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CHINESE POETRY AND ITS CONNOTATIONS 



the summons to the old ladies toilet — when this important- 

 function and the breakfast which followed it was over, the 

 young wife's duties for the day were more or less accomplish - 



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Embroidery. 



ed she might eat her own breakfast and then amuse herself in 

 whatever manner she pleased ; all the direction of the house- 

 hold was left to the "man servant's head" and the "woman 

 servant's head," the ladies of the house were often expert 

 calligraphists, or painters, while many of course spent hours 

 at the embroidery frame or in making music. 



In poetry references to the toilet, which was of course 

 very elaborate as it comprised intricate hair dressing, paint- 







"Looking Down upon My Mirror." 



