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To cap the climax of modern civilization in Japan, the Mikado lues cast oil the mystic robes of royalty that have been in vogue in that country for thousands of \ ears, and has donned himself in European costume richly laced. H is sagacity 111 quickly adopting modern manners and fashions, 01.11 in his household, li as been greatly admired, and by good reason ; but in nothing does lie so much challenge admiration as in his prompt adoption of our stlye of dressing. It see ms as though he quickly perceived that the contempt in which western nations frequently hold the Orientals, arises from their antique and unique fas I lion of dress. Oi course such slight upon such a ground is all wrong, lor lm n are to be* judged of their worth b\ their intellectual and moral qualities, and not by the style or quality of tlu ir apparel, But however true this maj be, such weakness is common among men all over the world : and wo truly believe that did the Chinese in our midst conform to our mode of dressing, they would be free, if not wholly In great part, from the abuse and personal attacks of ignorant , ulnars both old ami young. For this ruisou, there-force both the Mikado,* his Ministers, and in fact all the nobility of Japan, have recently adopted, the European stylo of drtfcS.—Alt a.I. ^ %
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Bakersfield Kern County Weekly Courier
Bakersfield, California, US
Sat, Aug 24, 1872
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