In Korea woman is a useful member of society, for material
interests hang on her hand. Once, on a walk by the city wall, we
saw a man sitting on a stone weeping. His was a full-mouthed,
heart-broken cry, as tho the world had given way under him.
“Why,” we asked--“why all this fuss?” He looked vacantly at us
for a moment, and then resumed where he had left off. We found
that the trouble was about a woman, his wife; she had left him.
“How he must have loved her to cry like that,” remarked a lady
in the party. It was translated, but he resented it. “Loved her?
I never loved her, but she made my clothes and cooked my food;
what shall I do? boo-hoo-oo,” louder and more impressively than
ever.--JAMES S. GALE, “Korea in Transition.”
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=Women in Finance=--See BUSINESS, RELIGION IN.
=Women in Persia=--See PERSIA, MOSLEM SITUATION IN.