The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-09-21

cach attempt proves useless.
How these females ever learn TO
stand or move is strange, yet, as we
before observed, they may sometimes
be seen in the streets supporting
their trembling limbs with a staff.
Models in clay Of the contracted
feet, painted flesh color and set into
shoes of the same size as those act
ually worn, are sold in Canton as
curiosi;ics.
The large toe fits into the point
Of the shoe, and the others, instead
Of being in theirnatural position, are
jammed and driven into the side of
the foot, appearing one behind the
other. It's as though the foot, was
cut off just below the ankle joint and
the stump sharpened to a point.
This custom is exclusively Chinese
and is not followed even by the
Manchou Tartars, who being the
last Asiatic conquerors of China,
have adopted many of its customs
and whose emperor now yields his
despotic sceptre over one half Of
the human race.
| have spoken Of the practice of
keeping precocious youths in sub
lection, the CelestiaIs fully appreci-
ating the wisdom of Solomon, if no
other portion of holy writ.
a man dresses like woman, and
uses fan even more ; he carries
his watch on the right side, and in
stead Of leaving his knife and chop
sticks on the table, he puts them in
to a little case and bears them about
with him ; he uncoycs his head in
summer time, he begins to read .
book at its natural end, he never
cuts the leaves out Of it, he writes
perpendicularly, he eats fruit first,
and soup last, at feasts Of cerc-
mony.
He whites the soles Of his shoes
instead of backing them, he puts
on boots and diScards shoes, wher
he wishes to be extremely elegant
in company, and old men play like
little boys, and little boys look a,
dignified as judges.
On one instance saw an instance
Of Chinese cantrariety that certain
" put to fight any of the rccreations
of old men in my own country, fol
as some of us were warming our.
selves, in q cool November after
noon, with the beautiful sport .
lcap-frog, much TO the delight o
herds of Chinese, to our inexpreSS
ible surprise surprise, we saw tire,
grave citizens, whose united age
were certainly over a century an,
a half, become so carried away wit
the spirit of the game, that the,
must join in it themselves. The,
were men of responsibility, the,
were dressed in fine silk, and thei
/ beard and moustacheS were combe,
precisely, and in moment two 0
them stood at the prescribed dis
f lance from each other, and place
: their hands upon their; while tn
third. gentleman near three Scor
years, INDUCED in the flying ru
and would have cleared his com
+ panion's head in gallant style, onl
, his long gown took such firm hol
on the others back that both cam
| to the ground, like horse and ride
, in a steeple chase.
Mot at dishcartcncd, they con,in
: ued the game for half an hour or SC
= and though falling at full length Gv
, times ont of six, expressed them
f selves as highly pleased with sue
| novel and invigorating exercise.
: In the meantime several urchiu
, looked on, without either daring t
4 lsugh or join in the pastime.
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