The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-28

Talk about masculine superiority" said the
gobetrotter, you ought to see the way women
greet man guest in Japan. There's nice fellow
in Tokyo whom l used to know. He was in San
Francisco few years ago, but he went back to
take up his fathers business. Well, was invited
to his house in Tokyo. Say, you ought to have
seen the way Mrs. Furugawa saluted me! She
sweet little creature not really pretty, but gen.
tie and dainty and all that sort of thing. WE'LL sir
she went down on her knees and crossed her hands
on the floor and bowed her head down to touch
the mating. felt like grinning idol. Furugawa
ought to have told her not to- or else he ought to
have given her warning SO might have gone down
on my own knees; but 1t was I'd no idea what
she was going to do, so there stood like wooden
image OF a heather god, and she thinking all the
time what beasty Americans have
You've no idea what idiot it made me feel. What
I'm used TO at home is having sterny aggressive
American woman deliberately glare at me In
street car till give her my seat"
1T was hard you" said the hostess with a
twinkle in her eye II remember you of old at
dancing school, and how you used to hate even that
mild ordeal"
Boys always hate bowling and scraping But
girls seem to take to 1t like ducks to water
Alas. not all of u.s." put in plump and jolly
young matron; while we were in London last year
/ was presented to queen Alexandra. To tell the
truth, really had supposed knew how to make a
suitable curtsey, but my friend, Eileen Tanning,
who gave me various points beforehand. made
practice over and over while she criticised 1t all
seemed too absurd for anything, but really assure
you those renearSalB were all that saved from
dying of modification the floor of Buckingham
palace. II you fancy it's easy to make very, very
low. sweeping curtsey, almost to the very floor.
again and again and again, gracefully retiring dur
ing the process and not getting tripped up by the
longest train you ever had chance to wear-wen,
Just try 1t YOURSELF"
"At least, you did know what was expected of
you, and had time to prepare for it," said the
traveller. tits when you up against some I'm.
expected kind of salutation that you're lost.
a funny sight once on the pier here Just as I
landing from of the Hamburg American boats.
There big, bearded Russian on board coming
to visit some relations other and when he
walked down the gang-plank there were two young
people waiting for him, pretty GIRL evidently
Russian, and young fellow who wasn't Russian at
all but spoke English and looked as II he hailed
from the state of Maine. Well the one with the
beard fell upon the pretty girl If he'd never seen
anything good before-I guessed he was Uncle
Nikiovitch something Of that sort. And when
he had kissed Olga both pink cheeks didn't he
Just grab the stir. shy Yankee fellow and kiss him.
tool Yes, sir. first cheek and then on the
other. just If he'd been waiting sweetheart.
That poor fellow from Aroostook county was Grim
son TO his when Uncle Niklovitch gave him
q parting bearhug and set him free suppose he'd
never in all his life Russian men kiss each
other-but he'll see more II he marries the pretty
girl as l guess he means to-"
Hard on New England man." suggested q