. St. Nicholas [serial]. and right beside it the little Korean mudhouse. The streets are full of white-robed people,the old men with their long-stemmed pipes, whileon a vacant lot some school-boys are playing base-ball. There are also many Japanese and Chinesein the streets. I expect that if a Korean boy anda Japanese boy dressed just alike were placedbefore you, that you could nt tell which waswhich. I have seen Japanese who could nt tellthe difference. You must not wait too long before coming toKorea, for native dress and native customs willchange rapidly in the future. The old menstopknots
. St. Nicholas [serial]. and right beside it the little Korean mudhouse. The streets are full of white-robed people,the old men with their long-stemmed pipes, whileon a vacant lot some school-boys are playing base-ball. There are also many Japanese and Chinesein the streets. I expect that if a Korean boy anda Japanese boy dressed just alike were placedbefore you, that you could nt tell which waswhich. I have seen Japanese who could nt tellthe difference. You must not wait too long before coming toKorea, for native dress and native customs willchange rapidly in the future. The old menstopknots and their long pipes will pass withanother generation, and their successors willindulge in cigarettes and dress like the men yousee at home. The women, of course, change moregradually, and it will be many years before theybegin to wear high heels, or dress their hair as Americans do. But come as soon as you can, andyou will never forget the picture of a processionof white figures stalking silently along the country IP 1. A KOREAN (AT THE LEFT) WEARING THE HUGESTRAW MOURNING HAT roads. You will feel rather sad about it, too, with-out exactly knowing why. Perhaps it is becauseKorea is called The Land of the Morning Calm—and the people look calm —but not happy. A COMICAL STATE O THINGS! Apples have cheeks, and matches, heads;Corn has ears, and pumpkins have beds;Taters have eyes, and clocks have faces;Watches have hands inside their cases! Tables have legs, and so have chairs,And twixt them all, my goodness! theresEnough to make, if one proposes,A boy—cause loaves of bread have noses, And books have backs; and tell me whosTo say that tongues are nt found in shoes?Windmills have arms, and yardsticks, feet,And rivers mouths—our boys complete! Ruth Plumly Thompson. THE LUCK OF DENEWOOD By EMILIE BENSON KNIPE and ALDEN ARTHUR KNIPE Authors of The Lucky Sixpence, Beatrice of Denewood, Vive la France! etc. SYNOPSIS OF THE PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS Peg Travers, joint heir with her bro
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