Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-21

Is some reason for it, The japanese
women are not considered the equal
of men in many respects. and their
mission is the mission of happiness
Then they were asked about clothes
-women's clothes-in Japan.
Japanese dress is very comforta-
ble." translated Mr. Yamasaik- TT is
graceful and beautiful as we'll In
Japan the patterns on the dresses
have great significance. On joyful oc-
casions, as celebrations and weddings,
kimonos are worn with the patterns
of the pine, the plum. and the bam-
boo. for these signify happiness-the
pine is ever green. the bamboo ever
straight, and the plum is the first bios
som. The turtle and the crane also
signify happiness when worn as dress
ornaments, because, according to or
iental legend. they signify long life.
For funerals plain black or white is
worn. but on other occasions the
young women may choose any color
to suit their individual tastes
What is your first name, Mrs va
masaki? Has it a meaning, as have
most Japanese names?"
My name is Misoa, and it means
faith eternal"
Mrs. Yamasaki is studying English.
She was born in Paris and lived there
until she was three years of age, re-
turning to her parents native home in
Toxic with no knowledge of Japanese.
Sh- still speaks French. and hopes to
conquer English soou.
And then Mrs. Yamasaki, sitting
straight in the big American chair.
at the window for a glimpse of the
out of doors, but at her dignified hus-
band. and essayed her first English
sentence during the interview.
Il like Chicago very much she
said.
Getting an absolute divorce by mere
agreement of the two families con-
cerned seems a strange custom TO US
here in America. But this Is being
done in Japan every. day, and the re-
suits, as far as domestic happiness is
concerned, seem to be about as salts
factory as those achieved with the
methods of our advanced western civ
ilization.
The Japanese system translated,
is something like this: Mrs. Flat
dweller calls her daughter. Lulu Ellen,
to her and says: Lulu Ellen, put ON
your incest frock, for the man you are
going to marry is coming to call on
you The wedding will be tomorrow"
| And Lulu Ellen, all excited, dresses up
and gets introduced to Freddie Blonde
boy. Then they proceed to get mar
| ried, and the ceremony is just as i'm
! pressive, and the bunt for a properly
! located four-room apartment is just as
| exciting, and the trousseau is just as
expensive as if there had been a years
| courtship entailing many frocks. much
| expenditure on both sides, and many
wrong guesses.
As 1t is Done In Japan.
And divorce, Mr.. and Mrs South
| side may be quarreling continually
He thinks she spends too much money
on clothes and too much time on
| bridge, and she thinks he is a stupid,
coarse old thing. anyhow. But of
| course they don't want to go to court
about it. So they quarrel and quarrel
| and quarrel every day, and keep on
| quarreling and lose out on the bits of
| happiness they might have cornered
| if it hadn't been for the quarreling
But a la Japan: Mr.. Southside at
the breakfast table. after he has fin
| ished his fruit and the sporting col
umn, looks over at Mrs. Southside
and says: Louise dear. what do you
say to a nice, quiet little divorce?
You talk it over with your folks, and
I'll talk it over with father in the of
flee today. and wen get divorced
Tuesday. If it's all right with you
And it is all right with her. and the
next Thursday she marries that nice
looking Henderson man who has a
1912 model automobile. and he mar
ries the little blonde stenographer
who has been telling him how well
he understood life.
In Japan women's clothes never,
never go out of style. dress you
got last year is perfectly good today
and you don't even have to take the
fullness out of the sleeves
When a girl has reached the prop
er age for marriage in Japan she
never is consulted as to the man she
would prefer. A s.nakado," or match
maker. is procured by the girls faith
er. and he finds a suitable man for the
girl to marry Sometimes it is the
boys father who hires the go-between.
but in neither case are the young
people asked about the matter
There is no real courtship A girl
cannot accept a mans invitation to
the theater. to supper, or even to