Show WAITING MAIDS OF JAPAN Barefooted Damsels Serve the Courses During Progress of n Formal Dinner Unless there are ladles among the guests tho wife mid daughters of the host do not appear at dinner In Japan Before tho meal begins It Is customary for them to bring In Hinall cups of ten and dainty confectionery when they take their survey of tho party If gentlemen only are present tho JnpancHe hostess djsappeurs after the greeting Is over mid does not return until un-til tho guests iiro taking their departure At u signal from the host baiefooted waiting nmlds dressed In graceful and prettilytinted kimonos bring In lacquer trays bearing tiny covered bowls Before setting the trays on tho tables time mauls sink gracefully to their knees and bend forward till their foreheads fore-heads touch tho floor Then they servo dinner which Is of several courses Smiths Weekly |