The Ordway new era., 1911-10-13

is some reason for 1t. The Japanese
women are not considered the equal
Of men in many respects. and theiI
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. ut ia
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 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 It a meaning. as have
most japanese names?"
MY name Is Misoa. and It 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 soon.
And then Mrs. Yamasaki. sitting
straight In the big American chair.
smiled She looked neither at me nor
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.
~ like Chicago very much." she
said.
Getting an absolute divorce by mere
agreement OF the two families con.
cerned seems q strange custom to US
here In America. But this Is being
done In Japan every day. and the re-
suits. us far as domestic happiness is
concerned. seem to be about as salts
factory rs those achieved with the
methods OF our advanced western civ.
ilization.
The japanese system TRANSLATED"
Is something like this: Mrs. Flat.
dwellcr 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 !ust as i'm.
pressive. and the hunt for a properly
located four.room apartment Is just rs
exciting. and the trousseau Is just as
expensive us II there had been years
courtsh!p entaiiing many frocks. much
expenditure on both sides. and many
wrong guesses.
As II 10 Done In Japan.
And divorce! MIR. and Mrs South
side may be quarrelins continually
He thinks she spends too much money
on clothes and too much time on
bridge. and she thinks he Ia n stupid
coarse old thing. anyhow. But oi
course they don't want to go to cour;
about 1t. So they quarrel and quarrel
n~d q:arrel every day. and keep on
quarrci;ns and lose out on the bits Of
happiness they might have cornercd
II It hadn't been for the quarreling
But n In Japan: Mr.. Southsidc al
the breakfast table. after he has I'm
ished his fruit ani the sporting col
umn. looks over at Mrs Southside
and says: Louise. dear. what do yon
say to n nice. quiet little divorce? :?
You talk II over with your folks. and
ri talk It over with father In the of
fice today. and we'll get divorced
Tuesday. if It's NIL right with you =
And II is all right with her. and the
next Thursday she marries that nice
looking Henderson man who has n
1912 model automobile. and he mar
ries the little b'onde s,enographrr
who has been telling him how we'll
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
fuliness out OF the sleeves
when n 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.
er. and he finds a suitable man for the
girl to marry Sometimes It Is the
boys father who hires the goblet ween.
but In neither case are the young
people nsi:pd about the matter.
There Is no real courtship A girl
cannot accept mans invitation to