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Identifier: glimpseofislesof00whee (find matches)
Title: A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, William Webb, 1845- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (St. Joseph, Mo., Hardman press)
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^ coloredobies, or sashes. Their blue-black hair was beautifullyarranged in big loops, like all the Japanese women, anddecorated with flowers, or colored pins. The Japanesewomen do not wear hats or bonnets; a milliner would starveto death there. The Geisha dance is a series of slow,gliding movements, changing from one attractive pose toanother. It is accompanied by wierd, slow airs, played on 159
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queer Japanese instruments, and a very monotonous song,which explains, in Japanese, the meaning of the differentparts of the dance. These Geishas are professional dancersand singers, and necessary to every entertainment. AGeisha dances as soon as she is old enough to be taughtthe figures, and to chant the poems which explain them.When she begins to fade, she takes her place on themats to play the accompaniment for her seccessors. Wewere much interested in it all, more particularly becausetheir ideas of a dance were so totally different from whatwe expected to see. When we left, the troop of maidensfollowed us to the entrance, and as we went down thestreet, we heard their sweet sayonaras (farewell) ringingafter us. We were all day winding through the Inland Sea, andfortunately had a beautiful day for it. The fame of thisInland Sea is world wide, and I do not think it has beenoverdrawn. There are great numbers of islands so closelystudded together that it requires a special pilot to get

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