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

port them. The apanese, however
considered the amount too liberal and,
as Il understand 1t. they; have cut down
the allowance one half, and are now
sdevoting the remainder to the support
8of other schools established by the
government. On top of all this there
was a. short rice crop last harvest. and.
altogether, the schools are in much
need of more money
THE SLAVE GIRLS or KOREA.
~ AS have said the new woman
movement Is Just at it's beginning. II
doubt if Its members can be numbered
by hundreds. There are certainly less
than o. thousand who have yet attempt
ed to throw off the shackles of the old
customs. and the remainder, numbering
millions. are in the same condition that
II the sex has held for many generations.
The customs vary according to the
class to which the girl belongs. Korea
has a nobility, a middle class common
people and slaves, All of the rich fam
lilies own hereditary slaves. and the
daughter of a. slave is slave girl IN
turn. In tile past such slaves have been
given away. and 1t is not long since
they We're sold. When the member OF a
family committed a grave oftense3
against the government, the whole lam
ily OF the guilty one was often reduced
to slavery This was the ease with the
Wife and daughter Of Kim Ok-l'un, the
rebel who was assassinated by order OIL
the king of Shanghai some years ago..
quite a number of the singing girls are
slaves, and us such they have been
borsht and sold Today almost every
Korean lady has her slaves who wait
upon her and do her bidding. under.
stand that the slaves are, usually We'll
treated, and that mostaof them would
not leave their mistresses if they could
HOW THE COURT LADIES DRESS.
Until lust now it has been impossible
| for a foreign man TO know ahytllli,s
abnlt the dress of the high Korean lady
event from hearsay. attended "
garden party given by the Red Cross
society in the grounds of one of the
did nalaces this afternoon at which sew
| cral of the high ladies of the empress
| court were present. Among them was
a sister of her majesty. They appeared
| in their court gowns, with great goa
: pins studded with pearls in their halr
ana with gold badges of their rank over
their foreheads. Each woman mad on
| \ short Jacket of white or light blue
silk, which reached only half way to
|Sher waist, and below this . very full
! skirt of dark blue silk gauZe, Sklcn
| was fastened around the body under
| the arms and trailed upon the ground
Az they raised them / could see their
stockings of padded cotton and their
How embroidered white or mac SHOES.
| ,rhey were. oareheaded, and their jet
black locks We're put UP in a Knot
| which rested far down on the nape OIL
| the neck They wore no wells nor face
| covering of any kind, and moved ABOUT
among the people, interested In all the
sights OF the occasion. During the cele-
| bration the court ladies, who heretofore
have been absolutely secluded, sat upon
| the platform, with the Leading iNorea can
and Japanese officials, representing her
majesty the empress, and one of them
even read a message from the empress
| IN the assemblage. No one would nave
| dreamed such d thing possible five years
ago.
KOREAN GIRLS COSTUME.
The dress of the new woman VIII be
! far more comfortable and more beauti-
full than that of the present. 4 ls s,e'
\ friend OF mine has given me some OF
] th., details as to the costume of the
| present Says he:
"Che first thing Il girl puts on Is a
divided skirt. consisting of a pair OF
| very full drawers which fall in folds TO
her feet At the top of these is u band
| about eight inches wide, which IS fast
] ened tightly over the breast by white
| ribbon drawslring, tied at the 'front.'
I, The drawers are SO full that they
might be fastened about the neck In
stead of the waist, if the girl so wished
| The waistband IS very. tight. and It
comes high up the back. Above it and
just meeting it is a little Jacket with
Hong sleeves. This is yellow, green,
blue or white, and it IS tied together
with ribbons OF the same color. The
/ jacket is so short that a strip of bare