Let us hear what she has to say on this subject.

Speaking of Western civilization she said: "If we keep our own mode of life it is not for the sake of blind conservatism.

We are more logical in our ways than the average European imagines.

I wear for instance this 'ao' dress as you see, cut in one piece and allowing the limbs free play--because it is manifestly a more rational and comfortable attire than your fashionable skirt from Paris.

On the other hand we are ready to assimilate such notions from the West as will really prove beneficial to us." Beauty is a matter of education: when you have become accustomed to anything, however quaint or queer, you will not think it so after a while.