Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 507
n or America.Notice the people themselves; they are largerthan the Japanese, and all are dressed in white.There is a very practical reason for this. InKorea, white is the color for mourning. Everytime a relative dies, all the family must wear 928 A TRIP TO KOREA [Aug. mourning for three years. As… … A TYPICAL OLD KOREAN WOMAN it is to keep a white dress clean; so it is no wonderthat at every stream we pass we see the womenbusily pounding clothes in the water. I am afraidthat many of the poorer people are not able tokeep very clean. The womens dresses are different from any-thing that you have…
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