Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-11
,I0uRNALI ISM Of
JAPAN ADOPTS
SOCIETY NEWS
New Feature Now Appears
Regularly in Bic NewSpa-
perS of Mikado'S Empire
Josetting All PrecedentS,

.ainfnr strong lootholu ~ japan
n, me newspapers and magazines
nu' having more attention to the wom-
Although the practice has not de-
iored to the extent of the women
Moo ms 1t Is known IN America, the
rcVspapers make It particular poln'
n,,fi what women are doing, ana,
,ike the magazines, make a spe,alts
,heir history their fads, and their
future ,e. - p.ou,,or
,,eo the wives Of the cabinet
,,,h,rs all of whom are found es-
n.isny interesting the Countess
rtnna ronsort Of the premier, Is con-
,enty held up as model possessing
~ ~. virtues for which japanese
,ro,oen are famous, She not only
ns,des over the most celebrated
p,,rhen i'm Japan. which is capable OF
hs,.inr thousands of guests AT one
.ta,e INT she is known and respected
t'r Nor noble character and fine woIn-
anlv qualities. -,
ma count and countess have heen
arried now for forty-fiVe years. she'
tnfnre her marriage. was Aya-ko, me
aidest daughter of a Vassal Of the sho-
,nn she was sought out by Count
ntuma who. unlike most of the young
,,on. ~ the turbulent restoration Gays,
noe determined 10 find woman OF
t,ne character and good home train
mo she has always devoted hcfseH
a. her husband. 4 notable instance
uas when, twenty-five years ago 'ne
count was brought home wounded III
the leg hy a bomb. The physicians
declared that the leg must be ainpu-
tated The countess made a proihp'
decision when she was told 1t was tne
onlv way to save his life ana alter
the operation she became more ue-
voted still.
wide Social Experience.
,rbe baroness Kato. wife of the for
eion minister. perhaps has had one OF
Tho widest social experiences OF any
Iananese woman. Daughter OF the
lato Baron Iwasaki, she came from
ma Of the wealthiest families IN ia
nan and MS the wife of Baron kato
she taken a prominent position. espe-
cialv in London society. where baIHn
Koto was formerly ambassador. she
i clever and entertaining ana mas
complete mastery of English
4 magazine account of how Baron
Kato came TO marry her Is current Just
nov. Young Kato, serving as head
~ a branch office Of a banking con
corn of which Baron 1wasaki was pres
ident made such an impression that
Baron TwasaN presented him with q
gold watch.
Got Daughter and Watch.
81 thank YOU very much, replleu
the Young man, but | am not yet ia
position to wear such Valuapl on-
tect when | am worthy 70 nav -,
/ shall ask for it. Would you Keep u
The bank president agreed. and pc
came still further impressed with MS
Young protege when the latter de-
handed a receipt for the watch.
some time later, he invited young
Kato to his house. II took charge OF
your watch at Otaru few years ago
he said Let me give 1t back to you
now with its interest Calling ms
daughter Haruii-ko-san, beside NM
he continued by interest mean
my daughter. Would you marry her
Thus Kato entered the lwasak1 ram
lily.
Another Romance.
Mrs Yukio Ozaki. wife of the MN
lister Of Justice, and the daughter Oh
Baron and Baroness Ozali, who was
an English woman, also mas -"
nance 1t was the postmah WIZ
brought Miss Ozak and lukio ozaki'
then mayor Of Toxic together As w
name was the same the postman lie-
quently delivered the young lady lc',
tiers to the mayor and vice versa. l neg
met at a dinner party ana iie'
over the postman' mistakes anu si'oi
IN afterwards took the matter hluch
more seriously for they were mar
ried As the wife of the mayor, MIS-
Ozah has been hostess at many prIi,
liant affairs. She has written several
volumes and is now completing cor
lection OF love stories and tihgedles
Of old Japan
Five Rules for Matrimony.
When DR.. Kitokuro lchiki, minister
Of education was married, ME- Ahau@'
the brides father. gave the couple
five rules of matrimonial life, Willch
are reproduced as follows:
L. Love is essential to matrimonial
life, but familiarity harms IT,
>. Indulgence in love is cause o.
losing it. Honesty and respect to each
other must not be forgotten even lor
day tie
3 Husband commands; the WIZ
must obey, but the wife sometimes
may command and the husband mus
obey If IL a secret Of the sweet home.
a. without IlAtQ - wv -
can have a settled minds affection pc
tween husband and wife IS Kept COM
plete with fixed property. -.
s. Home is, as it were, BOAT ne
is like voyage on the sea. fousn
waves will upset 1t, If it is not roWeu
BY husband and wife with JOINT Ell
forts
Wants Reform in Dress.
Mrs Yosano. one of the most poph-
lar japanese women poets OF tne ' uas ,
has come forth with some radleal
ideas about her country women
dress. She says
The inactivity which the japanese
kimono costume brings about Is ~
itself a kind of ugliness, and the Ja
panese dress must be improved IN tllis
respect so as to keep pace WIN tip
march of civilization. japanese women
are defective in original ideas ana lol-
low blindly the law imposed upon
them by others In matter OF dress
they do not seem to take any interest,"
and do not attempt to improve Their
own dress so as to afford them greater
comfort. | have previously said the
French STYLE is preferable; TINS L
simply an idea. As a matter OF iac'
japan ought to have dress appfo-
pirate To the new conditions OF society
If the foreign mode was followed
dresses could be made out OF Japa-
nese materials and could be made
much cheaper than foreign dresses
1T may be argued that foreign
dress does not agree with Inc Japa,
nese way of living. but if we DO no,
make some changes in our method OF
living no improvement can be erect,
ed. 1t seems best to begin where \
can be made with the least troupie
It is my opinion that the impfoVehirii