| Show 1 t r t it t r t tCO t i fO 1 I t t t r J If ft jt W 0 M E N r Theu T r lieu Pound P Dun d Linen L men t j ft t tf t tt r rT f t OF oi 0 F In the Daytime DaUme and andR nd tt w Take Tafe T Ke at 1 Nio t tIK tI I 8 I KOREA KO R EA L IK I I i iH A H 1 1 4 t v t h 1 1 h tH T Is hard to say Bay whether the Ko ICo Korean rean ream women resemble more those IT I of ot China or ot JI those of oC Japan Jarun They seem I em to bo be a t I cross between the tha two except that Hint they are aro some sonic somewhat what buat taller than luau either cither Japanese or CI Chinese u women Their dress Is IH neither the short go goami n and wide trousers of oC tho the a nor nur the lie long Ions bloomers and nu hi mono of oC the lie Japanese but again a 11 sort of ot cross between the Iho two like u II Mother Alother hubbard Koreans J of oC both Hexes w wear ear vear w white cotton clothes Tho boon of ot soap has hns never yet been heen known In iii Korea consequently with the tue best Intentions of the women who spend a II lingo Inigo part of oC their llo laundering tram from rota the tUne time of the thu first lip dip Into water Korean ore arc a doubtful white very ery el doubtful We have hll the tho authority of ot nn an encyclopedia pellia that Korean women uro anti not held heM heMIn In such abject condition ns us those thos of ot China but If It any IllY women In civilization or are kept don down more they Iho have hao not appeared Cows women wonton are beasts of ot burden lJur n In the Hermit Kingdom It la is true the hue Korean girls Bills feet aie all not thwarted dwarfed but of ot tho higher hichel lasses classes seldom see nee the light of oC tho sun SUII In lit the tho open air A utah man may nitty have haH nil all the wives he ho can support but though they tIle become the mothers of 20 daughters that lint Korean Ion on mann man Is la by him himself self Relt and an 1 his lila neighbors reckoned child chill childless childless less one single sickly lIck deform deformed ed NI Imbecile boy bo baby habr will count him u a I Proud happy happ find distinguished father fatherA A 4 Korean gIrl Is such a u nonentity that no nuino name Is IH given to 10 her If It she Rhe has haa no she Is simply girl If she sho has a brother she Is he known knon only emily on as ns that brothers sister r and ami Is thus titus spoken of or When hen a IL man addresses his liU wife Ito he call calls out Id haps It was wae from forgotten Ko ICo Korean rean roan ancestors that the tho American m citi citizen zen In certain localities Inherited his hlll habit of at speaking of his wife wHo as ns my woman Little Ittle Korean girls of the upper class are allowed to run and play piny outdoors till they are 10 or 12 years old Then Ihen they are me caught and antI caged scarcely again to breathe the tho open air or see the tho th blue hemisphere phere of oC heaven till they the are arf old and withered Women of ot all ages are arC however permitted to take the air nt at night In n western nations men go out after atter dark lark and women are arc apt opt to stay atay at home In n Korea this Is exactly reversed A woman may not go out outdoors outdoors outdoors doors by daylight when tho the eyes of ot otman man can rest reMt upon her but she may mil ma go out after atter dark when she oho cannot bo be seen een She Site takes her fresh air by moon moonlight moonlight light and starlight During the wo mens outing hours however It Is III a 1 crime punishable with a flogging for foran foran any an man to be on the street and nut the of ot offender tender fender Is caught and the whipping ad nu administered admInistered ministered Immediately no matter who he hI la is He Is then kept In till the wo we wom mens m hours are over and dismissed with an un admonition never to do It U again Under this moonlight parading the Korean women never become tan Inn tanned tanned ned though the peo Tom does get gH tanned In a lively manner The well to do Korean merchant has hasa a Il shop about the size of oC the parlor of af afan an nn ordinary American city flat Tho The Thorest Thore rest re t of ot his house consists of at a IL tiny reception room for tor the master and his hit men friends a n kitchen and three or four tour bedrooms just large enough to spread mats and sleeping rugs In Bedsteads are aro an on Invention of ot the foreign Mends consequently not to be tolerated ted The bedrooms open on the kitchen which I It is smaller than luau the shop One sleeping compartment Is larger and more splendid splendid did diu than titan the others This Is la for tor the tho master of the household In n the other smaller cubbyholes his hla wives first sec see second secand omit and third and fourth If he have so ao many his mother and ond his children must stow themselves as they the can In Inthe Inthe Inthe the rear of ot the little one story house Is a strip of at yard ard In n the lie kitchen with Its III mud floor In those cubbyhole bed Lcd bedrooms rooms anti In the strip of ot book back yard the women of at the well to do merchant spend their lives varying the with tho the occasional lonal ghost walk under the stara starn If It they the are obliged sometimes to go abroad In the daylight they are cover COUT covered ed cd with heavy veils vella draped about them with something of at the grace and beauty of ot a cotton tablecloth However II us enough twill serve as It covers theta them from tram the lie eye ye of man Women Wonton of the tho lower lowel or laborers ra art aro Indeed allowed to go about freely In lii daylight but they thoy have havo been so BO terror terrorized t iced at nt tho Ito thought of ot meeting men of ot other nations than titan their own that If they tile see sec ono one approaching they dart Into alleyways and amid down clown aide streets nut u it mUll man rarely larely gets Jels sight IRh of oC them In Iii n order to keep keell In proper ion their men mell have base told them then that If IC it n foreign male malo devil once lets his hil hi sy H l lleRt test leRt upon them they th will never there thue ICIer have any nit nil boy bo babies What U Is mol they belle It which how holl thoroughly well trained they tho mo ate A V Korean womans only hope pf becoming treated with eon evoli common In her home lies lists In her hea being the he mother of eons cons Therefore no no wonder Bhe runs Women do not get away awa flom tOut homo together enough to gossip In n Korea X the tho men are tho the go gU Your Korean Korlan Is III lazy He lie fl spends much time In talk talking ing inc over matters matteis with ith his hIli and neighbors Ills His gossip frequently iI l lends leads to conspiracies s against government lit of at officials atI I Hut hint In Korean plots there hero Is no noI I I woman In iii the Ito case Korean women of ot the time cooly cool class I spend JI nd most of ot their daylight hours hour do doIng doIng Ing lag washing The Ih alleged white cloth clothIng clothIng Ing lag generally worn necessitates this They rhe gather In groups at a river side Hide like a n flock fleck of ot quails around n a shock of ot wheat und and begin pounding the out of at their heaps heul ll of dingy white linen lint Hut If It men inca draw near If It so much ns as one ono trou white male Is seen In tho distance they scurry to cow cov co slatted or with tt Ith a p il die dIes to inako them Client smooth Thu pad Imd tIles dies of all nil the lie HM miss I and till rail to 1 upon thol piles idles of If doomed shirts amid anu buggy baggy trousers further i 1 us them to a state of oC thump UI I pat go jo j J the tho s sounding but hut hardly musical When hien the lie clothes cloth are pounded 1 till a II gloss gloHs comes COllieR out omit upon tipon them thoin the women early cany can them home lionie In n tho thu Ito house haus the woman takes alcoa off oft her outer Mother Iother Hubbard anti and appears opp ar In ill the bosom bosnia of her family In a n loose looe o pair pall of ot trousers trouser a skIrt shorter than tho the trousers trou ers anti and a Welt Well with all her disabilities the thus Korean female cnn can do what U Is unlawful for tor her hor sisters of at western nations wear trousers It H may mn have been because o the Ko 10 Koreans Koreans reans clothes wore out BO so fast Cast under the tue strenuous washing process that lint ho Its was wall driven to Invent paper ones for Cor both hoth himself anti and his hi women At t any rate into men and women wear waterproof of oC paper These Thee lust a along 1 along long time and need no wa washing or mending When they go to 10 pieces they go all nit over At times timeR one we sees above abase tho the shaped roof root of ot a n Korean house a large paper fish of or bright color This Is an announcement card to ov os 0 for Cor miles around that a boy bo baby bub has been horn born In that hunt house hoult and auth that consequently Its muter master and at least leant one on of at his hue wives are exceeding glad Such Ruch Is womanhood In Korea Roren the lie thelast last la t oriental country to succumb to western ll and desire for tor trade ChAllA lIDE Ia I INeer Never MOver In rehearsing the lie ceremony read rend the marriage service entirely over overA A 4 bride should use no pins In her lion wed wedding ding dine clothes There Thero Is nn on old oh superstition against May In marriages Dec 1 1 31 Is a 11 favorite wedding day In Scotland A bride must wear nothing green That color Is emblematic of ot evil To Jo change the lie name and oDd not the let letter letter letten ter ten Is change for tor worse and not for tor bet better betler bettor ter tor flue Tho origin ln of ot slipper throwing Is not known It U means however good luck luckIn luckIn luckIn In Yorkshire England the Ito cook use used f i k r ri r ry y V Vt 4 5 I 4 t tt T 1 c S i Photo ty by b Paris Parts HAT tAT FOR SPRING SPItING WEAR WW to pour hot water over the doorstep after Itter the couple had gon gons to keep the threshold warm for tor another bride It Is Ie said Blessed les ed II U the bride on whom the sue tui shines |
