The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
Wears Picturesque KimonoS
and Does Hair i'll High
Pompadour.
DAILY DRIVES
ONE DIVERSION
Daughter of the Japanese Ambas-
sador Is Most Charming
Little Person.

With the atmosphere of picturesque
old Japan clinging to every fold Of
her fascinating kimono little Miss Kiyo
Takahira, the young daughter of the
NJapanese ambassador and the Baroness
I Takahira. has slipped into Washing
ton.
/ The little maid, who cannot fail to
! remind every one with whom she comes
in contact. Of her fiowery home in the
tFar East, accompanied her parents to
washington last week. and is now at
the embassy in X street. There the
family viii remain for about week or
ten days. when the embassy will be
| removed to Buena Vista. Nd, where
the former japanese ambassador, the
. Viscount Aoki, maintained his summer
headquarters.
Miss Kiyo Takahira IS the most fasci-
mating little japanese girl that has
. ever come to this country. She has not
become sufficiently accustomed to
. American ways 10 adopt American
dress. like her beautiful young mother.
but still clings 10 the aIuring kimono.
Speaks No English
, When the ambassador and Nine.
Takahira receive callers their young
daughter Is sure TO be found in the
little circle. She speaks no English,
but her presence alone carries one
across the sea 10 what fiction writer's
Z and romancers have led one TO believe
is country made Of tea gardens. IN
( ending garlands OF flowers, and peo-
pied with the tiny maids who have the
. faculty Of gathering in all the hearts
that come their way.
This little japanese maid is a fascinat-
ing representative of her people. She
is fifteen years old and very small.
Her cold black hair is thrown up on
her head in the fashion familiar to
Americans. and is usually ornamented
with d beautiful comb. Her kimonos
are usually OF that mysterious shade
50 common among the japanese. One
never knows whether they are gray.
blue. lavender. or just what, but they
are all heavily embroidered in the art
Of the Mikado's people. Around her
waist Miss Kiyo wears wide sashes
whose ends meet in the back in a
. broad bow that reaches from the waist
10 the shoulder.
Miss Takahira is a veritabIe little
study as she sits in her chair with her
feet drawn together and her tiny hands
clasped in her lap.
Will Go to School Here
Next year the ambassador daughter
viii go 10 school in Washington. and
one Of her chief studies Will be the
English language. Nine. Takahira IN
Gerstands English perfectly, but speaks
II only slightly. She is an accomplished
French scholar. and when not convers-
ing in her native tongue the wife Of the
ambassador uses French almost exclu-
sively.
The ambassador and his little family
last week found their only diversion
IN afternoon drives about the city and
suburbs They are very happy in their
reunion Nine. Tdkahira Is ALWAYS
smartly gowned and finishes her cos
tune with a modish hat. But little
Miss Kiyo wears no hat. She may be
seen in the embassy carriage any after
noon with her mother and father
dressed in one of her picturesque XII
monos with no head coveriEgn but her
black hair done into a pompadour as
only the japanese can make.