Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-15 | Page 19 | East Beckons to Modern Young Women with Ideas

East Beckons to Modern . Young Wc'men With Ideas MILD'EO TAYLOR. , - ' "By ISABIAK HALE NEW TORK, July 14 Wa hava borrowed the1 kimono from tho Japanese, Jap-anese, tha turban from India and Jewekt and embroideries from China, but outsld of thss uper-fleeai uper-fleeai acqulslilona wbaudo most or us really know about our oriental alstereT , Mildred Taylor, writer, organiser, lecturer and femlnlat. ts convinced that we know Uttle-Vhat we hava never even penetrated the Inner live of these mysterious ladlea on the other aide of the earth, "Moat of u hav only two ple-turea ple-turea of th oriental woman," shs stale. "One that of a dowatrod-den dowatrod-den alsva of a domineering husband, th other that of a bejeweled seductress. se-ductress. Of th real woman w ar Ignorant. 1 oellev shs baa j much to i-lv u." i , Ha Miss Taylor expect to spend several year in in onem. ru n, first-hand Information about tb women and children of China, Japan aad India, which aha will later put tn book form. WE'LL LEARN MORE. "I believe" h continued, "th present vogo for oriental costuming. costum-ing. Jewelry and home decorations Is only ths preluds to a much mors far-reaching acquaintanceship with oriental art, phlloeophy and tha acl-enco acl-enco of living. o East.' Instead of Go West.' will be tho cry. "In our complex civilisation wa who have never learned to relax or to reflect hava much need for the calm aad peac of mind which th oriental woman haa attained. -Before wo can learn whst shs ha to giv as wa must understsnd th oriental and da away with Ih prejudlreo based on Ignorance and misunderstanding that ar th bar to friendship." WORLD AUTO TOUR. To get close to tha life of th poop! In th far east. Miss Taylor la not making tha trip In the conventional con-ventional tourist style. She Is traveling trav-eling around th world by automobile automo-bile in company with her brother. Peter Taylor, aclentlet. nd Blending Blend-ing Mloan. New Tork artist. - They hava atarted from New Tork to Ban Francleco by motor and will use that to ramp with ia the erienL It le eqnlpped with a miniature artist's studio, a radio outfit In a shock proof box. a typewriter type-writer and a com pie t camping outfit. out-fit. They ar going merely aa srtlst. Hon tint and writer and ar taking their chances on the hospitality of tha world and their ability to eon-vert eon-vert their services Into broad and butter.. Mia Taylor cslls th tour a venture ven-ture In international friendship. .