April 2. 1000.
(MAltA ILIjUSTK A.TED "BEE.
Blind Korean Brides
"A Korean brldo has her eyelids pasted
togethor until sho has been threo days a
wlfo," said Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, who has
lived for more than twenty years In China
and Korea, and who Is considered among
missionaries to know mcro about "tho her
mit nation," as tho Koreans aro called, than
any other foreigner.
"Tholr marrlago customs aro very curi
ous, and perhaps I had better tell you
about a Korean wedding, which onco as a
great honor I was allowed to attend.
"Tho grcom woro a costumo similar to
that of an official at royal audiences and
let mo eay that this wedding suit Is Invaria
bly hired, never owned by tho groom. Tho
robo. was dark green and boro 'placques'
with a pair of embroidered storks on tho
brcaBtB and backs, while a stiff black enam
eled bolt encircled his body like a hoop. Ha
woro a 'palace-going' hat of woven horse
hair, with wings on Its sides, and a pair ol
shoes which closely resembled 'arctics,' and
were at least threo sizes too" largo for him.
"On entering tho court of tholr futuro
homo ho -was preceded by an attendant at
tired In whlto with a red hat, a long string
of beads around his neck nnd carried under
his arm a llvo gooso Tho legs of tho fowl
wero fastened togethor and a skoln of red
Ntlk waa passed through her beak. This
man, followed by tho groom, entered tho
court, around tho sides of which all tho
guests woro seated, advanced to a red
tablo standing In tho centor and tho cere
mony began.
The Gooiic a Symbol of Fidelity.
"Tho groom, standing immodlatoly In
front of tho table, bowed threo times, touch
ing tho mat on which he stood with his
forehead and hands. Then ho gracefully
resumed his standing position and taking
tho gooso undor one arm again bowed as
low as before. Tho gooso is tho symbol
of fidelity In Korea and it is popularly be
lieved that when a wild gooso dies its
spouse nover mates again. Tho groom then
walks to tho front of the porch and stands
at tho foot of tho stops -waiting for his
bride.
"Two mlddlo-aged women stoppod from
an inner room onto tho porch with tho
bri'do between thorn, each noldlng an arm
and guiding her steps, for, as I novo told
you, her eyes wero sealed completely. Hor
entire face was painted a ghastly white,
whllo on the middle of her forehead and
ench cheek was a dab of bright red; her
Hps wero also colored a brilliant scarlot,
"This little, painted and gorgeously at
tired creature was guided to tho mat on
vhlch stood tho groom. Then thoy turned
her about and laid over her clasped hands a
white handkerchief. Tho groom nww1
stopped to the other end of tho mat and the
principal part or tne ceremony began. Tho
nttondants raised tho bride's email, draped
hands until thoy wero on a level with her
sightless oyes. Then, still bupportcd by the
two women, she sank In a courtesy so pro
found that sho was almost In a sitting po
sition. This was repeated In a slow and
solemn manner threo times, after which the
groom's turn camo nnd he responded by
threo bows so profound that his head almost
touched tho floor. They then took their
seats on their respective ends of tho mat
and a tablo about twclvo Inches high, filled
with Korean delicacies, was brought out
and placed between them. Theso tho bridal
pair ato and drank, tho brldo being fed by
her two attendants.
"After the feast was finished the groom
was conducted to tho bridal chamber, where
ho chauged his wedding suit for clothes pre
sented him by the bride, and -which were
made by her own Angers. He then camo
out and tho brldo was taken Into tho bridal
chamber and seated upon her cushions on
11 floor, whoro she sat In placid medita
tion until Joined by tho groom, a fow min
utes or a fow hours later, as It suited bis
convenience.
Korean Womnn'ii 1,1ft.
"The life of tho Korean woman, while
secluded, Is not as unbearable as that of
the womon of many other Oriental nations.
Thoy are poor and consequently compelled
to work very hard, but a rulo are well
treated by their husbands. Thoy have pretty
names, meaning plum-blossom, treasure,
etc.. but after marrlago aro known only as
so-and-so's wlfo until the have a son, after
which they aro known as tho mother of that
srn.
"As a little lass tho Korean girl Is taught
all about domestic work aiid begins early to
assist her mother In making tho family
clothes. If too young to paste sho can at
least hold over tho stow tho long Iron rod
to bo used In pressing scams. The heating
of this rod Is tho first tnlng taught a llttlo
girl. Later sho learns how to paste clothes
trgethcr, then to wash and Irrn them.
"Now, this use of pasto instead of thread
Is n custom, so far as I know, practiced
only by the Koreans. It Is done on account
of their mode of Ironing. To accomplish
this difficult feat they rlj. their garments
to pieces bofrro putting them In water.
Aftor washing tho garm&its aro laid on a
smooth block of wood or stono and are
beaten smooth with Ironing sticks. These
sticks resemble a policeman's club and each
Ironer uses two.
"Girls and boys wear their hair hanging
In two plaits until engaged to be married,
after which the boy fastens his on top of his
head and tho girl twists her's at tho napo
of hor neck. Koreans hold marrlago In
high regard and show a married' man pro
found respect, whllo a bachelor Is treated
by them with marked contempt. I have
seen men greet a slip of a boy wearing a
topknot with ceremonious deference, saying
to each other: 'He li a man; be Is about to
bo married;' whllo of a much olcer niun
and possibly a richer, who wears his two
plaits, they remark that 'Ho Is a pig. Ho
cannot get a wife. Ho will always bo ti
boy.'
"In tho choice of his first brldo the
Koreans Icavo everything to tho 'go-between.'
Hut nil other wives, and a Korean
may have ten, tho man makes his own se
lection. It Is seldom, however, that a sec
ond wlfo Is added to tho household, except
whero tho first wife proves childless. In
such Instances other wives aro taken, but
tho dignity always remains with tho first
wife. Women are well treated nnd as a rule
llvo happy, contented lives. They aro gen
tle, attractive llttlo bodies and devoted to
their homes."
Housekeeping in
Skyscrapers
Possibly tho very host housekeepers of
this year of grace, 1000, aro tho men who
look after tho monster skyscrapers. Of
curso they nro not called housekeepers, but
superintendents all tho same, thoy havo,
and need to havo, at their finger tips nnd
tholr tonguo's end every Intlmato detail of
cleanliness.
For thoy control an army of servitors, big
enough for a royal castlo. In really hi
buildings tho number runs between fifty
nnd 100. If thero aro fifty, perhaps twenty
will bo women tho bucket and mop brlg
ado. Thora is a Bpeclal underground room
for tho mops, buckots, dust brushes, whisk
brooms, wiping cloths, scouring leathors,
and so on. Everything Is kept In orderly
array thero and whatever goes out must bo
duly fetched in.
Tho womon begin work nt 4 o'clock In
tho morning. By 8 or a llttlo after thoy
havo all tho floors clean In tho long corri
dors, tho stairs looked after, tho closets
scrubbed, tho woodwork and window sills
Immaculate of dust. Then thoy troop away,
to reappear at 5 in tho afternoon, with
brooms, dust pans, brushes and cloths. Most
of tho ofllces aro by this tlmo vacant. Tho
superintendent's pass key opens them and
tho sweepers fall to work. Dut beforo they
go far tho wosto paper boys come to empty
waste baskets Into light whcoled cars, which
convey tho day's accumulation to tho freight
elevator and thonco to the basement.
Since all tho really big buildings havo
their own electric plants It follows that tho
caro of olectrlc lights Is a part of the house
keeping, Tho womon do not touch thora,
howovor, that Is loft to tho jr.on of motors
and dynamos, somo of whom movo swiftly
from ofllco to office, Inspecting ovory light
nnd remedying visible defects. It Is much
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tho samo with tho distilling plant which
Buppliea tonanls their drinking water. Tho
distillers look after pipes and prcssuros,
though usually only when thero Is complaint
of something wrong.
Mon also do tho window cleaning men
specially selected for thoroughness, 60
brloty and ngllo strength. It Is not ovory
man who can clean windows 100 feet In tho
air, oven with tho safoty bolt, without which
no man Is pormlttod to attempt It. Tho bolt
Is of the very best and toughest solo
leathor, about threo Inches brood and fur
nished nt each sldo with n looped strap,
which slips over a metal finger built Into
tho window casing. Tho mnn wearing It can
safely lean his wholo weight against It.
Ho will b wlso though to look up, not
down, whllo ho works. Thero Is a story of
ono man who looked down, fainted dead
away, and hung limp and corpsollko in tho
window until rescued by his fellows.
On tho face of tlilucn tho window denn
ing companies that ilguro so largely In
kooplng clear commercial plato glass, should
bo a boon to tho skyscrapers. But such
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wuathor, and tho whim, or convuileuco of
Its tenants. If a company cleaned Its win
dows It would bo nt set times niul senflotiH
nnd protty gonCrnlly within tho eight hours
of gonornl work, from !) to C. its own men
work Into nnd early, so ns not to Incom
mode thotto In tho olllccs nnd besides havo
rognrd to clouds nnd wind aud weather.
Thoy nro not required, however, to do more
than a dny'B work nnd never nllowed to ex
pose themselves to wenthor unduly sovero.
Tho clock winding company, contrary
wlso, Is a delight and n relief. It under
takes for so much a mouth to keep any
clock, great or small, wound, nnd In such
repair tlint It Bhnll not vary by moro thnn
a half mlnuto either wny, from exact tlmo.
It began by attending to tho very big clocks,
ltko thco in church spires, nnd upon public
bulldlngH nnd has gradually extended Its
scopo until now It will oven look aftor tho
watch In your pocket, If nood bo. It Iibb
curious record 1ookB, and routo maps show
ing clocks to be wound, when, whore, of
whnt make, and how often. At first It hnd
Just two employes. Now clock winding Is a
recognized buttluess.
But It Is nothing In comparison with that
of supplying toilet requisites. Hnlf a dozen
growing compnnles parcel out nnd dispute
tho prlvllcgo of furnishing olllces not merely
with clean towels dally, but with sonp,
combs, brushes, mirror cablnota and whisk
brooms. Tho nggrcgato of chnrges for nil Is
about double what laundry work alone would
cost. Four towels a week Is tho least num
ber nn ofllco may tako. Upward thero Is no
limit. Tho fikyscrnper, though n mighty fer
tllo Hold, Is by no means tho only ono In
which these gentlemen reap a harvest. But
what with ono thing and another, It Is plain
that the skyscraper tennnt finds his paths
nil easy and his burdens light.
Abdicates Her Throne
Tho horao queen of Idaho Is to bo marrlod.
Sho Is Miss Kitty Wllkens, owner of thou
sands of horses and supposed to bo worth
$1,000,000.
Sho has long been ono of tho famous Indc
pondont women of tho great west ono of
tboso who havo mndu their fortunes and
reputations by Individual brllllnnco. Men
hnvo had no place In hor calculations excopt
ns commercial details or as factors In tho
operntlon of her business. Sho has cm
ployed hundreds of thom, has sold horses to
hundreds moro, hns been "hall follow, "woll
mot" with them on tho prairie, and has
oven exchanged compllmonts In n formal wny
with a few of them over tho dinner table.
But hitherto none lias affociod hor ns man
was destined to affect woman, nor awak
ened within her tho dreams and fanclos
which aro woman's universal heritage.
Most of hor dining out has been dona In
the city of St. Louis, -whoro sha has sold
much of her stock. On her pllgrlmngos to
that metropolis sho has bccin thrown In
contact with a wealthy class, and has been
welcomed In tho homes of some of tho
lending pcnplo of town. Accoptlng thQ3o In
vitations meant tho sacrifice of a certain
amount of her personality, but sho retained
enough of It In hor cowboy clothes nnd out
door pralrlo mannors to becomo Immensely
Interesting nnd populnr In socloty. Sho was
wlnod and dined In royal fashion, Sho gave
dinners of her own, nnd they wero on a
scalo that made tho St. Louis oyes open
wldo. Nothing was too rich for hor whon
sho started In to entertain. Tho. horso qucon
of tho groat west took pains to soo that
tho west's reputation for liberality was hold
up to tho top notch. Wine flowed by tho
gallon, and dellcaclca that cost a gold pleco
each followed ono another to tho labia with
a freedom that told vory plainly that tho
catorore know enough to produco tho best
they could get, nnd as much of It, whom thoy
woro told to do so by the girl with a million
dollars.
It was at ono of theso dinners that Miss
Wllkens mot tho man sho Is going to marry,
William J. Baker or tho firm of Best &
Baker, brick contractors of St. Louis. It
was about a year ago when the hors quoen
went to the city with a train load of stock
LACE STRAW HAT
and mado ono of her periodical "clean-ups."
Sho gavo n number of swell dinners nt tho
Llndoll hotel and Mr. linker was ono of tho
guests. That was tho beginning of tho eii'l
of tho horso queen's dazzling career as an
Independent luminary.
Last fall sho mado another trip to mnrktit.
Tho national stock ynrds In tho utmvo men
tioned city buys horses from tho queen nt
tho rnto of 3,000 nt n tlmo. Following thu
snlo of such nn enormous consignment thu
queen has money to throw nt tho birds. She
marches up, cowboy clothes nnd nil, to tho
best hotel In town, tnps on tho counter with
hor riding whip, which sho always carries,
nnd orders tho ilncat accommodations that
nro to bo hnd. Ily this tlmo sho Is u famous
Ilguro In St. Iouls nnd It Isn't long before
who Is surrounded by a gay following of
friends when news of hor nrrlvnl goes nbrond
from tho hotel.
Whon sho put up nt tho Llndoll hotel In
tho autumn of 1S'.)9 n festive season of the
ator .parties, lato Btippors, swoll dinners nnd
tho Uko wns tho order Immodlatoly. Nu
merous young bloods of tho gilded set full
Into tho queen's train nnd n floreo rivalry
for hor favors waged for a tlmo. Sho seemed
to havo no favorites, but evidently enjoyed
nion's society moro thnn she did women's,
bernuso sho wns moro used to denllng with
men nnd understood them better.
Sho had grown to bo a gcod denl lllto n
ninn herself, nnd was skilled In nenrly all
maHculIno nccompllHhmonts. Sho wns one of
the boys nt theso rovels, and spent her
money for all tho world llko a prince of
gooil fellows. Sho mado hor companions trout
her accordingly, nnd would tolernto no love-
making nor nny of tho lllrtntlous doings
which commonly tako tho plnco of Bcnslblo
onjoymont on occasions when mon nnd wo
men nro thrown togothor for u good tlmo.
Moro than ono ovorbold youth, mlHtnlcliig lior
freo mannors, had to bo shown his plnco
by a, stern glnnco from her grny oyes, or, If
persistent, by n significant movoment of hor
riding whip. Tho olfenso was novor ropented.
Tho horso quoen might tako nil tho liberties
sho pleased, but sho would allow no one to
premium upon thom.
Living Fashion Models
Tho leading fashion design this wee)
Is a coat flushed off about the nock wlf
out a collar, which In n decided nov!'
this sprWig. Tho ono photographed heri
for a genorn) utility outing costuiij.,,
light weight dark colored Oxford m0ll'
tho facings of revers and cuffj bolnrf(nVM
In a buckskin shade. The lint, a HO,m,K
felt, Is recommended for Its
smnrtnos... oxcJi(
Lico straw will bo worn n- and Hio
slvoly by young girls this siufactory. a
model shown Is suro to provcolrred wi
deep loeso quilling of ct.p -frames
tho fnco nnd dnulm. ...idm' A
bow of sllvory whlto Inffetn-UroHiCH tho
front brim.
The gay llttlo April hat Is of snow whlto
chip, tho low crown adorned with u wide
spreading bow of black velvet, the brim
being bound with tho samo. Musses of
pale yellow flowers urrnyed cn the brim
mako It wonderfully attractive.
Kaintuck English
Collier's Weekly: Horn Is a llttlo dlalosuo
that recently occurred between two rural
mo ml) ore of tho Kentucky mllltla which
brings out somo curiosities of dialect:
"Wo'vo bin ordered to Frankfort."
"I gad, I hain't goln'l"
"I gad, you hov to go!"
"I hain't and tbero's lots moro that hain't
goln', uuUiorl"
"I gnd, you'im swored you'd go, nnd, I gud,
you'vo got to go!" i
"I gad, wo don't got to gol Wo hain't "got
no unicorns nnd wo hain't got no guns and
wo hain't goln', nohow, Wo 'most friz last
tlmo and didn't git nuthin' to cut!"
"Woll, mobbo you'ns won't go, but It
you'ns don't you'll git found like belli"
