Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-09
For and About Women Folks

the supernuous material IN the loose gar
ment 10 drawn forward and knotted at the
breast so that It its we'll over the shoulders
and hips and drops In soft folds in front
As II IL the wearer's one means OF ex-
pressing personality IN dress, the sarong Is
made Of all manner OF rich oriental stuffs
of individual design. These fair creatures
Of Java are the cleanest people IN the world
II seems 70 me. They are In the water half
the time, bathing In public pools. where
they exchange their sarongs for fresh ones
,uhdetected By the eyes of the beholders
with such mystic skill that the most
obdurate pruds could not take offense.
Like little children In their undeveioped
figures. the Burmese women are the most
beautiful Of face In the Orient They are
ipdescTfbably lovely. Light In color, their
eyes are glorious and. their mouths and
teeth such as a Reynolds might rave over.
No other daughters OF the east, however,
have the superb poise Of those OF India,
who seem to walk TO unheard music. They
move like queens We met no native In
dian women, for they have no social po-
sition.
Il have said the native maids and ma
irons OF India have no social position. In
stead Of being little lower than angels
they are not much higher than animals.
From the numbers Of women Of the poorer
classes We saw sleeping out OF doors,
anywhere, on the ground. under a tree,
beside the road, we get an impression of
lack Of home life strongly in contrast to
that domestic, wen cared for but happily
free existence of Japanese feminimity.
IN am truly enamored OF the Japanese.
she continued. They are at once the most
IA
world Every line, every touch Of color.
breathes beauty, while man and woman.
from rulers to humble peasantry, are uni
formly courteous. One comes upon a tiny
shop and thinks This is ALL, when 10,
a door is slipped back and there beyond
10 perfect garden with miniature ponds.
lovely flowers, all arranged to form a
harmonious and beautiful whole, and small
trees, dwarfed to wee size as IL their
growers wanted to keep these fair greens
close to themselves. Beyond one sees an
exqusitely neat home. wonderfully or
deriy and radiant OF happiness. Never
nave 1 seen better kept homes than those
OF Japan. Nowhere does their great. art
express itself more truly than In their
homes. where everything is simple and
beautiful And If the Japanese are all Do
lite, the politeness of the women takes a
most charming and alluring form. They
nave winning and agreeable little lido
syncrasies of manner In all their acts
All the women of the Orient are kept
closely housed save these daughters of
japan, who enjoy as great freedom as
their American sisters. These dainty lit
tie creatures have the most artistic head
dress of the Orient. None of the other
eastern women can compare with them In
this art OF coquetry. From the siamese,
with their hair cropped of. to the Cey-
lonese' with their long locks, none touch
the graceful head decoration OF the Japan
ese woman. To appreciate II. one must
see her in her home country, for her head
dress tits her face and gown Just as these
mt the room she walks through, ana lust
as everything in Japan seems to fit its
surroundings, which latter point is one OF
the secrets of their artistic success"