The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-06-13

Talk about masculine superiority" said the
globe-trotter, you ought to see the way women
greet a 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
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 grinnng 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 1t was I'd no idea what
she was going to do SO there stood like wooden
image of heather god. and she thinking all the
time what beastly manners Americans have
You've no idea what idiot it made me feel. What
I'm used 10 at home is having sternly aggressive
American deliberately glare at me in a
street till give her my seat
1T was hard on you" said the hostess, with
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 bowling and scraping But
girls seem to take to 1t like ducks to water"
Alas not all of u.s." put in a 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
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. II 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 I'M
expected kind of salutaton that you're lost l saw
a funny sight once the pier here just as 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-pank 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 one with the
beard fell upon the pretty girl If he'd never seen
ANYTHING so good before guessed he was Uncle
Nikloyitch or something of that sort And when
he had kissed Olga both pink cheeks didn't he
inst grab the stif shy Yankee fellow and kiss him.
TOO, Yes SIR first one cheek and then on the
other Just as II he'd been waiting sweetheart
That poor fellow from Aroostook county was Grim
son to his ears when Uncle Niklovitch gave him
a narting bear-hug and set him free. 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 guess he means to-
lizard % . New England man" suggested