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JAPANESE YOUNGSTERS are amazingly well-behaved. Seldom does the serviceman see them crying or acting up. They are comparatively timid and shy, and it usually takes a great deal of coaxing conversation to win them over. ("I have candy, gum, dolls, baseballs!")

Many of the Japanese kids will sit perfectly still and quiet even when getting their first haircut and that, parents from all corners of the world will attest, is an accomplishment bordering on the miraculous.

In fact, the haircut itself borders on the miraculous. It is the classic "bowl" type, highlighted by bangs that mischievously manage to give the kodomo (child) a cute-as-a-button appearance.

Mamie, the president's lady, may have started a bang craze in the States, but she's got nothing on millions of Japanese baby-sans. It's old stuff to them.

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