Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-20 | Page 25 | Oriental Woman Have Awakened at Last

ORIENTAL WOMEN HAVE AWAKENED AT LAST By Associated Press. XRW YORK. March 10. Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife of the former vice president of Die United States, Just back with her husband from their round the world trip, declares in an, Interview here today that she found in every country which she- visited a wonderful awakening among women. "The change Is most notable in China nnd Japan," said Mrs. Fairbanks. "The Chinese women arc forging rapidly to the front and it will not be long bofore they arc heard from In alliance with the women wom-en of other countries". "The Japanese women are by no means ouinberers of the ground. Tho lower classes do -everything that men do, working work-ing beside thorn In tho field, carrying bricks and mortar, and assisting In all the labors of the stronger sex. I was particularly impressed by tho empress of Japan. She wears European dress, and not only that, but all the ladles of the t'oii n were gowned In Paris creations when they entertained me."