The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-22

Talk about masculine superiority" said the
globetrotter, you ought to 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 sauted me! She was
sweet little creature, not really pretty but gen
tie and dainty and all that sort of thing. Well, 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 grnning 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 it was I'd no idea what
she was going to do, there stood like wooden
image of heather god and she thinking all the
time what beasly manners Americans have.
You've no idea what an idiot it made me- feel. What
I'm used to at home is having sternly aggressive
American woman deliberately glare at in a
street car till give her my seat"
1T was hard on you" said the hostess, with a
twinkle in her eye. 81 remember you of old at
dancing school, and how you used to hate even that
mild ordeal"
Boys always hate bowing 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 maron; 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 while she criticised 1t all
seemed too absurd for anything, but really assure
you those rehearsas all that saved me from
dying of modification on the floor Of Buckingham
palace If 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-well
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 salutation that you're lost / saw
funny sight the pier here just as was
landing from of the Hamburg American boats
There was big, bearded Russian board coming
over 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 If he hailed
from the state of Maine. Well, the with the
beard fell upon the pretty girl if he'd never seen
anything good before guessed he was Uncle
Nikovitch something of that sort. And when
he had kissed Olga on both pink cheeks, didn't he
just grab the stiff, shy Yankee fellow and kiss him.
too! Yes, sir, first check and then on the
other, just as if he'd been waiting sweetheart.
That poor fellow from AroosOOk county was Grim.
son to his ears when Uncle Nikovtch gave him
a parting bearhug and set him free. l suppose he'd
never in all his life seen Russian men kiss each
other-but he'll see more If he marries the pretty.
girl as l guess he means to-
Hard on New England man." suggested a