. Every-day life in Korea : a collection of studies and stories . overcoat, andclinging to the sides of his head a black fur-edgedcovering that keeps his ears warm. Here andthere you see a man with a coat dyed some shadeof blue or green; or a black coat showing whitesleeves. Silk garments are seen laboring classes frequently wear for a coatonly the short jacket; their working trousers fitmore closely and their feet are shod with sandalsof straw or twine. Koreans sometimes wearleather sandals and, in muddy weather, you willsee wooden shoes raised by a couple of bits ofwood thre
. Every-day life in Korea : a collection of studies and stories . overcoat, andclinging to the sides of his head a black fur-edgedcovering that keeps his ears warm. Here andthere you see a man with a coat dyed some shadeof blue or green; or a black coat showing whitesleeves. Silk garments are seen laboring classes frequently wear for a coatonly the short jacket; their working trousers fitmore closely and their feet are shod with sandalsof straw or twine. Koreans sometimes wearleather sandals and, in muddy weather, you willsee wooden shoes raised by a couple of bits ofwood three inches above the ground. On thechair-coolies head you will see a round-crowned,wide-brimmed, black felt hat. Yonder farmer,following his ox laden with a towering mass ofbrush for firewood, wears on his head a convexarrangement, two feet in diameter, of coarsely-woven thin strips of wood which, in shape, lookssomething like the top of a circus tent. Of the Koreans it may be said that, while shar-ing in many of the characteristics of the other ?3O z zo n rOHIm. HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE 49 inhabitants of the Far East, racially they are atype by themselves. In height they average fairlywell with the people of Northern China. TheKorean face will bear study. The forehead,sufficiently high, shows no lack of brains. Thebright black eyes are slightly almond-pinched atthe corners. The nose is rather low and flat, andthe lips are full. Another type of features, it maybe remarked, is also frequently seen, especially inthe north of the country, in which the eyes areround and the features are regular, sometimes evendelicately chiseled; but the black hair and blackeyes are practically universal. Mr. Pak wears athin mustache and a few straggling hairs adornhis chin—no need for him to shave every day, forthe simple reason that the Koreans, with fewexceptions, have nothing or almost nothing ontheir faces to require the use of a razor. The Korean houses are peculiar. Genericallythey may be divided
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