The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-23

Vie, TRANSLATED MT. HludShlh. ~ ~
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 Ia ever green. the bamboo ever
straight. and the plum Ia the first bios
SON. 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 10
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 II meaning. as have
most Japanese namesf"
MY name 10 Misoa, and It means
faith eternal" y
French Her First Language.
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 soon.
And then Mrs, Yamasaki, sitting
straight In the big American chair,
e,niiaA Cha ianIad nnttha~ NJ ,,,x nav
at the window for 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 strange custom to us
here In America. But this Ia being
done in Japan every day. and the re-
suits, az far aa domestic happiness IL
concerned. seem to be about as satis-
factory as those achieved with the
methods of our advanced western civ.
ilization.
The Japanese system translated
ia something like this: Mrs. Flat
dwelIer calls her daughter, Lulu Ellen,
to her and says, Lulu Ellen. put on
your incest froch, for the man you are
going to marry IL 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 lust as I'M
pressive. and the hunt for properly
located four4room apartment Is Just al
exciting. and the trousseau Is Just aa
| expensive as II there had been years
courtship entailing many frocks. much
| expenditure on both sides. and many
wrong guesses.
AZ II 10 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 oil
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
II II hadn't been for the quarreling.
But a la Japan: Mr.. Southside al
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 1t over with your folks. and
| I'll talk It over with father In the Of
Ace today, and we'll get divorced
Tuesday, II it's all right with you.
And 1t Ia all right with her. and the
next Thursday she marries that nice
looking Henderson man who has 9
1912 model automobile. and he mar
rles the little blonde stenographel
who has been telling him how vel
he understood ME.
In Japan women's clothes never
never go out OF style. A dress you
got last year is perfectly good today
and you don't even have to take the
| fullness out OF the sleeves
When girl has reached the prop
or age for marriage In Japan she
never Is consulted as to the man she
would prefer. A 'nakado," or match
maker, Is procured by the girls faith
or, and he flnds suitable man for the
| girl to marry. Sometimes II Is the
boys father who hires the go-between
but In neither case are the youns
| people asked about the matter
There Ia no real courtship. A CIR
cannot accept mans Invitation &c
the theater. to supper. or even to q
moving picture show. Automos4ie
rides are barred II man does cal
on a girl, her father and mother are
both in the room. and as the Japanese
girl has been taught to confine her
conversation to yes" and mo" nc
great Roadway in courtship can be
made. Can you imagine Sally South
side receiving Johnny Siiksocks In the
parlor with all OF the relatives pres
ent'