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Show JAPANESE CUSTOMS HEARD BY WOMEN An account of experiences in a girls' high school in Horoshina, Japan, a city west of Tokyo, was given in an entertaining manner man-ner by a former pupil there, Miss Tomi Hondo of Rupert, Idaho, a younger sister of Mrs. Joe Miya of Copperfield and a visitor here, at the meeting of the Women's Civic club last evening at the home of Mrs. Odell Peterson of Copperton. Miss Hondo told of the customs and religion of Japanese people and explained sewing by hand, the only method used in Japan, an art perfected in skillful, skill-ful, rapid manufacture of apparel. ap-parel. Little Miss Amy Miya was with Miss Hondo. Both wore native na-tive Japanese dress. Musical numbers included piano pi-ano duets, "Dance of the Demon" and an arrangement of "The Blue Danube" und "The Bat", given by Miss Ethel Richards and Paul Richards. Mrs. Beverly Clays Zorn, accompanied ac-companied by Keith Rasmussen, sang "Lonesome" and "The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair". Hostesses were Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. C. N. Crawford and Mrs. Vaun Christensen. Mrs. Harley English and Mrs. E. V. Knudsen were named delegates dele-gates to the Utah Federation of Women's clubs in Salt Lake City April 24. 25 and 26. Mrs. Paul F. j Erz and Mrs. James Van Evera I were named alternates. I |