Show A roC r rC 4 C 0 I I f WORKER r A Ao 0 o O I I I MISS 1 After Arter meeting Miss 1188 oUch Michi 1 Kawal of or Tokio Japan one wonders If It tb the vc vor American woman Is i far tar ahead of the oriental as sh she Is suj aul I posed to be tie Nothing would b be from our conception of thc the women othe of 01 the kimono an ana anu morr morr- nearly American in appearance at least than this sligh little woman with her 61 very soft ott Io lov lo voice olec Nothing could be more moto model than the tIre ease and poise with which th woman from the thc far tar east found he lu heway way about a strange city and the thc man inan ncr In which slip sIte her hotel Ii lit an anti and all nH of or the thc other American Institutions lions which we wo rarely associate wit the women omen of ot the thc orl orient nt When i 1 m met t her Miss I Kawal awal w dressed In Inn TI n r how p low d. d dark blue ell sil ellk k Ic trimmed with brocaded She had on a hat of or straw wit fl flower J trimming anti and an American made coat From her appearance an bearing bearing- sho she was waa no different from Crom an au anor of or tire the other women omen in her hotel Tha ThaU It U teems seems IK is the message she she carric I about with her women are j Just st tr tl same no matter where the they aro aro locate on oil the map and no matter how repent recenT I I IV ly they have e awakened to their nc no duties and responsibilities MIss Mies Kawal awal is national secretary t o 0 othe the Y W C. C A A- Ain in Japan She Sho Sho w. w 7 graduated d from rom Br Bryn n Mawr college i 1911 1914 and she then returned to her nn na thc live land to teach leach It was while a a. sti str dent delegate elegate to to a a. Y T. W. W t that she became interested In the worl hut hilt alibi hb h Vina a n t 0 for tor a Y W. W C C. A. A It was but thre years ago ao that she sho g gave O l up te teaching ht g t become a paid secretary ry Until th time she had Imd been a a. volunteer Miss Kawai Kawal seems Mems to represent athe r a I Ithe the women's movements In Sri her countr for tor she sIte IB Is Is' Is Isto to be a u. delegate to sever International conventions which will t feld fiel In Europe during during- the months She will visit England Sw den an and Switzerland to att attend nd conver er and will also go to Geneva Gene Swi to attend the suffrage 6 convention In speaking of oC c conditions in In Japa Jap l at lt present Us Hawaii KawaU said women a at al entering Industry in vast numbers an art that married women are also going Int the business world The They are aro arc heir belr met with no no opposition there and nd Ithe i j tire the teaching profession married worn worm are arc offered special Inducements b b. b cause auge the tho Japanese believe tho the mal mai ned ried woman knows know and children better than Jho single SOft gir Stenography is ono one of the thc most 1 lines tines of work for Cor a a. girl to follo follow rhe are arc no ito men Inert typists and most of ot the tho n e in the tho foreign firms aro are Jal girls There ar arc o license licens women aviators a and many street c conductors chauffeurs policewomen I country dl districts ticket a agents in sir sta stations bookkeepers teachers musician doctors nurses dentists and Miss I Kawal a wal said that tho Y M. M I. I C. C was doing a a. big bIb work worl among the tho sti stu students dents and that an industrial sur was waa soon to be ma made e. e She thinks th tit bl biggest est work being done dono just now ithe i 1 the emigration work Here the of oe th the Y V V. V. V C. C A. A arc are doing all th the can to help tho the girl who is js to leave h he native country countr for foreign lands The teach h her r w warn rn her of or tho the pitfalls she sho for her and aid her het In man many other Wa way Thc rho work worl Is intensive not extensive I j Japan tl U i is centered in five the l rg cities s and little has been done In tit th rural communities Wo do not want to spread ou out thin said Miss J awal We Wc want vant to b to strong and work slowly 1 but surely think we arc doln doing just that h here re are arc some of the tho live lI problem the women are arc considering Woman oman suffrage t the right to atten political meetings child welfare so 80 social cial problems I higher education Oi UI marriage Sc question demanding cal examination before beCore marriage teach union to j equal pa for equal work |