Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

Is some reason for 1t. 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. n
Japanese dress is very comforta
BILE" translated Mr.. Yamasaik. ut is
graceful and beautiful as well. In
Japan the patterns on the dresses
have great significance. On joyful oc
c~asions, as celebrations and weddings
hmonos are worn with the patterns
of the pine, the plum. and the BAN
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 1t a meaning, as have
most Japanese names?"
my name Is Misoa, and 1t means
faith eternal"
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 SOC
And then Mrs. Yamasaki, sitting
straight in the big American chair,
smiled. She looked neither at me nor
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
salts, as far as domestic happiness Is
concerned, seen 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 hunt 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 It is Done In Japan.
And divorce! Mr.. and Mrs. South
side may be q%uarreling 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 quarre.
and quarrel every day, and keep or
quarreling and lose out on the bits Of
happiness they might have corneret
If 1t hadn't been for the quarreling.
But a la Japan: Mr.. S~outhside al
the breakfast table, after he has fin
ished his fruit and the sporting col
umn, looks over at Mrs. Southslde
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 1t owe with father In the Of
fee today, and we'll get divorced
Tuesday, n 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 8
1912 model automobile. and he mar
ries the little blonde ste~nographel
who has been telling him how well
he understood life.
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 a girl has reached the prop
er age for marriage in Japan she
never Is consulted as to the man abe
would prefer. A ''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 q mans invitation to
the theater, to supper. or even to q
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