The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-01-27

TAMA KUROKAwA ARNOLD
of the editing of the London Dali,
Telegraph at the long range of TIN
other side of the world in Japan.
BY and by it was whispered out lout
that this soaring literary kite with tn,
tremendously long tail of titles ha(
fallen in love with little Japanes,
girl and that this romantic attachment
explained things. But the pretty jar
girl was his ward, friends said. Al
length, however, there was no doub
that the famous literary man was IL
love with the Jap girl.
Now, this susceptible old boy ha6
been twice married previously. The
first Mrs Arnold was an Englishwom
an, Katherine Elizabeth Biddulph. who
died in 1864. After mourning duly the
poet comforted his widowed heart by
marrying Fannie Claiming of the fam.
lily of the Charming who founded Uni.
tarianism in America. Arnold cher.
ished all the devotion of a genius, O
poet and an enthusiast for his lovely
American wife. She died in 1889, a
year after Queen Victoria knighted her
husband for his distinguished literary
services.
After her death Edwin Arnold, al
ready stepped to the lips in oriental
theosoph1es, wrote more and more CON
cerning> the far east and its beauties
and qories. At length in 1897 Sir Ed
win Arnolds friends may or may not
have been surprised at the announce
ment of his marriage at the age of six
ty-five to lama Kurokawa, the little
Japanese girl, very pretty and gentle
and very young. Thus did Sir Edwin
prove his devotion to the fair sex by
taking for his first wife an English
girl, for his second an American and
for his third Japanese, and we NAV
hope the famous British light of litera
ture has yet many years before him in
which to live, work and love. WHY notp
Women certainly will not find fault
with him for his perennially youthful
appreciation of their sex.
Sir Edwin Arnold's third wife is not
whit behind the other two in admira
bic characteristics. Lady Tama Kuro-
kawa Arnold is beautiful, so striking
ana charming in appearance that she
looks like little cameo of a woman.
she speaks English fiuently; no doubt
her husband taught 1t to her. The jap
anese who has adopted western ways
rs far more like Frenchman than an
or American. and tiny La.
oy Arnold has much Of the Frenchwo
man about her in her liveliness and ar.
tistic taste in dress. She gowns her.
self exquisitely, and her costumes are
greatly admired. But about her there
Is what the Frenchwoman lacks-an
atmosphere of gentleness and sweet
temper which is, in truth, almost no.
culiar to the Japanese woman. White
men who have taken the small brown
women Tor wives generally seem we'll
satisfied with their choice.
Lady Arnold is a social fayorite I'm
London She is at once Intellectual and
sympathetic. There is something child.
IKE and trustful I'm her character. as
Wild most women OF her race. They
seem somehow TO take Il for granted
~'N'g ~" ~ thelf friend and none
would DO them harm. The shameful
way Ia which this sweet confidence has
been abused IN many Instances Is litte
credit 70 the white race.
me japanese women are really re.
'lArheple A chance, q little BIZ OF an
opportunity, was al they needed. They
'fe prlllianuy intellectual, The Won.
ms university Of Tokyo Is turning outl
as scholarly as those of ANN
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