you discover that the politeness does not mean very much perhaps, still it is charming, this wondrous courtesy, and you compare it very favourably with the bluff rudeness of Western people. The men are beginning to adopt European dress because it is more convenient for active work, but happily everyone agrees that Japanese women do not look well in European clothes and so few beyond the Court ladies and Ministers' wives wear them. The Japanese dress consists of a narrow, straight robe not unlike our morning gowns, the sash in the woman's dress being broad, and very long, fastening into a large, flat knot at the back. The woman's chief care is her hair. More time and attention is paid to this part of her appearance than any other, but few Europeans do more than marvel at the wonderful structure when it is dressed for some special occasion. The costume of both men and women is completed by snow white socks with a separate compartment for the great toe, and substantial wooden sandals which make a cheerful clatter on the pavements as the wearers jog and shuffle along in their amiable happy-go-lucky way.		JAPANESE SKILL  YOUNG folks do not understand or care much about that rare science we call “art,” and I shall not therefore, talk to you about Japan's Satsuma, her lacquer or her cloisonne, though if you ever visit Japan you will find many beautiful things which you can both understand and admire under these mystic titles. In the humblest street you will chance upon many things that you would never find in Europe and America, and
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