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Show Japanese Masks of Shame. One of the most unusual features of a Japanese court to a stranger Is the fact that each prisoner has his head covered by a wicker mask, more like an inverted waste-basket than anything any-thing else, the object of which Is to prevent recognition of the prisoner, to permit him to hide his shame under the disguise and. very possibly, to prevent pre-vent him from making a bolt for liberty. lib-erty. The sight of a prisoner so arrayed is ghastly, the mask bringing up the suggestion sug-gestion of the hangman's cap. Once In the prisoners' box, however, how-ever, the masks are removed, while the prisoners sit with deeply bowed heads In an attitude of the utmost hu- mllity. Boston Post. ' |