The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-25
ODD KOREAN HABITS
. LIN BASKETS AND HEART CLOTHS.
~ IsNo THEIR USES


visitor in their country love them less.
@Wiy do you shake your husbands
gown so ferociously every morningY'
the writer said to a hostess in Seoul.
Are you afrilid spider may be weaY
ing In iff'
~Oh, no, moonface," was the reply
.He must be IN Japan now--so far it is
and HIS spirit comes every night to
this gown. SO tired must he be in the
morning TO go back so far into his
body again.
and she wept copiously dropping
each tear very carefully into a metal
lined little basket hung from her waist
IL her husband had died on his jour
ney the basket would have been nearly
fun by this time; every one who has
any regard for her would have added
drop or two, and her mourning would
have been as intricate a performance
as a case IN international law. Even
as II was the tear basket was STEPPED
in incense and many heartbreaking
songs and proverbs walled over ii.
Weep aowers-that Is, any sort OF
bloom that withers soon may be
pressed and strung around the basket.
The wing of wounded bird may dec.
crate one side; motherless child may
imprint kiss upon it for the good of
the spirit.
"Do men ever wear the tear basket
for womeny / once inquired.
"oh, moonface, you are curious so
much,' was the reply. women never
so away from men in How'll"
but they die"
"Yes, and then vera often the good
men wear the tear basket In secret
mourning"
There is much secret mourning In
Korea, and 1t is like the Irishmans
secret-eyerybody knows 1t and re-
spects 1t. 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 10 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 hun.
cry spirit The worldly mate of the
departed looks on, and often 1t seems
she is aattered by the performance. a
Z slave may mourn secretly for the
queen. and anybody who wants TO
may sympathize without hurt for
be'ieaaed criminal.
Ssxt to the tear basket the heart
cloth is the quaintest symbol of How'll
emotions. One is never permitted to
know OF this precious ornament UNI
less it is worn for his or her sake In
old Korea 1t was placed over the heart
of 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
Characters representing poetic say
ings are appliqued upon 1t, such as:
Without thee dwell with the spir-
IL of the withered tree"
My heart beats only to thine"
'Ahu-peace."
..The 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, and the joo-
foo, leading female mourner.
Masampho is quaintand 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 spread out on the
ground, upon which are exhibited the
wares of their owners, who squat be-
side them.
But the chief joys of Masampho are
her deliciously strange little women
the never to be forgotten Masamphon
csc, wild eyed, glossy haired dump
lings, with cherry lines for mouths.
who waddle around and about, quack
ing in fascinating tones.
The Masampho bellies toilet is worthy
of the time she spends upon ii. Her
face is washed with honey oil instead
of water. Sometimes she sifts line
powder scented with her favorite How.
err over 1t.
She may stain her complexion TO suit
her fancy, but generally she prefers
~ " w iht u1lHTdi GOiUF, WHICH Is n
beautiful ecru. Though she may never
be seen by man, save husband or IN.
Their, during curfew time Or women's
hours-S p. m. and 3 a. m.-she may 20
out freely visiting friends and rela.
tiyes. Her hair is brushed with
fragrant bunch of switches and glued
into many different forms. Sometimes
II makes butterfly or tortoise and
at other times a lot of leaves or a little
sampan.
When 1t is properly shaped, big Jade
or glass pins are stuck in. The only
cap she ever wears has no crown. It's
back Is shaped like a helmet, ana there
are two long tassels hanging from the
forehead and neck brim. Her cotton
trousers are as full as divid / skirt
and become narrow at = kles.
where they meet little s. of
grass and picturesque
is very full and shi-
an eight Inch be
around the CHI
The jacket
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