The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-15

OF the neck. They wore No Van
face covering Of any kind. and No..
about among the people. intera.-. ,
in all the sights of the OccaSi0n
ing the celebration the court H.
who heretofore la been ahsor.. =
secluded, sat upon h platform ...
the leading Korean and japanese
Gals, representing her majesty, ~.
empress, and n OF them even ~ =
a message from the empress IN ~
dceamed such a thing possible
ago.
\ Korean Girls Costume.
The dress OF the new woman .,
be far mora comfortable and m
beautiful than that of the pres,
A Korean friend Of mine has
me some OF the details as to the .--
tune OF the present. Says he:
The first thing a girI puts on g.
divided skirt, consisting of a pain .
very full drawers which fail in IL.
to her feet. At the top Of theS, S. ,
band about eight inches wide. WI II
is fastened tightly over the Nrt.--
by a white Iibbon draWstring. tied
the front. h drawers are So
that they might be fastened. ai. ?
the neck instead of the waist. il .r=
girl so wished. The Waistband is r.r.
tight, and it comes high up the H..
Above it and just meeting it is a lite
jacket With long sleeves. This is -
low, green, blue or white, and &
tied together with ribbons of the ~...s
cOlCr. h Jacket IS so short thai b
strip of bare skin an inch wide sh.v,
out under the shoulder blades WE.a
the wOman bends over. and if She -.--
in the sun she may have a red stripe
there. The drawers narrow a. they
fall to the feet. and are lost IN Ag,-,
stockings of Wadded white cotton.
- ~oo1yo how small fact tA.f- elias.
times as large as they are, They are
more like boots than anything Else.
and they take the place of shoes ori
slippers at home. The better class
houses are carpeted with mattins, and
the women go about in stocking t..-
Out OF doors they wear low SHOES
with soles of oNhide or cloth.
In addition to the divided Skin The
Korean woman has on a very full Iar
of White OVerpantS, which reach t".0
the arms to far below the knees,
over the whole a cloaklike gown ted
at the front with a ribbon. This -e.-
ment is often of silk Of bright c"."F-.
The younger ONE are fond of t,",
those Of middle g like blu s,I
many wear white. Most OF the s.-
men have more or less jeWelry. TIN
wear hairpins Of gold, silver or amt.
as thick as ones little finger, and
many have two gold or silver F.o-~
on the mira II StI VI biiN lio4S '''
They paint and powder, GOVERNS the
face with white, except at tn" aI~.
which are red. They use Indla INK 3D.
mark out the line Of the eyehf""-
and arch these in conformity With the
Chinese idea Of Asiattc beauty. Tins
is supposed to be a curve HNr ta.
Of a line of swans flying through l.-
skv. and if the hairs grow otherwise
they are pulled out with tWeeezFS .--
til thew approach the IDEAL.
The winter clothes of the "@..
class of Korean women are someuI-'0
Of fur and quilted silk. Padded '.'-
ton is also used, h gowns heln-
made that they can be ripped apart
for washing. Much paste amt
are employed in dressmakin-. "1l
many a woman of these hIGa-'
circles would drop to pieces "
were left out ali night in the ram.
How Korean Women Live.
The new woma movement M'
that a great change is to come III ~.
daily life Of the Koreans. n #.--
study, school going and calling, a A.'
world is just beginning for tho '4-
nighted mortals. The we'll bred N
man of today begins her life OF S,...
sion at the age of eve n |E.-I
then until death she is practIcaHS
fined to the house of her husbano o.
parents. u is lucky, indeed ID
has a little garden to walk apo"t
If she is very high class, she
not go out at all, or only in a cl'
box about three feet square. ana H.
more than four feet in height. I'D
is slung between poles. IN brlA-
it to her house the chair bearers
it inside the yard, Il then go ""
she crawls in. The PROP
is given, they return and .~.
her to the home OF q friend, lea
the box and going around the GU"
until she crawls out. Such WISH
rare.
The Korean lady rises with the
IN her toilet directs her slave d."
to attend to the household. she h+
the accounts of the family ano
as mistress of the establishment
may do a little embroidery or -"
herself, bat outside this she mas
ing to occupy her all day long.
usually sleeps on a mat on thu il.