The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-04

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''The baby" said Mrs. Aoki, "has
a perfect mania for watches-gold
watches-and door knobs. You don't
happen to have a door knob in your
pocket? All, too bad! You would
have won her heart instantly"
She bantered on for a few mo-
ments in this strain, but by degrees
her conversation became serious as
she went over the last year, with its
first blush of happiness and it's mis-
cradle ending.
Before my marriage l had some
kind of an idea that Mr.. Aoki was
an outsider to my class. That was
the argument of my friends, but af
ter marriage I learned that l was an
outsider to his. There is a great
difference
THE Japanese women whom /
have met in Seattle were exceedingly
kind. Yet, for all their kindness, I
was always made aware of the fact
that | was not one of them. I did
not speak their language, | did not
! know their ways, and | could not
help but feel that l was a rank out
slider
This fact was brought home to
me on one occasion when a Japanese
business man who came to Seattle
after a trip to Japan informed me
that the feeling in Japan was excep-
tionally strong against Japanese
American marriages. The feeling,
he said, was particularly strong
against the issue of such marriages,
and even extended to children of
Japanese parents born in this coun-
try. So there you are with the sub
ject in a nutshell The two races are
antagonistic to such marriages. Both
the man and the woman lose, to
certain extent, the respect and to
large extent the companionship Of
their fellows.
What Horror 1t Is.
Il wonder if people sometimes
realize what horror this is to me.
what it cost me, first to marry him
and now to seek divorce from him.
For more than a year they have
stared at me. I enter a store and
Observation-Disclosures hardly
think it fair Yet my greatest sin
is that I followed my beliefs as I
knew them. Why is it? Why is it?
Here in Nevada there are scores of
women securing divorces" She
stopped herself with quick smile
and a shrug. my reasons for a di.
vorce are personal. The reasons
came to me after I married him, but
as my experiences are limited to my
own case / cannot say that there are
similar traits in all Japanese"
Of her personal relations with
Aoki and the grounds of her divorce.
she was silent. A year ago, the day
before she was married, she was in
formed that Aoki did not have the
best of regulations among his fellow
countrymen. Then she Immediately
entered the breach for him, declaring
the statement were untruths. Today
her manner was different. She pass
ed his name away with a disguised
toss of her hand
II have not the slightest idea
where he is" she said, land I think
on the whole it will be better to al
low him to pass by"
worldly WISDOM she said,
seems to be a necessary factor in
the training of an American girl
of any girl. Think of it; at.22 years
of age l become one of the pioneer
mothers ola problem, race prob
lem. / feel myself to blame and yet
if my life had not been with so many
books-but it is useless talking like
that. There is only one course for
me and that is to face what comes
cheerfully."
The problem at her feet refused
to be discussed 1t chuckled with
delight as the baby fingers found
themselves in the mothers hair and
then it pulled Justify
"Oh, my dear, you hurt me-" said
the mother You hurt me more
than you can guess, you-sweet-I
little-problem."
Her arms EMBODIED the infant, and
she laid her face against the baby
face. At first it seemed simple
maternal caress, but there was a
poignant pause. The shoulders of the
little philosopher were shaking in
silent sobs and the heart of the lit