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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 nre removed, while the prisoners sit with deeply bowed heads In an attitude of the utmost humility. hu-mility. Boston Post. |