The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

tect the bare throat 90 These harmonic
with the obi in color and give a dainty
finish to the costume. AS the klmOno
is quite narrow in the skirt, the women
take very short steps. This short step,
coupled with the dragging of the san
dals, makes the wOmen's gait quite IN
like the free stride of the American
woman. In the middle and higher
schools the girls wear q plated skirt
over the kimono. These are uniform
for each school, and wine color Is the
shade now prevailing. The men and
women Of the same class year praci-
calIy the same kind Of shoes.
Next to obi the hair receives the
greatest attention. and it is certainly
arranged with elaborate care. The
process is so complicated that a hair
dresser is employed once or twice a
week, and beetles oil is used in many
instances to make the hair smooth
and glossy. At night the japanese
women place very hard round cush-
ion under the neck in, order to keep
the hair from becoming diSarranged.
| The stores now have for sale air pill
lows, which are more comfortable than
the wooden ones formerly used. The
vexing question of millinery is settled
| by dispensing with hats entirely. Even
among the poorer men the hat is sell
dom used -
more interesting appearance I1sd4l
either the men or women are the chill
dren-and may add that there is no
evidence of race suicide in Japan.
They are to be seen everywhere, and a
good-natured lot they are. The babies
are carried on the back Of the mother,
or an older child, and 1t is not unusual
/ to see the baby fast asleep while the
| bearer goes about her work. Of the
! tens of thousands of babies we have
] xorIrr tYolf n hC1x hoo
| Crying. The younger children some
| times have the lower part of the head
! shaved, leaving a cap Of long hair on
/ the crown of the head. Occasionally
a spot is shaved in the center Of this
| cap. After seeing the children on the
streets, one can better appreciate the
! japanese dolls which look so strange
/ to American children.
| Cleanliness is the passion of the Jap
| anese. The daily bath is a matter Of
routine, and among the middle classes
/ there are probably more who go above
/ this average than below. 1t Is said thai
in the city Of Toxic there are over /, 10t
! public baths, and it is estimated thai
SOC, 900 baths are taken daily at these
+ places. The usual charge is one and {
4 quarter cents lin our money! for adults
and one cent for children. One enthu'
siastic adInirer of Japan declares tina
I q Japanese boy, coming Unexpectedly
into the possession of a few cents, vii
be more apt to spend it on a bath thar
on something to eat or drink. The pri
vate houses have baths wherever thu
owners can afford them. The bathtul
is made like a barrel, sometimes o
stone, more often of wood, and is SUM
: below the level Of the floor. The favor
) tie temperature is 10 degrees, and il
the winter time the bathtub often take
the place of stove. In fact, at tn
hot springs people have been known t
remain In the bath for days at q time
! I do not vouch for the statement, bu
Basil H. Chamberlain in his book en-
titled Things Japanese" says tina
. when he was at one of these no
springs "the caretaker Of the establish
ment, a hale old man of eighty, used t
, stay in the bath during the entire win
, ter" Until recently the men and wO
men bathed promiscuously in the publ
) baths; occasionally, but not always.
string separated the bathers. Now diff
ferent apartments must be provided.
The Japanese are a very polite Deo
pie. They have often been likened t
the French in this respect-the Frenc
; done In bronze, so to speak. They boz
, very low, and in exchanging Safuta
! tons and farewells sometimes boz
several times. When the parties ar
seated on the floor, they rise to tn
/ knees and bow the head to the foo
2 Servants also when they bring food
l those who are seated on the floor, drO
7 upon their knees, and, bowling, presen
1 the tray.
4 In speaking of the people, desire t
emphasize one conclusion that Ia
been drawn from my observation her