are older you will read the "Arabian
Nights." In it you will learn many more things about Arabia and the
Arabs.

KOREA.

What funny hats they wear in Korea!

But, you will ask, where is Korea? It is near Japan, a country you
have read of in this book.

The people of Korea look a little like Chinamen. They have yellow skin
and slanting eyes. Their hair is long, straight, and black, and they
wear it in a very strange way. The boys and girls wear their hair down
their backs in braids tied with ribbons. The men and women have their
hair in little topknots that stand straight up.

[Illustration: A Korean.]

But I must tell you about the strange hats they have. Some of the men
wear hats that go down over their shoulders. This is the kind of hat
they wear when they are in mourning, after the death of a father or
mother. Some wear hats made of straw. These hats look like large
flowerpots turned upside down. Some have hats made of horsehair.

But the hats made of straw and the hats made of horsehair do not keep
the rain out. So they have umbrellas. Their umbrellas are as funny as
the hats. They are made of oil paper, and have no handles. They look
like fans. When it rains, the people open their umbrellas and tie them
on top of their hats.

The boys in Korea wear loose jackets, and wide trousers which go under
their stockings. The stockings are padded with cotton, and are tied at
the ankle. The girls wear very pretty little jackets, sometimes red,
sometimes pink, and sometimes green.

The shoes they wear in Korea are of many kinds and shapes. Some are
made of leather. Others are like the wooden shoes the Chinamen wear,
which turn up at the toes. The funniest shoes they have are made of
paper. The paper is very thick and strong, and so their paper shoes
last a good while. But the shoes that are worn by most of the people
in Korea are made of straw. They are like sandals, and they are worn
so that the large toe is not covered.

The people in Korea have a strange way of keeping themselves cool in
hot weather. They have something like a basket made of rods of bamboo.
This basket is round and long, and open at the top and bottom. They
put their heads through this basket, and it hangs downward from their
shoulders around their bodies. Then they put their clothes over it, so
that the basket is inside. It is next to their skin. How would you
like to have such a summer dress?

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