OUT FOR A STKOIX IN SEOUL 



Women of the middle class in Seoul invariably wear for their street costume either a white, 

 a green, or a red long coat over their heads like veils. The garment reaches to the knees (see 

 also illustration, page 26). 



Korean "chow," continued by annexing 

 a relative as camp-follower and general 

 parasite, but ended abruptly when I 

 caught him paying for some vegetables 

 and pocketing half the money himself. 

 He made an excellent football for some 

 moments afterward ; but the medicine, 

 although severe, effected a complete cure, 

 and from that day to the end of the trip 

 "Kim" was my devoted slave. 



He was a quaint little fellow and very 

 amusing. One day I asked him if he 

 was a Christian and he replied, "Yes, 

 some times. It takes plenty time to be 



Christian. "When I got no work, then I 

 be Christian, but when I have good job 

 then I no chance for waste time in such 

 silly things." And I am afraid that 

 Kim's attitude is that of many other Ori- 

 entals, where western religion is con- 

 cerned. 



I talked with him often about the 

 early history of his country, in which he 

 was well versed, and once asked him it 

 the Koreans liked the Japanese and the 

 new rule. He looked up very solemnly 

 and said, "I tell you, Misser Andrews, 

 when Japanese near by, then Korean say 



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