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Show American Wives Will Hardly Believe This Mile. Kikou Yamata, the young Japanese Jap-anese novelist who made a sensational debut in French letters recently with her "Masako," encountered Mme. de Noailles the other day In a Paris drawing draw-ing room. The French woman asked about love In Japan. Mile. Yamata told the ardent poetess poet-ess that the Japanese woman, who Is far less emancipated than European women, considers herself her husband's hus-band's servant and obedience and humility hu-mility as the most essential virtues. "But supposing you were married to a Japanese," said Mme. de Noailles, "and discovered that he vras planning to spend the night In bad company. What would you do?" "I would examine his pocketbooV said Mile. Yamata sweetly, to ta sure that he did not venture forth without plenty of money." From tha Crl de Paris. (Translated for tha Kansas City Star.) |