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Japan, a record in colour (1901)

Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 352

An illustration from Japan, a record in colour, 1901, leaf 352
ble—rainbow colour, almost prismatic in itsbrilliancy. As the child grows older the colours fade,and become duller, until by the time she is a full-grownwoman they have sobered down almost to Quaker hues—except here and there, where some tiny edging ofcolour shows itself. The science of deportment… … Children awkward position bow to you and behave with perfectpropriety and grace. This Japanese baby has alreadygone through a course of severe training in the scienceof deportment. It has been taught how to walk, howto kneel down, and how to get up again without dis-arranging a single fold of its…

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