The education of women in Japan . s direction. Miss Millikenconducted a similar class of forty women inTokyo. As you know, Miss Millikenwrote, young Japan is all alive on the sub-ject of the education of women, just now,and many of the progressive young men inthe capital are eager to send their wives toschool. These young wives and mothers fromBancho families are a class of people we havelong been anxious to reach. They come fromnine to twelve, and study the Bible and Eng-lish. I never saw more enthusiastic pupils, nordid livelier teaching. A letter written shortlyafter this told of a society

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The education of women in Japan . s direction. Miss Millikenconducted a similar class of forty women inTokyo. As you know, Miss Millikenwrote, young Japan is all alive on the sub-ject of the education of women, just now, and many of the progressive young men inthe capital are eager to send their wives toschool. These young wives and mothers fromBancho families are a class of people we havelong been anxious to reach. They come fromnine to twelve, and study the Bible and Eng-lish. I never saw more enthusiastic pupils, nordid livelier teaching. A letter written shortlyafter this told of a society of about twentywomen, mainly wives and daughters of offi-cials, who had organized for the purpose of learning foreign housekeeping and man-ners. The adoption of European costume by theEmpress, and her proclamation to the womenof Japan recommending them to follow herexample, caused an amusing demand for in-struction in all things pertaining to foreignfeminine apparel. Their Majesties visit toOsaka created much excitement among the. b/) ZL U Popularity and Reaction 6i upper class women, who were all eager to wel-come the Empress in the style of dress whichshe had recommended, and for a time the mis-sionaries were almost overwhelmed with callsfrom those in search of knowledge regardingforeign clothes. * We show them all ourthings, said Mrs. Gulick, from our best bon-net to our least article of underwear, givethem patterns, and show them how to put thegarments together, ... try on and fit andalter and baste, and teach them how to sewthe seams, how to use the sewing machine, make button holes, etc. The wearing of for-eign clothes proved almost as difficult as themaking of them. The women had to betaught from the very foundation of every-thing, even to walk in their new shoes. MissDaughaday wrote of being requested to visita government school the day before the Im-perial party was expected, that she mightdress all the women teachers in their new cos-tumes, and thus ensure the correctn