...perhaps, in the world does one find a more ideal ' lady ' than amongst the wives and daughters of ' fair Japonica.' A Japanese lady reminds me of a delicate...build than a European. Many are distinctly pretty when yoxmg, but they age very quickly, and with their youth every vestige of good looks departs. Their complexions...

...revenge is impossible, but I have heard of more than one case when a foreigner's official position had been lost owing to his wife's indiscretion, though...wife also, may be entirely ignorant of the cause of the dismissal. In appearance a Japanese woman is smaller and of slighter build than a European. Many...

...Nowhere, perhaps, in the world does one find a more ideal 'lady' than amongst the wives and daughters of 'fair Japonica.' A Japanese lady reminds me of a delicate...but their faces are generally thickly painted and powdered, a hard line round the neck showing the point where art stops and nature begins. Beauty, from...