The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

which conducts
oiaI1v uniIviSi" desiSped A typical Hindu
for women-Nip-
pom JOSH Dai Gakko-the Japanese Woman's Uni
versity In Tokyo, too Miss Una Tsuda conducts
her famous school for girls. which has a reputa-
tion that fairly grdles the globe, and which en-
deavors to modernize the maid of the Mkados
land. The woman of japan is an inspiration to
all Oriental women; the fact that in the present
day renaissance of Japan woman has played a by
no means unimportant part is inspiration to all
Asiatic men.
A remarkable incident.
III HE movement for more freedoni for is
cropping out in the most Unexpected places.
This was demonstrated recently in unique
ner The city of Tokyo has two companion schools,
one meant for the education OF princes and noble
luens sons, the others for princesses and the
daughters of noblemen Both these schools were
established by the Mikado who attaches special
Importance to the education Of princes and prin
cesses. These scholastic institutions are of the
highest type and sound principles. Re
Gently the Mikado appointed General Nogi the
hero of the siege of Port Arthur, to be the princ
pal of the Peeresss school The military man
carried discipline to it's most extreme end and or
dered that the girls should discard their gorgeous
colored silks and wear the simplest cottons in
stead. The general went to the length 1t is
alleged by correspondent, of substituting roasted
sweet potatoes in place of the customary cakes
and sweetmeats which formed integral part of
social ceremonies that not nfrequently take place
in the Peeress's school These rigorous military
edcts nurtured spirit of rebellion amongst the
girls of the school. They found champion in q
woman teacher Miss Shmoda, the head mistress
of the institution. Military discipline which
reigned supreme in the school, demanded Miss
Shimoda's discharge, and she was asked by Gener-
al Nogi to vacate her place. It then that the
peeresses showed what metal they made of.
General Nogi was prevailed upon to permit the
pupils to bid farewell to the discharged school
mistress This occasion presented that
has never before been witnessed in Japan, much
less elsewhere in the Orient The 5000 girl pupils
belonging to the richest and most bue-veined fam
lilies in the Sunrise Empire gathered in the
cramped campus of the school around Miss Shi-
moda, with eyes filled with tears and their walls
rending the surrounding atmosphere. The dis
missed teacher wept did her pupils. Finally
the girls were prevailed upon to enter the great
hall of the school, where the farewell ceremony
was to be held When Miss Shimoda rose to de-
liver her parting speech, she overcome by her
emotions and tainted So did numerous girls in
the audience. The entire performance showed
how woman had to question the authority
of man. who has posed for all these centuries as
the despotic ruler of all he surveyed. The i'm
portance of this incident it is impossible to exag-
gerate, since it is like the straw that points out
which way the wind is blowing.
China has caught from Japan the infection of
raising woman's status. How far the emancipa-
tion of the celestial woman has proceeded was
lately demonstrated. when the shy, slant-eyed
munity by announcing their intention to hold a
the boycott of Japanese goods to resent Japanese
10000 women attended the meeting. The largest