Omaha daily bee., January 24, 1904, Image 31

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HE social condition of woman In a,
fairly trustworthy measure of the
clvlllzution of a state, und Judged
by this standard Japan hus nut
yet reached the summit of west-
ern culture. This fact, however, ta not a
reproach, seeing that It Is not long since
even Kuropeon nations have bridged the
abyss which sunders former barbaric cus
toms from the humane legislation of today.
And the Japanese are even now working
hard to imitate us. Hitherto, and indeed
at the present moment, the ranks of fe
male "hands" In Japan are recruited from
among the rural population by agents, who
induce the country lasses to sign contracts
for quite a number of years the best por
tion of their lives. .And the wages aver
aged 3d a day! For that miserable mess
of pottage the girls not only labor hard
during working hours, but permit them
selves to be wholly Isolated from the outer
world. Just as If they were in a prison, a
hospital or a nunnery. Thus they are
entirely in the power of their employers,
the least scrupulous of whom take an un
fair advantage of their helplessness. Thanks
to the initiative of the press and to the
high spirit of a few wealthy firms, a strong
and lurid light has been thrown upon
those dark places of Japan, and redress is
already In sight. The Manchester of the
Mikado's realm Is Osaka, and it wna the
terrible state of things In vogue In the
mills and works of that city which first at
tracted attention. The slaves of the south
ern states of North America had a better
time than some of the wretched girls In
Osaka, the products of whose labor were
thrown upon European markets at nominal
prices. Happily the Oulld of Weavers hns
now set to work to better the lot of these
riclots, and Its efforts are being reinforced
by government employes.
Curiously enough. In the higher enlllngs
and professions which require skill or scien
tific training Instead nf mere manual labor
there was hardly any field for woman's
activity. Thus in none of the ministries
or government offices was a woman to bo
found as civil servant. The respectable
firms of merchants likewise rigidly ex
eluded members of the fair sex, refusing
to employ thera as saleswomen: only in a
few cheap bazars, where the work was
very fatiguing and the pay utterly Inad
equate, were women to be seen behind the
counter. Cut here, too, a beneficent change
Is now being made. The firm of Mitsui,
the weavers, for example, one of the
wealthiest In Japan have Just decided to
take on girls.
For n considerable time past women have
been engaged at railway stations, especially
In dealing with passenger traffic, and now
the Snnul line, which had hitherto elimin
ated the female element, has completely
broken with its traditions, and in future
the passengers by that company's line will
be looked after by lady conductors, and
pnrhains lady controllers as well. The
crown prince of Japan takes a keen In
terest In this movement, which alms at
making life less miserable, to his future
female subjects, and he has begun by set
ting an excellent example. He has married
but one wife, and has allowed It to be
generally understood that he Is. and In
tends to remain, a monogamist to the em
of his days. London Telegraph.
Wilts Man ta Envied.
HEN be gives his hair a neat lltU
slick with a comb, and presto!
his coiffure Is complete.
w
''JL( When the children cry and he
can whistle a tune, get his hat.
bang the door and go out.
When the dinner Is spoiled and he chats
unconcernedly, and all the guests pity him
because he la married to an incompetent,
fussy, discomposed woman.
When he trips up the street ahead of
her on a rainy day with his trouser
Jauntily turned up and no skirts to kick.
When he swings easily on and off a mov
ing car without danger of tangling his
heels In his petticoats.
Wben ho stow things away In his multi
tudinous pockets and saunters on with
unencumbered hands.
When he can wear his best hat In the
rain without getting the curl out of the
feathers.
When be doesn't have to twist his arms
to hook his bodice up the back.
Nor drag six superfluous yards of dress
goods behind him, and do It gracefully,
too.
Nor kiss his sworn enemy and tell him
how swaet he looks.
Nor smile seraphlcally all through the
play while a hairpin is Jabbing In his head.
Nor move heaven and earth to look pretty
while suffering the pangs of the third place.
He can just look as miserable and as yel
low as he feels and folks only pity him.
These are Just a few of the times when
the most contented woman In the world
wouldn't mind being a man.
Character Revealed by the Throat.
woman who Is going to live
w I I long can find the lines of longev-
aa I tv nllnlv written In Iim throat
Instead of living long, tall and
slender, her neck will be rather
wide for her height and It will measure
at least half an Inch more than the ordi
nary woman's.
This large throat Indicates a strong con
stitution. It shows vitality nnd usually a
largo degree of animals spirits.
The tired girl, on the other hand, the
girl who feels herself weary and Is called
indolent, has a neck that is slender but
not symmetrical. There are prominent
cords In It and It looks like a collection of
reeds and pipes caught together with flesh.
Tale hfinds, by the way, always go with a
neck of this sort.
The girl who Is fond of admiration can
not hope to conceal the fact, for she shows
It plainly In her throat. She Is also n
girl who usually shows her throat, and
whose neck Is her own peculiar and special
point of vanity, for it is pretty.
The girl fond of admiration has a full
neck. Not a bone shows. Yet It Is a
slender neck for all that. Vanity shows,
as In the nose, In the straight aristocratic
lines, in the clear skin, which Is very fine
In grain, and In the length of the neck, for
the vain girl Is very swanlike as to the
movements of her head. It swings as upon
a reed of exceeding grace nnd willowyness.
This swanlike neck Is very lovely. The
young girl whose neck Is growing long nnd
awkward and ugly can comfort herself
with the thought that some day, when she
hus attained full maturity, tills long, ugly
duckling neck will "become that of a beau
tiful swan.
The athletic girl has a throat affected
by her sports. It Is long, rather flat and
it docs not widen, ns It should, where it
Joins the head; neither dees it widen toward
the neck. It fulfills ull necessary purposes
of the body, but it is not pretty.
The great peculiarity of the neck of the
athletic girl Is its met hot' of Joining the
head to the shoulders. It Is the same
shape and clze throughout its kngth, and
the head Is set upon It uwkwurdly and In
wooden fashion. There are no pretty
curves to break Its monotony.
The shoulders of the athletic girl are
very square and the head and neck are Bet
upon them in an angular fashion which,
while It may denote the athlete, surely
does not denote the society beauty.
Still, the athletic neck has its good points
and its recommendations. It never gets
stiff; It can bend this way and that; It
never aches, and Inside there Is a set of
mechanical works that rarely gets out of
order.
The heroic girl has the classic tyi of
throat. It may be beautiful and It may
not be so, according to the care that is
bestowed upon It.
The heroic type of neck may belong to
the beautiful woman, but it does not al
ways do so. Very often its beauty is
marred by the luck of femininity in the
face. For the heroic type of neck la pos
sessed by the strong minded woman, the
woman who leuves the pot to boil itself
while she gets out Into the world and
bolls the pots of other people.
It la the woman with the heroic throat
who decides thut home Is no place, for her
and who gets out into the world so that
she can perform the feat kuown as Invad
ing man's territory.
Hut the heroic necked woman, while she
miy be disagreeable, can also be magnifi
cent. Che ia capable of great nobility of
character; and, when you get her for a
friend, she ia yours for life, or until you
deceive her.
There is a certain type of neck which
belongs to the girl who Is fond of having
her own way. Turn around, with your
hack to the mirror, and take your hand
glass In your hand. If you are a girl fund
of having your own way your neck will
bo, not flat and straight In the back, but
curved.
There will be an arch which Is the arch
of beauty, but the arch also of selfishness.
If the head pushes fowurd too far, It
means ambition, and if the chin drops, It
denotes slubbornesa.
The neck requires room and It requires
air. It must have Its proper ventilation
and it must not be bound down lightly
from morning until midnight. If you are
treating your neck In this manner you will
suffer for It. Your neck may be fat and
for that reason you bind it tightly, but
you make a great mistake in doing so.
DfroratlaK Leather anil Wood.
AR1SIANS have long held tho
M I secret of a Fimple process of di e-
I nrntlns? on leather and wood. At
Inst, however, this "French urt,"
as It is culled, has been Introduced
In this country, und all sorts of things are
being decorated after the new fashion.
Among the leather urtlcles seen are slip
pers for house nnd evening wear, belts,
shopping bags, purses, card cases, tublu
mats, photograph albums and book covers,
decorated In such u manner us to tivul the
art of the pyrogrnphcr. In addition to the
decoration Itself, It is quite a fad to use
tho Initial letters or the monogram of the
owner on the object.
The only materials
required for this
process uro a small vial of fastening varn
ish, two soft brushes, a sponge, a piece of
fine linen and the design to lie reproduced.
On light leathers like chamois nnd the fash
ionable pigskin, lithogrupldc designs of
flowers, birds and butterflies in colors are
effectively used. Half-time pictures and
letters In black are also desirable, iih they
give the appearance of burnt leather. Pre
pared designs, which ure purchased at art
stores, are used for decorating dark leather.
These are covered with white lead or with
a gold buck, and ore Inexpensive.
The worker usually cuts off the larger
portion of the margin of the design, after
which the face of it Is smeared with fast
ening varnish applied by a soft brush.
Great care is taken to cover every portion
of the design, but not to go beyond the
outlines. Five or ten minutes nre con
sumed whllo the varnish Is drying, after
which the varnished surface Is placed upon
leather in the desired position. If it is a
flour de lis, to be used on a book cover, for
Instance, the design Is pressed down firmly
on the cover with a photograph roller.
After two or three minutes the back of the
paper Is carefully raised, leaving the de
sign on the cover.
The next process Is to dip a soft brush In
water und wash the surface of the trans
ferred picture as gently us possible, in or
der to remove the remaining lint. After
this the linen cloth Is dampened and used
to absorb the superfluous moisture on tho
design. This will ulso prevent the latter
from rising in blisters, and will cause It to
dry evenly. A day is required to dry the
design, after which a coat of varnish Is
applied.
Some of the handsomest new ilower pots
In the stores are shown with this decora
tion, many elaborate designs being carried
out. An artistic one seen was for an asalea
pot. and It showed large clusters of the
pink blossoms with smilax and ferns
grouped about the receptacle, which had
first been painted a light green. The ef
fect was such a perfect Imitation of hand
painting that It would be difficult for even
a connoisseur to tell the difference. An
other pretty Idea was that of a deep bluo
vnse, which was decorated with marguerite
daisies and their green leaves.
A three-paneled screen showed pictures
of tho Three Graces, the Cherubs and
Dawn, applied In the foregoing manner
from fine colored pictures. They were so
cleverly varnished that they uppeared to
be lacquered, and the illusion was still
further carried out by the glass which
covered each panel.
An old-fashioned bed room suit, which
lucluded, four-poster bed and a bureau
with glass knobs, was decorated In the
French art style. The furniture was Imi
tation mahogany, and It was therefore
necessary to remove the pnlnt. This was
easily done, and after each piece was care
fully sandpapered a stnln of light green
was applied. When the furniture was
thoroughly dried red puppies were trans
ferred to the panels of tho bureau and
bed. The chairs and tables were decor
nted likewise.
Handkerchief, glove and work boxes,
photograph framos. trays and other un
stained wooden objects uro shown In the
stores, to le decorated In thiH manner.
One of the most popular stains is black,
which Is mad" by going over the wood
several times with a brush wet with boll,
ing hot logwood and then with a strong
solution of uutgull.
What the Women Arc leolnuv.
Mrs. Hetsey U. Huller Rtevt ns. a rt-trr of
the iHte General IVnJamln K. Hutler, lias
just observed her With birthday ut Notting
ham. N. II.
Mrs. Andrew It. Carter of Wutertown,
N. Y.. owt.H the pair of spectacles worn
and owned by I'rexident Lincoln at the time
be was shot by John Wilkes I loot h In
Ford's theater, Washington.
The crown princess of lenmark enjovs
the double distinction of Inlng the wealth
iest and tallest woman of her rank In
Kuril). Her royal highness Inherited
nearly Sln.nno.iifti from her mnlernal grand
mother as well as the bulk of her father s
fortune. She Is six feet tall.
Miss Josephine llolgate ot (llympla hits
accepted the position of state librarian of .
Washington.. Hue declined the appoint
ment wnen it was first offered to her, and
was persuaded to reconsider tile matter.
At the age of el years, Mrs. Cnrolluo
Selekfell, a pioneer resident of Mr Kws
port. i'a.. Is cutting her third fet of teeth.
T!ilrte n teeth have cut through untl oth
ers are coining.. She suttcred great pain,
but is joyous over the tact that flic will
have teeth again, for the first time in
twcnty-tlve years.
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