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.
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October 26, 1917 - (continued) standpoint, no detail being omitted, in which respect they are superior to European managed hotels in Shanghai, Hong Kong, or Peking. The Japanese are certainly a wonderfully trained and organized people!! The illustrated folder of the Chosen (Korean) R.R. is the most complete and clear I know of. Each station is boldly marked on the line, as well as tunnels and rivers. Below are given photos of scenes en route with numbers on the map showing where these places occur. The Korean is in build and features nearest to a Japanese, but is larger decidedly and much lighter in complexion. The men wear white baggy trousers to the ankles, long white coats and a small black graze top hat beneath which the cue can be seen through the meshes of the hat. The women wear the same sort of large, baggy trousers, but over them a long white skirt to the ankles and a short jacket to the waste line. Often this latter is lifted up and the teats protrude, especially in women carrying nursing children. The women wear a white turban. Many of the people have narrow slant eyes as do also the Japanese, which gives them a more Chinese appearance than the average Chinese, but no bound feet occur.