New-York tribune., 1903-03-13

The American vile Of japanese resf0lhA AA
Toxic writes as fellows to "The CongregationaEst:
TN efviliBed countries to-day the "lsheS
Of the husband are the mainspring of the Wife,s
action. but In Japan IT IL the husbands VIII
Woman is a fool said Japanese gentleman
once in my hearing. and proved myself no excep-
ton to the generalization. for listened to MIN
But he continued. u she will obey her husoen"
people won't laugh st her. Japanese women are
much better than European women. though. me
Western women rule everything: they think they
great gods Their husbands are very un~lse
and cowardly to let them behave in such PROUD
style. The European wife. instead Of waiting on
her husband. makes him get everything for hcr.
The whole uttered in tone that implied Dis
gusting and preposterousr have quoted this state
ment because it one which might nave oeen
made by any score of husbands and fathers in
Toxic Now and then finds man OF tdE
liberal opinions. but must take the aver
age when speak of nationality. The average
mans opinion Of woman is that she is greatly MS
inferior. On this cornerstone he rears the insti-
tuition OF the family. The little son. long before
he has learned to tell the truth and to curb his
temper. knows his mothers place for strange
as it may seem, each mother Is careful that the
grand old doctrine of man shall be faithfully
preserved. In its obviousness to the power OF
we'll developed womanhood Japan is far behind
the other Christian nations and far behind her
own ideals.
1T Is not that the Japanese married woman has
to toll and moi necessarily for the household. She
family be a poor and often, with many. Her
business in homes. in that respect, Is
that of overseer. She has leisure. in which she
occupies herself much any woman In our own
land might If she had only moderate education
and rather narrow interests. The Japanese wife
has more actual freedom than any other wife in
the East The Turkish captives in COM
parison. The Japanese are proud to admit this.
| but they jealously guard the conservatism they
| deem necessary.
1.-The husband in Japan adnires his wife when she
Is obedient above all things. He has complete au-
thority her, which he often abuses by alter
| nate fits Of cruelty and indulgence.
"Said student to once. speaking or q gentle
| man who had married geisha: Mr.. Otsuka loves
his wife all the time. 1t is very curious thing.
| ''Why was 1t curious thing? Because love Is the
! highest expression Of the individuality and the
Japanese strive increasingly to suppress fndv1du-
| atty. By this they may gain certain benefits not
| so well known the Western world, but 1t Is un-
deniable that strong family affection. based on a
sound respect for the individual. Is and must be
wanting large degree. It Is right here that the
| West and the East cannot and do not care TO un-
| derstand each other.
| "a guest in a Japanese home is made to feel
/ that all creation exists for his benefit and II he
| Is in receptive mood he finds 1t decidedly agree
able No member Of the family mars the Illusion
by trying to impress him his peculiar tastes or
doings. 1t s If all had infinite leisure to minis.
ter solely to his pleasure. II the japanese could
| only realize how one pines for something sgnih-
cant. some expression which we do not atterward