Show KOREAN COSTUMES The People Wear Thickly Padded Stockings StockIngs Stockings Stock Stock- ings All Summer Korea is the land of white garments and black hats bats All AH the men in this country except coolies wear either white or blue long flowing gowns Cotton Cotton Cotton Cot Cot- ton and silk goods are worn In winter and linen and hemp in summer During DurIng During Dur Dur- ing the last several years a great deal of silk has been imported both from China and Japan the native article being of little value says the Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roan- Roan oke Collegian The ordinary street gown generally has three broad flaps one of which hangs bangs down the back and the other two In front overlap each other then are tied with a pair of long ribbons of the same material The flaps reach within a few Inches of the ground The gown has very wide and long sleeves In each of which one might carry a baby without its being noticed and they are long enough to conceal the hand completely while an extension of the sleeves reaches al almost almost almost al- al most as low as the flaps above mentioned men men- Another gown of the same pattern except with shorter and narrower narrower narrower nar nar- rower sleeves Is always worn under the first B But t persons In the government government government govern govern- ment service Including all members of the nobility wear a gown having from one to three large flaps which are broad toward the ends This gown with the exception of its sleeves is more like the dress of the American girl of twelve or fourteen It Is al always always always al- al ways made of fine goods well weIl starched starch starch- ed and on windy days Its flaps and sleeves create quite a fluttering and rustling noise in the street The winter winter winter win win- ter coats and trousers trousers the the latter al always always always al- al ways white are white are very large and heavily heavily beav- beav ily padded with cotton A most most singular singular singular sin sin- gular thing Is that the hose worn by bythe bythe the Koreans are always thickly padded in summer as well as In winter consequently consequently consequently con con- every everyone one seems to have thick and large feet although quite the contrary Is frue true The ordinary street hats have broad brims and high crowns They are made of fine bamboo bamboo bamboo bam bam- boo splits ts and are covered with fine linen cloth and then lacquered with black Hats covered with silk are worn orn by people of rank Persons In mourning for their parents wear hats bats batsas as large R as umbrellas and of similar shape They are made of coarse bamboo bamboo bamboo bam bam- boo splits lIts without any covering of cloth It is customary for every mourner mourn mourn- er to carry a little hempen screen attached attached attached at at- to the ends of two bamboo sticks held beld up conveniently in front of the face These uncomfortable trappings trappings trappings trap trap- pings are Intended to Indicate his regret that he be did not make his bis parent or parents happier bappler while they were living liv liv- ing So it is that for a period of one or two years he is ashamed of seeing the heavens and and nd of looking upon the beautiful objects of nature There are area a great many other varieties of head headgear head headgear headgear gear by which one can tell conditions and to a great extent positions In soI so so- I clety |