Show PRAISES CHILDREN OF JAPAN writer enthus a ate t c over infants of flowery kingdom inQ dom A recent book on the children of various countries says A baby jap anese girl is the most delightful crea ture you can possible imag ne a radi ant happy beautiful butterfly butterf Iv she is rarely I 1 to cry for she is rarely slapped what mother could have the heart to touch so dainty a blos som as the child flower of this land ot of 7 9 the baby girl loves fun she loves toys sheets and tea in little cups she loves to smoke with a funny pipe made of brass and kept in her sleeve and above all she loves her big round headed doll she Is 1 wonderfully playful and gentle this child always ideally dressed and al ways self possessed she has the loiel loneliest lest mouth and teeth and twink ing alaci e es and she inov a it too the smallest japanese wants to be beautiful each baby girl has ber her dainty lacquer box of rouge and pow der she is lil e some wonderful fantas tic blossom some dear little aragon fly and her hair bow how black it Is with th blue lights and shining where it is stiffened and gummed in loops and hands bands till it seems to reflect the gold lacquer and coral tipped pins that bristle around her head creat crest competition goes on bet between girls as to whose hair shall be most becoming ly arranged whose the smoothest and most glossy whose g adle shall be the most gracefully tied and whose dress shall posses the most harmonious effect |