Show lecul ar japanese custom the foreigner should beware ol 01 mal ing presents to any japanese girl unless he is bent upon matrimony TG present her with any sort of a gift even though it be ony a posy will be regarded as a proposal of marriage and to accept the present though no a word of love or matrimony be pass ed is a sign that she accepts you gallant americans have got into seri ous trouble and found it necessary to leave the country at night to escape a binding engagement which they thoughtlessly incurred by giving to s maiden some trifle |