Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1914 — Japanese Customs. [ARTICLE]

Japanese Customs.

A writer, describing pcenes on Japanese railways, says when a native lady enters the carriage she slips her feet from her tiny shoes, stands upon the seat, and then site demurely with her feet doubled beneath her. A moment later she- lights a cigarette, or her little pipe, which holds Just.enough to produce two good whiffs of smoke. All Japanese people’ sit with their feet upon the seat of the car, and not as Europeans do. When the ticket collector- attired in a blue uniform—enters the carriage he removes, his cap, and twice bows< politely. He repeats the bow as lne comes to each passenger to collect the tickets from them. • •