Korea from its capital: with a chapter on missions. By Gilmore, George W. (1892)

 Title: Korea from its capital: with a chapter on missions.

Main Author

 Gilmore, George W. (George William), 1858-1933.

Related Names

 Moffett Korea Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary)

Language(s)

 English

Published

 [©1892]

Philadelphia : Presbyterian board of publication and Sabbath-school work, [1892]

Subjects

 Description and travel.

Note

 Moffett Kore Collection copy: Gift of Samuel Hugh Moffett, 2005.

Physical Description

 328 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 19 cm

Note: Philadelphia : Presbyterian board of publication and Sabbath-school work, [1892], 1892

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p92

 The people have been much maligned in the matter

of cleanliness. In the East one learns to beware of

aphorisms. Foreigners like to be witty at the expense

of natives. So an Englishman was once heard to say

that the dirtiest man he ever saw was a clean Korean.

The impression the speaker meant to convey was that

Koreans are the dirtiest people on earth. 

 It must be kept in mind that the inhabitants of the peninsula dress in light clothing, cotton such as we use for sheeting being a staple. It follows that their clothing is easily soiled. A man starting away in the morning with freshly laundried clothes may return at night with these clothes in a disreputable condition. In the matter of raiment, bearing in mind the material of which clothing is made, it does not appear that Koreans are unusually uncleanly. Boys' clothes are apt to become very dirty, especially the collars and backs of their tunics or coats. The hair is anointed with a blackened oil to make it glossy, and as it hangs down the back, it naturally causes discoloration of the clothing. 

p263

 The relations between Japan and the peninsula are, officially, most excellent. There is at times some friction of feeling between the populace and the Japanese merchants, owing to the disposition of the latter to drive hard bargains and claim their pound of flesh, but in general there is nothing but good wishes on the part of the Japanese people, and the most ardent hopes on the part of the Japanese government for the prosperity of Korea. 

p273

 Korean servants are very willing to learn, yet there

are vexations in the way of training them that call for

the exercise of much patience. At first the necessity

for frequent ablutions does not appear to the natives,

and constant watchfulness is necessary to have them

retain the cleanliness essential in housekeeping. They

pick up quickly the ways of the household, often do

things in the way they have been taught for a considerable period,