Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-12

skin an inch wide shows out under A
the shoulder blades when, the woman
bends over, ana IL she goes In the sun
she may have a red stripe there Tie
drawers narrow as they fall to the feet,
and are lost in great stockings of wad-
s1ied white cotton. which make her small
feet look five times as large as they
are They are more like boots than
anything else, and they take the place
of shoes and slippers at home. me bet
ter, class houses are carpeted with mat
ting, and the women go about in stock
ing feet Out or doors they wear low
shoes with coles Of oxhide OF. ciotn:
III addition to the divided sklrt the
Korean woman has on avery uil ia1r
or white overpants which reach from
the arms to far below the knees, and
over the whole a cloalSlike gown tied
at the front with a ribbon. rms gar
fment is often of silk of bright colors.8
rho younger women are fond OF red.
those of middle age like blue and many
wear white. Most Of the women ma nave I'VE,
more or less jewelry. They wear llalr-e
epins OF gold. silver or amber as thick.
as ones little finger, and many have
two gold or silver rings on the thift.
finger Of the right hand. They paint
sand powder covering the face WIN.
white, except at the lips. which are red
They use Indiai ink to mark out the me
of the eyebrows. and arch these in con
formity with the Chinese idea of ASH
attic beauty This is supposed to be q
curve like that of q line of swans "
ing through the sky. and II the hairs
grow otherwise they are pulled out with
tweeZcrs until they approach the ideal.
The winter clothes of the better class
OF Korean womcnare sometimes of fur
and quilted silk. Padded cotton is also
used the gowns being so made that
they can be ripped apart for washing.
Much paste and glue are employed in
dressn1aking, and many a woman of
these high-class circles would drop to
pieces II she were left out all night In.
the rain.
HOW KOREAN WOMEN LIVE.
The new woman movement means
that a great change is to come IN the
daily life of the Koreans. What with
study, school going and calling, q new
world is Just beginning for these be-
niehted ,nortals The well bred w0-
man of today begins her life of seclu-
sion at the age of seven ana from then
until her death she is practically con-
fined to the house Of her husband or
parents. She is lucky, indeed, If she
has a little garden to walk about in
If She is very high class, she does not
go out at all. or only in q closed box
about three feet square, and not more
than four feet in height. This is sluDg
between poles In bringing it to her
house the chair-bearers take 1T inside
the ward. and then so away while She
crawls in. The proper signal is given.
Isthey return and carry her to the home
of d friend, leaving the box and going
around the corner until she crawls out.
Such visits are rare.
The Korean lady rises with the sun
and after spending perhaps an hour
on her toilet directs her slaves how
to attend to the household. She keeps
the accounts of the family and acts
as mistress OF the establishment. She
may do a little embroidery Or sewing
herself, but outside this She has Moth
ing to occupy her all day long. She
usually sleeps on a mat On5athe HOOP
and when she rises, il 1t is cold OUT
side, her feet rest on a warm sur
face. for her bedroom has flues under
it and straw fires are started before
|{daybreuE. She sits down on the floor
before a looking glass in making her
toilet and eats from a little table
eight or ten inches high. Her table
furniture is composed of bowls of
brass and q pair OF chop sticks, and
fish and fruit. After eating. she uses:
her fingers in place of a tooth brush.
washing out her mouth with salt
which she also ruhs over her teeth.
She takes frequent baths in the sum
, mer and on the whole is reasonably
Clean
THE NEW MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. 4
This movement means that there are
to come changes in all matters Of
love and marriage. Already the Chris
tan girls, OF whom there are many.
are demanding that they be married
|, iii the church after our ceremony, or
as near that as Korean ideals will