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Show SLBBVBS IN VEILS. Tits rentUr CcMtam or Ilia lToroen of In Korea, ".litre Chlneso custom predominate, It I hard to account for the origin of the Tell The women of the well-to-do middle and upper clsues sre kept most sedulously guarded, Ths latter are seldom allowed to go out at all, and then only at night. A curious talo Is told lo nerount for a certain feature of the veils. This constats ol a pair of dependent and evidently useless use-less sleeves with cuffs, of another color, col-or, at the bottom Veil Is not n proper word to use for this head covering, cov-ering, for It Is of thick material-cotton, linen or grass cloth and It wruld be Impossible to sco anything through It It Is always white, to match thi other Korean garments. As a nation from collls to mandarin they nil wear It. The woman Is obliged to push the folds of the veil away from her eyes so that sho may look through the aperture. Tho tale concerning them Is this: Several hundred yrnrs ago, when Korea was righting the Chlnrse, the entire Korean army and all the men In ths capital of Seoul had marched out In defense of that capital lo meet an attacking force toward the north. At tho samo time another force, unknown to the Korems. approached Seoul from tho south, Since every able-bodied man had already gono to tho nttack, the city and the remaining remain-ing Inhabitants were threatened with destruction. The Korean women, however, how-ever, like their sisters In other pirta of tho world, devised a plan by which they might fustrate tho enemy. They donned their husband's long whlto garments with tho wldo sleeves, nnd gathering together, marched boldly toward to-ward tho foe, who, appalled by the eight of such an unexpected force of Koreans, lied In haste, and tho city was saved. When tho army returned nnd It was mode known whnt the women wom-en had done, It was decreed that thereafter there-after they should wear men' sleeves hanging from their veils as n mark of honor and a badge of their bravery In the national crisis. Kven more uncomfortable un-comfortable than tho veils must bo ths mnsslvo headdress of the woman who acts as bridesmaid at a Korean wedding. wed-ding. Tho rules of Iron-clad Korean etiquette demand that she shall bo dressed In this way, so no ono think of questioning ths custom. Huge masses of false hair "switches," as w call them are piled In n fantastic way on the unfortunate woman's bead till a wonderful effect la obtained. |