Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-30

and appeared as though the four toes had
'een cut of by a knife. The foot was now some.
what the shape Of a trowel.
In the fifth girl l saw the commencement Of the
'econd operation q torture under which sickly
children frequently die. The sole of the foot was
now curved into the shape of q bow; tho great toe
and the heel being brought together as near as
Take q jujube and double il till two
Of the lozengo nearly meet, and you will
see what l mean. This is done very gradually
The bandage is never slackened--moDth by north
IS drawn tighter-the foot infames and swells,
out inc tender mamma perseveres-as the bones
and tendons accommodate themselves TO the posi-.
ton constrained by tho bandage, SO it is drawn
tighter. AT last the ball of the natural foot fits
into the hollow of the sole, the root of the great
toe Is brought into contact with the heel. The loot
is a %shapeless lump. The instep is where the ankle
was. and all that is left to go into the slipper and
to tread the ground is the ball of the great toe and
the heel. This is the small foot Of the Chinese
woman-a bit of q toe and a bit of a heel, with a
mark, like q cicatriceileft after q huge cut, running
up between them. Two of the girls were yet suf-
ering great pain, and their feet were hot and in.
hamed, but in the eldest the operation was com
plete. She had attained to the position Of q small
looted woman, and her feet were quite cool, had DO
corns, and were not tender to the touch. One Of
the mammas, Influenced, perhaps, by a little liber-
atty In the article of rice-money, intrusted me
with a Chinese mystere de toilette. Sometimes, it
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her toe and heel are not drawn 50 tightly together
as to produce the true "small foot". To disguise
this imperfection upon her marriage day she has,re-
course to art. A piece Of cork, shaped like an
inverted sugar-loaf, is strapped on to her foot, and
me small part goes into her slipper and passes for
her loot' mus are we poor men deceived While
we are gossi2ping about small feet the old lady's
burial procession comes to an end. 1t would be
missed at Astley's, and would be regarded with
blank establishment at the Princess's, but it is very
successful at Shanghai. The opium-broker has
done his duty as a good son. If he keeps his two
years of mourning properly. and if none of his
wives should commit the indiscretion of having a
child within two years, commencing from nine
months after this time, (for the present Emperor
is supposed to owe all his misfortunes to an unfor-
tunate accident of this sort), he will be esteemed
q very respectable man for evermore.
The process by which such charms arc secured
naturally leads to the subject of matrimony. In
A CHINESE MARRIAGE.
In Pekin the "Board of Rites" bushes itself
about many things; and among others it Gets
apart two days upon which alone marriage can
take place. To-day is one of these days, and in
consequence thereof several gorgeous palanquins,
like miniature Lord Mayors coaches taken off
jewels and gold, are passing through the narrow
streets. These ladies have jewelled crowns upon
their heads, and wells of strings of pearls falling
over their faces, and embroidered satin tunics,
and fans of gold tissue. They are going, proper.
ly accompanied, to thor new homes. One of
them is Just entering the house of q distiller with
whom l have some acquaintance. We shall be
welcome, let us go in. The house is decorated
for the .Jete. IL is hung with lanterns inside
and out. The court yard is full of relatives and
hangers'on; and at the gate is the comprador,
who receives the money-oherings of the visitors /;
tho nripoipol ynopn onapin. ,oon tLo orrtvor 4
is prepared for the feast. Lanterns are hung
from the ceilings, a small joss-house, with can
dies and incense before it, is OF ore end, and in
the middle is the table on which stand the small
basins of sauces and sliced shellfsh,j and goose
hesh and sweesmeats, and cakes, which are the
precursive appetizers to a Chinese dinner. The
bridegroom (the son Of the proprietary is loung-
ing on a chair in his shirt-sleeves smoking the
bride is gone up to her chamber, where she IL
sitting on her nuptial couch and receiving her
guests. We may go up if we please, but it is
less trouble to wait and look about US till she
comes down.
We crack q joke or two with the bridegroom
and he retires to put on his gorgeous array, and
then the bride appears followed by her retinue Of
bridesmaids, and escorted by an old woman, the
go-between who has made up ths match. We pre-
sent ourselves in due form, aud the bride, who, in
spite OF her high crown and embroidered tunit
and trousers. looks nervous and twitchy and
Il iiShbJ .ubt no ~ mlRup u hSi
name were Brown and if we had accosted hel
at the door Of the vestry room of st. Georges
Hanover square, returns our saiutation, and would
like to pass on. But such is not scion les regles
The duenna insists upon our admiring the beauty
Of the headdress and the thickness of the embroi
dered satin whereof her tunic is made; but, above
all she aUiU pull up the trousers to exhibit the
~faultless proportions of the little feet. They are
marvellously small. A flea couldn't find room tC
hop in that slipper. 'Chin, chin |" let US be off
There is another decorated dwelling on our way
but it is a cottage, and presents a different scene
Three men are drinking samshu at table, while the
bride, dressed in her borrowed bravery, sits on G
barrel in the most distant corner, alone and unno
ticed. Tomorrow and for ever more she will be
beast of burthen. Perhaps, however, she will, il
the fullness of time, create her own distractions
A few years may probably see q crowd of NANCY
brats, exhibiting every form and species of cuta
neous complaint, fighting and yelling over thei,
rice basins, and, aided by the mothers shrew voic,
and the grandmother's croak, making their neigh
borhood unbearable.
We conclude our extracts with the following &C
count of
A SCENE BETWEEN A CHINESE PAINTER AND A YANKEE
SEA CAPTAIN.
There is the studio of q portrait painter, no
probably a dan gerous rival to Lamqua, of Macao
There is loud talking in that studio. A Yankee
captain huepeouhB u poitIoI vi Hiuleeii, "ulci
has been painted at q contract price of some 500
The Yankee is a mar about 40. with streaks .
gray in his bushy hair and beard, with a slight de
feet in one eye, q large nose and a pockmarkct
face. Yet, withal. thanks to his afluence of bal
and an exposition of jaunty determination ant
devil-may-care go-aheadness, he is q manipulating
follow. He is looking ~ruefully, however, at thi
counterfeit presentment of himself which is to e
to the girl of his heart at New York. 1t is n mos
laughter-moviDg caricature of all the salient point
of his physiognomy. The Yankee swears that
is no more like him than hickory nuts are lk
thunder. The artist has produced a small lookin,
glass, which he places beside the portrait, and
pointing to the gray hair and the squirting eye
and the pockmarks of the portrait, and then to tn,
present originals from which they were copied
says triumphantly at each verifcation, "Hab got
Hab got? Hab got2 How can make handsom,
man 'spose no got handsome FACET"
ANGRY WORDS.
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