Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-05-21

Talk about masculine superiority" said the
globe-trotter, you ought to see the way women
greet a man guest in Japan. There's a nice fellow
in Tokyo whom l used to know. He was in San
Francisco a few years ago, but he went back to
take up his fathers business. Well, l 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 gem
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 a grinning idol. FurugaWa
ought to have told her not to, or else he ought to
have given her warning so l might have gone down
on my own knees; but as it was I'd no idea what
she was going to do, so 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 an idiot it made me feel, What
I'm used to at home is having a sternly aggressive
American woman deliberately glare at me in a
street car till I give her my seat"
ut was hard on you" said the hostess, with a
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 US" put in a plump and jolly
young matron; while we were in London last year
/ was presented to Queen Alexandra. To tell the
truth, l really had supposed l knew how to make a
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 l assure
you those rehearsals were all that saved me from
dying of modification on 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 a 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. TITS when you run up against some UNI
expected kind of s%alutation 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 was a big, bearded Russian on board coming
over to visit some relations or other, and when he
walked down the gang-plank there were two young
people waiting for him, a pretty girl, evidently
Russian, and a young fellow who wasn't Russian al
all but spoke English and looked as If he hailed
from the state of Maine. Well, the one with the
bsard fell upon the pretty girl as If he'd never seen
anything SO good before-I guessed he was Uncle
Nikloyitch or something Of that sort. And wher
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 on one cheek and then on the
otlleY, Just as II he'd been a waiting sweetheart
That poor fellow from Aroostook county was Grim
son to his ears when Uncle Niklovitch gave hin
a parting bear-hug and set him free. ! suppose he't
never in all his life seen Russian men kiss eacl
other-but he'll see more If he marries the prett,
girl as I guess he means to-"
Hard on a New England man." suggested