, too,l of wearing bangs
/ comes from another Japanese way[Jof
wearing the hair. They fix their hair
e once, OF at most twice a, week, 90 it
h stays fixed until the hairdressery ais
again. For fear the structure will get
,tumbled when. she, is asleep, the Jap
h sanese7 girl dispensesq with pillows and
b sleep with a wooden rest under, the
back of the neck and the head quite
unsupported; o-.g 4ar}fTrq IN
Very comfortable it must bea but
J. a Japanese girl, like an American girl,
/ will do a great deal for the sake (rof
appearing well, aenif ned y6ad-lrava
bT9f Etiquette is an important part rlof
Ia Japanese girls, education, There
are professors of etiquette in Japan
csc schools. just as there are profes7
sors in languages end a girl must
| know how to enter a room, how to
introduce and all the nambeTless rules
of precedence All, men, rof course.
h take precedence of all women, unless
| dthey "a have been, ,Christianizedb then
they assume our. ways With woman IA
q d6ne specimen Of this EXAGGERATED
"a boliteifess i is iirio their salataFi6n!
Whef@ wea would nsay ,Rsp ain GLAD sto
baee YOU'D thegwould sayIIfEhang upon
oNotl honorable eNeiitls. 10 rot99q Ga
tsut 1.-THE Japanesesgirlsis aptoto beIn1
|odolentg8eK Knitting Wast a. great sneeu-
patton with them, and fnoWtthatidhe
ElTnEr Fur have taught - them j., other
Kinds of work they, 80 Wild with de
light over crochet Stitches and differ
ent kinds Of embroidery. Almost the
/ only game that the girls play fsi Bat
9tledore7 and shutElecoek: It THEY fdo
| s5this "a great deal, looking pretty and
P picturesque when they play, Just ast if
they had stepped Off a. Jananese ifRaI
ut was always yery,-hard for the
missionaries to get hold of the wom1
cen of the family aWhen they 1called
comfy the menoanbthe children would
! appear, and when the wife was asked
for, 70, she is just aastspid thing 1the
loving husband would bprotest. eAam
IB IA woman has little cottroln OVER
her life. oShe marries the wihoof
Ieher0 father or u elder jlhrothart often
without seeing sheril fnbureIdhAsban
! till she is led to the altar. 9lThe man,
lotoog is governed by hislfathero1who
b selects the 9hrideadBnti human hearts
Io-are. the ssamen evegyMnerey and there
| are some genuine 1love matches, even
J in aJapan.ytt9GorQ ono mon s9moo
10 GfFhere lis mo fnrniturei in adJapan!
csc house, only cushions. A tahlRI&or
meals is So small that-it- looks like
a tray. The IdifeEenfe between the
house of poor man and theresidence
F90f a millionaire consists iii the timber
of which the house IL built You can
mot find a knot in the Wood OF a fbeau-
P 7tifull Quilt house. 70 Then the Mathis
EioH the floor viii bgIofo the finest and
1.-THE Sliding doors, PERHAPS beautifully
rchaHd painted saThe kftehens, too; HAVE
Pai0 faFrAtdrey except tRS1 stove Z there
fois not even d tab an nthe TworRtis
+ fdone on che floor Is YOU 5can imagine,
PIT isp beautifully clean. THEE? is fist