The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-26
JAPANESE GIRLS
GIVE UP SMOKING
Women's Influence Slowly Ap-
proximating That of British
and American Women.
DISCARD SANDALS FOR SHOES
City Population of Japan Increasing
Thirteen Times as Fast as That of
CONTEMPLATION Men Engaged
in Factory Work.

Honolulu, T. H.-A unique feature
of the gradual rise of womens int1u
ence in Japan, until their position IL
now slowly approximating that Of
American and British women, is thai
they are giving up smoking, just at the
| time when great comment has artser
| over the increase of smoking among
their sisters in America and England.
The subject was discussed by DR.. T
H. Haden, dean of the theological de
partments of Kwansei Gakuin, mis-
sion college in Japan, who attended
sessions here Of the Pan-American edu
cational conference as one of the EN-.
pires representatives.
Formerly all classes of women In
Japan smoked in public as well as in
their homes" Doctor Haden said, "The
influence of the West has almost
stopped this custom, although it is to
the interest of the government to fos-
ter it, as tobacco is government mo-
nopoly."
New Word for "Home" Coined.
Doctor Haden said that a new word
for home-'katei"-h been coined In
Japan to express the meaning and idea
of home life in Western civilization as
is being learned by the japanese.
'The changing conditions of Japa-
nese women is only begun, but it is pro-
ceeding with rapidity and intensity
which are very significant and hope
II ho To Ia ,U1Io or
has a word expressing house and
household, but they had no conception
of home life in the Occident, where
women are on an equal footing with
men. This is now expressed by
katei,' with the new appreciation of
home as thing to be shared by hus-
band and wife and the gradual rise OF
the Japanese women to the position Of
their American and British sisters"
Doctor Haden said that the city pop
ulation Of Japan is increasing Ii times
as fast as that Of the country, due to
the change Of industry from agrcul-
ture to manufacturing. More than L.
100000 are engaged in factory work
and more than one-half OF these are
under twenty years of age, he said.
Women Discard Sandals for Shoes.
"A significant and interesting indi-
cation of the change in progress in
Japan now,'' said Doctor Haden, as
the fact that, while the Japanese wom-
en- retain the kimOno as their chief at
tire, they have discarded the Obi-the
folded square of cloth worn on the |
Oakland over their kimonos many |
II the women now wear full, divided |
skirt, which ties around the waist with |
a wide sash hanging at the side.
Many Of them also wear shoes instead |
If their sandals.
divorce laws also have been re-
vised in accord with other transit
ions. Formerly a man could send his |
wife back to her parents without ex-
use or explanation. This act cOnsti-
uted legal freedom for him. Now he
an only divorce her for infidelfty or
" agreement with her. The woman
IS yet has no recourse against the in
ldelity OF her husband, not even
hough he bring cOncubine into the
ome, as frequently has been done.
1.-THE example Of Americans, their
ONES and schools in Japan, gradually
as altered the hearts and feelings Of
he Japanese until now they have been
1duced to effect these changes"