Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-03-31 | Page 4 | Japanese Picture Brides in America

JAPANESE PICTURE BRIDES IN AMERICA Each steamer from Japan which lands hands its passengers at ot an American port brings over oer a number number of or women from the Land of ot the Cherry Blossoms who are coming to claim hUl husbands bands they have n never seen but whose photographs they the cherish and to whom b by Japanese statute they hey have been la lawfully Cully wedded c In the past five fl years the number of Ja Japanese S nese women In tn America has doubled doubled dou dou- bled and tho the increase aso Is due to tho the picture picture pic pie ture tune brides brides' as they arc aro called Japanese bachelors coming to this country countr as la laborers laborers la- la borers have had their pictures tal taken en and have sent photographs back to parents or friends at home nuking asking that brides be bc secured for them thou Consent of or the tho girls' girls parents and registration rethe proper official suffices to make tho the marriage mar mar- sa ria-sa valid according to Japanese law From the tho April number of oC Popular Mechanics Mechanics Mechanics Me Me- Magazine l