The diary of Edmund Heller, October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918 : covering his return trip from the First Asiatic Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History
Page 219
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by American Museum of Natural History Library. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
in all the halls. Various grains, from producing silk worms, cloth, leather oils in my 'Jacquer, melting' words, fife, in alcohol, shell fish, nets, etc were an exhibition labelled in Chinese characters & exhibited in neat glass cases. I saw many Korean women here, many in pale green dresses & pink waistcoats & a few in grass green robes but most were in white. In physiognomy they are very Chinese. A group of Korean women & children in holiday dress makes as gay a bit of color as the Burmese women. The curfew which formerly rang at 9 P.M., & allowed women free use of the streets of the men confinement at home has not been in use for 25 yrs. is really a forgotten custom.