| Show the 1 he japanese girl thia the life ot a japanese girl lu in spite of the self subordination that is demanded of her is full of delicate inter est it Is true she dopa not get any of the uproarious fun that the english young ladies delight in it is very doubtful whether she would enjoy boi merrymaking if she could get it but she has pleasures of her own and she asks for no diore more she is often a poet and nearly always takes a keen delight in the poetry of others english girls have been known to declare that they cant stand poetry A japanese girl adores it 1 and this Is all the more curious as until quite recently there was no real love poetry in japanese literature |