The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-27
ODD KORE AN III ABITsI
TEAR BASKETS AND sHEART5c CLOTHS l: !
s.s AND THEIR USES Z


AND THEIR USES
.4sSecret,,S sxournine< TIL Mt Every One.
KnoYvs of and Respects The
Quaint Toilet of Mnsnn,pho Belle:
a Str., 1lsx. Henddress For Women
There is a great deal Of poetry about
4, <.,l X ,,.ea rs. This does not make the
visitor in their country love them less
..1yhy5 do You shake your husbands s
Il Gown so ferociously every morning.!
the writer said to hostess in Seoul
s4.Are you a fraid a spider may be weav-
ing in ii: p
ooh, no, moonface,' was the reply.
Z .sEe must be in Japan now-so far 1t is
and. his spirit comes every night TO
: this gown. So tired must he be III the
morning TO go back so far into ms
s bod again.
And She wept copiously, dropping
I each tear very. carefully into metal
lined little basket hung from her waist
If her husband had died on his Jour
nevs the basket would have been nearly
full by this time; every one who has
W regard for her would have added
! a drop or two, and her mourning would
: have been as intricate performance
as a case in international law Even
ms twas the tear basket was STEPPED
in incense and many heartDreakinS5
songs and proverbs walled over IT.
Z Weep fowers-that is, any sort OF
bloom that withers soon = may pc
pressed and strung around the basket.
The wing of wounded bird may dec
crate one side; a 2motherless child may
imprint a kiss upon for the good OF
the spirit.
..Do men ever wear the tear DaShet=
for women 81 I once inquired 4.[,-J
sob. noonface, you are curious SO
much, was the reply. Women never
go away from men in HOW'LL
s.But they die"
Eyes, and then vera often the good
men wear the tear basket in secret
mourning
There is much secret mourning IN
Korea, and it is like the Irishman's
secreteverybody knows it and re-
spects it. A woman who has loved
the wrong man may wear secret
mourning clothes for him and don the
tear basket filed with tears of. per
sons who have not deigned to speak to
her in the lifetime of the loved one.
AT certain hours she may wall. round
his grave and leave the best OF every
thing to eat on his tomb for his nun
CRY spirit The worldly mate OF the
departed looks on, and often it seems
she is fattered by the performance a
slave may mourn secretly Tor lne
queen, and anybody who wants TO
may sympathize without hurt TOT
beheaded criminal.
Next to the tear basket the heart
cloth is the auaintest symbol Of How'll
emotions. One is never permitted to
know Z Of this precious ornament IN
Jess it is worn for his or her sake In
Gid Korea twas placed over the heart
2of the beloved before being Worn IN
any other breast. One heart cloth OF
ten does for whole family, being
.worn by different members in turn.
ACharacterS representing poetic say
sinss are appliqued upon it, such as:
s. ..Without thee dwell with the splr-
it of the withered tree.
ttAIy heart beats only TO thine
tsAhu-peace."
<eThe sun will come again
In some parts of the country heart
cloths are placed over the body of
the dying and then given to the shang-
goo, head male mourner, ana the 3oo-
foo, leading female mourner.
Masampho is quaint and picturesque
TOWN nearly as much so as Fusan,
from which it is not far removed one
of the sights of Masampho is her SHOP
ping district, which consists OF IN
Vulnerable mats Spreau OUT oh Lie
ground, upon which are exhibited the
wares of their owners, who squat be-
side them.
But the chief joys of A1asampho are
her deliciously strange little women.
the never to be forgotten A1asamphon-
sese, wild eyed, glossy haired dump
Iinss, with cherry lines for mouths
who waddle around and about, quach-
ing in fascinating tones.
The Masampho bellies toilet is worthy
of, the time she spends upon it, Her
face is washed with honey oil instead
of water Sometimes she sits Tine
powder scented with her favorite flow
er over it.
She may stain her complexion to suit
her fancy, but generally she prefers
it to be the natural color, which is
beautiful ecru. Though she may never
he seen by man, save husband or ia
Their during curfew time or women's
hours-S p. m. and q. m.-she may go
out freely visiting friends and rela-
tiyes. Her hair is brushed with
fragrant bunch of switches and glued
into many different forms. Sometimes
it makes butterfly or tortoise and
II other times a lot of leaves or q little
,sampan.
When it is properly shaped, big jade