The Elbert County tribune., 1908-05-21

Talk about masculine superiority" said the
gobetrotter, 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 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 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. l felt like grinning idol Furugawa
ought to have told her not to. else he ought to
have given her warning so might have gone down
on my own knees; but as it I'd idea wassi
she was going to do, there l stood like a wooden
image of a heather god. and she thinking all the
time what beastly manners Americans have
You've no idea what idiot 1t made me feel What
I'm used TO at home is having sternly aggressive
American woman deliberately glare at me in a
street 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 it like ducks to water"
Alas. not all of u.s." put in plump and jolly
young matron; while 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 Fanning,
who gave me various points beforehand made
practice over and while she criticised. 1t all
seemed too absurd for anything, but really assure
you those rehearsals were all that saved 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 ever had chance to wear-well,
just try it yourself!"
"At least, you did know what expected of
you, and had time to prepare for it, said the
traveller ITS when you up against some un-
expected kind of salutation that you're lost 1
funny sight once on the pier here just
landing from one of the Hamburg American boats.
There was a big, bee -ded Russian board coming
over to visit 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 II he hailed
from the state of Maine. Well the with the
beard fell upon the pretty girl If he'd never
anything SO good before-I guessed he was Uncle
Niklovitch or 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.
tool Yes. sir, first on one cheek and then the
other. just If he'd been waiting sweetheart
That poor fellow from Aroostook county was GRIM
son to his when Uncle NikIoyitch gave him
a parting bearhug and set him free / suppose he'd
never in all his life Russian men kiss each
other-but he'll more If he marries the pretty
girl as l guess he means to-"
Hard New England man." suggested