Peculiarities of the Japanese.
In Japan women hare always held a higher position than in other Asif^tfnß^ountries. They go about freely they please, and the seclu™{fidtt { fof the Chinese is wholly un'f&Mh to them. The schools re"J'66fr^fta many pirla as boys, and as a rule, the former are brighter than the *^m& The simplicity of their lives, ■%%m£h enters no selfish riralry to •We another, accounts in a iargejgpasure lor the general happiness of the people. Regarding one v v fiWft^g very much as belonging to io7pn§lmmJ> tne » r mode of We is more . .jprj^s^n the same plane, and conseqi\eß(*JlS spirit of great harmony pre>iSWU#joi*f very smtill income is neces—Bat7 tognroviae the ordinary necesand everything else is Securedwth but little effort. Household effects are few and inexpensive, frufi^oiPSHJiJ ever i' tuin ? he destroy eil «ufcrfesi3° ss in , an y w ay, it is not °iz&HmWW c cal « mil y- All can be replaced at a small outlay, and life goes on sis usual. 'I he tenant, upon #flM!Nfo&ii£ 0U8e ! js I )Ut t0 little <•*- --—*PQns^^Tyiwsn lt - ' u0 clean, finely VoYfJmTFMj^^ o^ cover l^ e oor ' serve aTTa^, phuir, and lod ; and •iOiftft)is'''iol' i J9[sHnfversal custom to re>iMjfito*A nwguiffeoes before entering n saoVk^da^tkltsrp/fiH no danger of one's bftn^itift with him lie dirt fro ti the sfl-ee^s.* Hie Redding- consists of cotrfirWft swlf s *<2F)sph are s P r e;'d out on the nnor rolled together m tIaJIWCTMBg W>d stored away in a iDo&effl#!ncle for the purpose in the day. ~"WW Jt?B " a »d fp-cimens of tf (ffßs?refiFtl# decorate the walls, a few va-es OTftogi Jpniya of fl.twers, iiud a nuniner p| cushions on the ftoor f ,^iWK nisllifl }? 'ho room, vet ir do<B i^ :) §fi(Mii empty or cheerl< ss foL-jitf-m^^ral nrrsingrmeiit of haftfi.iy^.jfsoiqi^/s. thp diff. rent Vffo^offenjjm^im^fjijn its viable confirruciioii, and the heau'j' of the finished wflj&girtMjip make a most harJujfiftjtf^iff^ufgSNingcoujbiuation giQ qoodß anonoarorpTt — due ".^CJ^teo^tfai 'nwhiao stories ,oo^ii«^a|JßnlWrf«rJW?cerns the raisdionan^^j^^^vhi^Bii sionary meeting in Lomioa^iuwhiao was piesent Mt#*sQyffl'moW *A^»«d silence th« wolwn^m&do^WjiNO' said , " J know lota.ttfcjgjjfl [gyArJtft»« f n' J hey ver' nice * meTr,^^t^d-jnjßTi7-muke Maori do aT fft(t|t y^^q^i^ 0 " tniss'u'ries J ' 6l Mih fh'q^^ffimjknty of :and pra-i-y, 1 We t.ray <A(? f«jirf 7»«fZ //owe r IJsg shepherds - i'iuujizbeqJluftfoß^r.htblbokfeicl down their i n iftosiß^ *»Ut ClieaaiHteßirccax)aicd . — _^JEbe-aWbiSSel^aSl SallXake City is, it i re^pecViifliJCl^eqimiic propertic«, the ni soy>Uf««|>%B^lri9 Bwi9L#ij^pr«hip in the to ittttrWb'iomilifr & ptct aroppod into a lint hi the other, a test which is offered to every stranger who 18 ibowa over tho l/niltiiDg.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 110, 3 November 1894, Page 4
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413Peculiarities of the Japanese. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 110, 3 November 1894, Page 4
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