Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-22

Talk about masculine superiority" said the
gobe-trotter, you ought to see the way women
greet man guest in Japan. There's nice fellow
in Tokyo whom 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 was
"A sweet little creature not really pretty but gen.
tie and dainty and all that sort of thing. WE'LL sir
Fshe went down on her knees and crossed her hands
on the floor and bowed her head down to touch
the mating. l felt like grinning idol Furugawa
ought to have told her not to- or else he ought to
have given her warning / might have gone down
on my own knees; but 1t 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 beastly manners Americans have.
You've no idea what an idiot it made me feel What
I'm used TO at home is having a sternly aggressive
American woman deliberately glare at in a
street till give her my seat"
1T hard you," said the hostess, with
twinkle in her eye. Il 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 it 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
suitable curtsey but my friend, Eileen Tanning
who gave me various points beforehand, made me
practice over and over while she criticised. 1t all
seemed too absurd for anything but really assure
you those rehearsals were all that saved me from
dying of modification the floor of Buckingham
palace If you fancy it's easy to make a 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 had a chance to wear-we
just try it yourself"
"At least, you did know what was expected of
you and had time to prepare for it," said the
traveller. ITS when you run up against some un-
expected kind of salutaton that you're lost. / saw
a funny sight once on the pier here just as l was
landing from one of the Hamburg American boats.
There big, bearded Russian on board coming
to visit some relations other and when he
walked down the gangplank there were two young
people waiting for him, a pretty girl evidently
Russian, and young fellow who wasn't Russian at
all but spoke English and looked If he hailed
from the state OF Maine. Well, the with the
beard fell upon the pretty girl II he'd
anything so good before-I guessed he Uncle
Nikloytch something of that sort. And when
he had kissed Olga on both pink cheeks, didn't he
Nust grab the stiff, shy Yankee fellow and kiss him,
too! Yes sir first cheek and then on the
other just If he'd been a waiting sweetheart
That poor fellow from Aroostook county was Grim.
son to his ears when Uncle Nikloyitch gave him
a parting bearhug and set him free. / suppose he'd
never in all his life Russian men kiss each
iother-but he'll more If he marries the pretty
lgtrl as | guess he to-"
Z Hard a New England man." suggested a