paper napkins, and paper screens.

They have no stoves. Instead of stoves they have boxes lined with
brass. In these boxes they burn charcoal to heat their rooms. But
they do not cook their food in these brass boxes. They cook in little
ovens made of clay.

When it rains in Japan the people look very funny. The men wear rain
coats made of rice straw. They also have big straw hats and paper
umbrellas.

[Illustration: A Rain Coat.]

They wear blocks, three inches high, fastened to the soles of their
shoes. These keep their feet dry. So on a rainy day everybody looks
three inches taller.

In Japan they do not wear shoes in the house. When they go into their
houses they take them off. Their shoes are made of wood or straw.
Some of the people have shoes with gold braid.

[Illustration: Japanese Shoes.]

Perhaps you would like to know how they dress in Japan. Boys and girls
dress very much alike. Both wear long gowns, like skirts, of blue or
gray cotton or silk. These gowns are open at the neck. A sash is worn
around the waist. The girls tie their sashes in a bow at the back.

The children of Japan are very strange looking, not at all like you.
They are like the Chinese. Their skin is yellow, and their eyes are