Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21

men is considered Dy some 0Dsery-
ers the most impressive In the
Orient, the women's dress is de-
cidedly unattractive. Its shapeless-
ness would make a sylph look like a
sack of potatoes.
Women's Ugly Costumes.
The hair Is worn In the most
ugly way possible; parted in the
middle. then brushed back at either
side of the head, and wound into
a tight knot at the nape of the neck
In a way that would make the
Venus of Milo look like Sis Hop
kins. Especially is the polished
forehead ruthlessly exposed and
brought into prominence.
One would say that the hideous-
ness of the w0men's costume might
cause the attraction of Korean
men to the keisaing, oil profession
al dancing girls, II they had evolved
anything prettler; but the improve
ment is slight. The keisalng do
pull out the hair on their temples
and make a somewhat softer hair
line than that Of the other women,
but they draw 1t In the same tight
knots.
The keisalng have adopted a pref
tier sleeve, which Is very long and
trimmed with gay ribbons. They
wear brighter. colors and many or
naments. Their dancing feet are
tiny, when you can get a glimpse
of them beneath the voluminous
skirts, which trail all around; but,
! for professional dancers, they are
the most vigorously covered women
In the world.
Songdo was the High Tree Capital
Of Korea from the Tenth century
until 1892, during the Korai dynas-
ty, the E~lizabethan Age Of Korea.
Almost everything that is lovellest
In Korean art and literature is of
the Korai period, and most of the
arts of this golden age are now
lost, the making Of celadon, for
instance.
Songdo was also a walled city
and is still wonderful and extern
sive. The palace of the old Korean
caesars is entirely gone-more the
pity-though there Is something dis
appointing, to many western minds,
in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese
palaces. There Is too much wooden
simplicity. too much dependence on
paint and lacquer, not enough com
fort, and no precious stones. They
are neither barbarous nor civilized,
Just bare and uncomfortable look
ing.
Apparently there has not been a
fire In Songdo for a thousand years.
Looking down from the heights, n
sees the remarkable matched roofs
of this old, old city, their ancient
designs m~iraculously preserved.
Each house seems to follow any
line its owner may have fancied.
They are almost never square.
Some are shaped like horseshoes,
some like crescent moons, and 9th
ers are fashioned like grldirons. All
have a thick mushroom thatch.
Scenery at Pyengyang.
About 162 miles north of Seoul
charming old Hello (Pyengyang)
sprawls on blufflike hills which rise
above the sweeping Daido (Dai-
dong) river.
One has missed much In this Her
NIT kingdom until one has stood
in the pavilion that is perched atop
Botanical, or Peony Point, and
seen the superb panorama Of moun
tains, plain. city, and the sparkling
river. Well might Korea's tradition
al founder who coined the title.
Land of Morning Calm, have stood
on this very eminence and watched
the play of light and clouds over
the marvellous landscape.
Up and down and across the
swift-movlng waters Of the Daido
ply numerous cargo craft and fer
ryboats, their white and golden
sails glinting in the sunlight. Earth
er downstream, spans Of a modern
steel bridge vault the river, and
still farther off rise smoking fac
tory chimneys, a Notwithstanding
touch impinglng on the scene.
1t is said that the falling of a NIL
raculous snowstorm showed the II
dynasty where to build the walls Of
Keijo (Seoul), known as the Snow
Capital. Now the Temple Of Heav-
en- is the dancing room Of a tourist
hotel; some of the ~crenelated walls
have been torn down and traffic now
skirts around as well as through
the old gates. The exquisite tea
house, like that pictured on the
Willow Pattern plate, only far love
lier, where Queen Min used to en-
terrain the Chinese ENJOYS, has been
RACED and no longer rises In love
illness from its lotus bed.
Modern banks and offices, m0nu-
mental stone government buildings,
and wide tramway-and-bus-served
streets have given the metropolis
a thoroughly up-to-date. b~uslnesslike
appearance rather than that Of an
oriental capital.