The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-09
FAMILY MORALITY OF JAPANESE.

are fleshed upon mems hearts. She. how.
ever, was too expensive to do as much
harm as the joro. or woman OF sensual
pleasure; but both must and Wlll Sieid
ground to; the coming woman LII Japan,
now being educated in the public schoois.
both high and low, and thereby equipped
to supply the man with conp llI, az
every three pupils In the primary schools
Y s now a girl, and higher girls schools
are established III every province OF inc
#laga !, n,e,,,n, 8 turn from mi. dark plo.
turo 10 the splcndidly bright ono presented
by tho. Japanese woman. Had INC pra.se
aylshsd upon her been aue sy pu
when women also praise Women, they must 20
pa,akons Of virtue indeed. Only, debaucle ei
ibis they did not find but made Such dist'n-
guished men us Sir Edwin Arnold, Captain
Brlnkley. Lieutenant Toulk and Lnfenaio
lIearn welded Japanese ladies': and Miss Alice
NJ. Bacon Justly mnde Ter "JnpnneBe Girls
and Women" one continuous paean OF praise.
The pntrinrchnl family system under which
this rare crenturo was produced required TINT
tho Superior man act In righteousness; ana
then. on tho assumption that he did 80 re.
oas o ,e w nn e, narr
to her father; obedience. when married. to her
husband. and that husbands parents: md
obedience, when widowed. to her son! And
plenty OF obedience seems to have mnde her
at any rate, perfect She was never III used,
never conrlnedsto the house. never yelled WHOM
to man. without even tho reward that gall
lahtry always gave to woman IN tho West.
Hero is the ideal SGT for woman by tho
nloralist kaibnra IN his "Wonan'H Great
Learning" II is by no means all wrong.
ana might even prove profitable reading ,.s, 70
qualities that beft a woman are gentle obc.
dlence, chastity, mercy and quleness.
Even at the peril OF her life. must shc hnrden
her heart ike rock or metal. and observe
the rules OF proprlety i \ woman Inns
no particular feudal lord. She must look
him with all reverence and worsh p, not de-
spIsng or thinking lightly Of him. The great
lifelong duty of q woman Is ODE dlence. In hor
dealings with her husband both the express
sion Of her countcnnlice and the style OF her
address should be courteous. humble ana con-
cilintory, never peevlsh and intractnblc, never
rude and arrogant: that should DO wolnan's
look upon hor husband as II no wcrc heaven
ITSELF and never weary OF thinking how she
may yield to her husband. and thus escape
>Selestial cnstigntion. 49, Let her never
Even dream Of jealousy, II her; husband be
dissolute. she must expostulato with him. but
never either nurse or vent her anger. II her
Jealousy BIO extreme, It will render her counte-
nance frlghtful and her accents rcpualvc.g and
can only result In completely alternating her
In his eyes" When woman shall some day
take to composing moral codes for man. what
z superb chance she Of Japan Will enjoy In
getting even with this old Knibaro, who
nderstood SO nicely what a woman should be
and do! 81 s. 'f53 54
The Japanese womans success at this pesky,.
problem OF pleasing may be learned as nfore-
SAID s@ from all competent witnesses. She.
nnd not ts worries. bronzcs, ennmels or ror-
ce!ains. Is the thing most marvellous made
in Japan, She stands the peerless product OF
social system which repressed all self
asse ton and made selt-sacrlflce an obligation
OF every one to some one. That system has
recently passed away. and no such type OF
woman may ever reappcar upon Garth. Ger.
talnly no Industrial competition with her conf
ramon man can ever produce such soft-voiced
converse, such gentle ways such exquisite
tact. such childlike .<s'Ht and such supreme
devotion to making others happy without
beauty OF the western type, she can still
charm the .westcrner by the Incompatible
grace OF her every movement. Even this,
PRESS tho kindllness the docllity tho
sympathy. the tenderness Within nut, once
having expressed them. the art and tho virtue
alike arc complete. In the patrinrcha house
mold woman could command nothing and must
therefore perforce win what she could b.
suasion and charm. She has been called !
sister OF char ty, but wns more being daugll-
ter-ln-law.5 and wife. and mother In one,
With piety withal that constitutes her tho
st. Elizabeth OF Hungary-thc saint and VIE
The Japanese woman's lot may scen 10 have
been hard. but so was the MANS He lived
TOR his lord. she lived for HIM He now
lives for country. and she still for him, and
codes are chtnging In the direction OF that
Individual liberty we rightly esteem to be
priceless. but sentiment and custom will long
preserve to Japan enough of the old famil v.
law 70 keep liberty from running riot and the
thing:" 3.9 X 49,
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