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Show 'OREA AND THE KOREANS. 'aw Examples of the Strenuous Life Found. Among Curious Oriental Or-iental People. Korea Is a curious country, Its peo-pio peo-pio having many peculiarities which belong neither to China nor Japan, much ns Its Inhabitants have In common com-mon with those two nations. Tho Chinamen we know as a race of hard workers, and the Jnps ns a quick, ingenious nnd active folk; but the Korean Is nn oriental "Weary Willie." No one knows how to Idle more gracefully grace-fully than he. Ho takes existence so easily that ho will not even go to the trotiblo of avoiding ttangora that threaten his life, Bays the Montreal Family Hornld nnd Weokly Star. In those districts where tigers nro numerous numer-ous the Korean villagers constantly sleep with the doors of tho houses, open. Now nnd again a sleeping Korean disappears, to the accompaniment accompani-ment of nngry growls nnd soft, padded footsteps. Tho .survivors are deeply grieved, but console themselves with the reflection that life Is uncertain for all of us. When the electric trnmway line was laid down In Seoul, the capital, two Koreans were discovered ono day sleeping with their heads actually pillowed pil-lowed on tho rails. As befits an .easy-going race, given to take the world ns It comes, the Koreans aro a kindly and well-disposed people. They nre much given to forms and ceremonies, nnd, like the Chinese, they hnve n Kreat reverence for old ngo. As In China, too, it Is considered polite to inquire the nge of a stranger or i;ue3t. A Korean woman who underatntel her ngo, when asked, would do so for si very dlfforont reason rea-son than that which would impel a European lady to the snme step. Tho Korean lady would bo inspired by modesty; mod-esty; sho would not enre to clnlm all tho re.ipect to which her years entitled nor! A curious feature of Korean life, nnd one In which It presents n mnrked contrast con-trast to Japan nnd Clilnn, Is seen In the absence of umbrellas. On wet days tho Koreans appear In the streets in coats nnd hats of oiled paper. |