Show iTHE rHE HE JAPA JAPANESE 3 ESE GIRL i Gi I i Yer Daily Life Amusements Work and Ambitions DY BY 1 JOYA 11 yr Copyright 1912 by Ir Press Publishing Co Tho New cw York World Wold Mock Mock Jova is Japanese a university ma man and writer who is taking a n I-courso I course In American Journalism In these articles in The Republican Herald I tells the story stor of ot the Japanese girl Irl and points out the startling startling- herself hersel and her American sister PTER FTER they are aro seven se years rears old t the boys bo s 's and girls should not bu bo boin buIn buin in the tho same room 0 t f is the saying Ing of ot Confucius theL tho the L nese ese sage nn and this tills saying Ing had been r IcU followed In Japan until the tho Da Day the thc Restoration some fort forty five lve Sirs rs ago Even at present the habit of or orny ny fly centuries of keeping boys bors and z si apart Is strongly In evidence and bough ough nobody prohibits them to meet body lolly encourages them to make makell h ll others other's acquaintance And as asIre asro h Ire To ro are arc few tew balls bails parties and recep- recep liS as the boys and girls have ha small nee nce of ot being Introduced to one her ther his Chis greatly handicaps the girls Inting In ting Un boys bo s 's and amI in having havIng- the op- op q of oC becoming friends with witha a m It is still sUll considered 1 nt t fa for any g to ask a boy to call ough ugh they know each other fairly tI L ll n. Girls have havo only a n. very ven few boy Sends ends their boy friends mostly being of oC their theirs families or friends of ot ofir ir brothers Girls Girls' opportunities of at being courted I boys are very ery rare and ana they could t t under any aDy l Y circumstances flirt lIrt with dr clr wooers openly Japanese girls I- I uld never ne tell ten their love lo affairs oven o I 1 tho clo closest st of their friends 0 ho courting I Is always done in ret When tho fact that she sho Is ena end en- en pred d a to a n. young man is known n a arts art's rt's parents will interfere and may hibit the girl to continue the tho rela- rela on n. n The ThA social custom of Japan does doest at t approve of such love lt With Ith Hh the eyes of at the all aU the time and andt ande rents around them he e e severe rule against tho the courtship t young young people In the unwritten law jok k IC of society It Is impossible for two I vcrs ers to meet often oCten and still more dif dlf- e cult for Cor them to enjoy enjo each others other's secretly And consequently consequent e most of ot the courting is carried on letter The Japanese young Joung men and girls are most e excellent writers of at love letters Their Theil dear thoughts are expressed In poems and amI songs s which the they exchange The best of oC tho Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese literature Is found foun In love lovo son SOURS songs s sand and love lovo messages But even letters do not have havo a safe sate road rond as the tho parents of oC the girl watch tho the mall mail and although they would not open nn any of ot the letters addressed to their daughter their watchful eyes caution her not to risk anything by getting many letters If Ie the parents rind find anything suspicious about the letters let let- ter they will stop tho communication between th the lovers It Is necessary for lovers to find a sato safe way a of at communicatIng ing and ami the they somehow find a way even though It ma may not be an easy and quick one The lovo love between cn the Japanese youths and maidens is carried on under difficulty difficulty cult culty and at a 3 great groat risk as when their secret is found foun out not only they will Rill bo kept apart but th the discovery would often orten bring them severe punishments either cither from their parents or from their schools If they are still at school Disappointment In love lo Is quite frequent frequent frequent fre fre- fre- fre quent among amons- the tho Japanese young Joun people because the path of their love e Is full of or difficulties and the successful marriage rare most of at them being nipped In tho the bud by br the young oung peoples people's parents Elo Elopement ment Is not frequent in Japan although the circumstances seem to favor it Elopement will destroy the social standing and reputation of tho the couple and the they will ill be outcasts TheIs There The Theris Is no greater shame in Japan than to become a n. social outcast as tho the social system of ot Japan Is ver very strong and the public opinion rules more moro than any other power powe In the tho feudal period elopements were frequent because at that time the marriage mar mar- riago between people of or different classes was not permitted And elopement was tho the only solution of or the matter when two people of different classes were Inloe in inlove inlove love lo with each cach other |