The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-16
....nese WOMEN At WORK.
a'ya' A remarkable Situation.

IS not a woman in Japan
l"e' 49, old, rich or poor nome or
sDas respectable or org ss far the s so'
is no' .sa front. 1t is remarkable.
dis 1s. w work takes many various forms;
lD' onen have converted their own
'ops into barracks and hospitals at Sars.
SONIC hotties of sake and its as
co''1 d;shes of fishes, one box Tor
sO', Colder in the regiment from their
s s,rD provinces; others have .,, under,
o"" make thousands of rollers and
taAs" for the wounded; others have
OAD'~9 tho Red Cross, giving services
e' .,t compensation; little girls In
wv Ss schools make picture scrapoooks
INC oonvaIescent soldiers in the
III ~, while the older school girls
"''' nandages: the Society of Wo-
uoir Dressers gives a large sum
,.m its daily earnings, and, what is
ors striking still, two weeks ago the
,sisna girls of Tokio'-and in fact the
Of Japan-began to make band
o,so. spending many hours each
,n and what is more, they contrib
80 now until the war shall end, 10
0t Of their earnings! Could any
.orstration of true-heart patriot
49,, h. ever found more deep and more
..,orop Resides that. they give their
fathers, husbands, sons and brothers
as the Spartan.
Tho honorable ladies of the royal
family are working daily from
ooIock in the morning until 5 o'clock,
oven as the working girl with only
mnsbi "a rice BALD or a piece or two
If sandwiches for their luncheon.
The Tokushi Kango Fijinkai (VOl-
urtarv Society of Women Nurses),
under the presidency of H. l. H. Nash
mota and Fushima and with the pa
frronesses the marchionesses of Nab
pshima and Shimatsu, again under
took to contribute 10000 roller band
ages to the army, navy and the Red
Cross society They meet on the sec
oDi floor of the Red Cross society
building in Shibuya, Toxic.
Yesterday l visited them. Gathered
there were $50 ladies of the highest
rank in Japan, all silently and deftly
working. And among them, moving
the rolling machine and cutting for
hours with sissors, 1 saw H. l. H.
NashimOta and Fushima, Warehouses
Tokugawa, Warehouses Matsuraira,
Warehouses Nabeshima and Mar
choness Hachisuka, daughter of the
late Marquis Arinori Mort, once Jap
anese minister to this country and
one of the foremost scholars and
statesman of his time. The members
are divided into three parties, and the
date is fixed for each party to appear
to work, but they could not wait, so
Mr.. Takagi, member of the Red Cross
society, assured me, for their turn of
SN but attended every day without
liking any rest.
The room where they work is ire
Nehdously large, and is heated by one
stove only. Now when the weather is
growing so much colder the room is
cAllI but when the motion was
ofought before H. 1. H. Nashimota
'0' more stoves to be brought in, she
'e0uked the ladies for wishing for
such luxury when the soldiers and
sailors are suffering so bitterly at the
front
'o Ihey gladly resumed work in the
0ate cold room. 1t is forbidden to
'"lA' and the ladies have but one hour
'0' rest at noon. Before they enter
'"e Workroom they are obliged to un-
so the process of disinfection.
'"ey wash their hair and trim their
ssf halls' everybody does it, even
VIC Iadies of the royal family. And
H. Nashimota is said to be the
'eteS' worker of them all, producing
1''S more than fifty rollers. Even the
invest lady can make twenty or so.
'Hefe Is no waitress when thew have
was told that H. 1. H.
"'iped herself to her tea and even
her own cup and saucer.
"V hazoku Jogkako, (the Peerless
S'Hoop is by no means behind in pa
J., IL You drop in during the
afternoon after the lesson hours
VIII see all the girl students,
80 IN all, with fifty teachers
=, "hlte caps and aprons, all of
lii' and working hard at bandaee-
Ina. rms school alone turns out
WV oandages a day. Among tn.
VIII mere are several princesses,