The Archive · 1938

Japanese Plans School 7 For Chinese Brides

Institution to Be Opened In Nanking Shortly Aspiring Chinese brides in Nanking will next month be given a chance to study Japanese etiquette, cooking, music and the Japanese language, in the hope that this background will win them husbands, the "Shanghai. Nippo" reported yesterday.

The "School for Brides", patterned after similar highly-popular institutions in Japan, will be managed by Mr. Okihei Sugimoto, The school will be housed in a cluster of buildings at the foot of the Purple Mountain, where once families of soldiers killed in action were given education and training.

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