The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-03
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Lovely Women II Tai-Tsing.

position IN Asia than possibly iu any
other quarter of the globe; but in
China her humiliation. i. complete. for
IN tao rank is she regarded a. the com
panion Of m:n. but is treated AMI look.
upon solely a. the slave Of his caprice
aud passion
The poorest and lowest male has. in
structlon thrust upon hIm-the mos.
AFFECT being able TO educate their off
spring gratuitously at the pablo ex-
pense. so that if lads Of the age Of ten
cannot read or write it is . matter o!
surprise. With them, a knowledge
OF arithmetic. or more correctly speak
ing. the being able to use the suan pan
or calculating machine. is . most indis-
pensable portion of q scholars's curricu.
lum; willis, among the females. even
Of the highest ranks. few are found
who can read or write. The woman s
education is most restricted and Is COM
prised in being taught to sing and &C.
company themselves on the three
stringed guitar to be obedient to their
parents in youth and subservient to the
will Of man in wcmanhood. Such be-
ing their mode Of tuition. their mental
resources are as nothing, aud they pass
the most Of their days in smoking.
visiting and gossiping. What All
extraordinary anomaly too is the treat
ment Of woman by the Chinese! In
her youth she is treated as mans in
ferior aud is the slave of his passions.
whereas. in old age. she is honored
and respected. more especially ss a
mother No son, however high his
rank. will presume to sit down in the
presence Of his mother without first
receiving her permission so TO do, and
an old woman. carrying on her should
ers the weight Of years, will invariably
meet With respect from the youth OF
her own nation. no matter how deprav-
ed they may be.
The women, or rather girls from the
lower class, who are good looking g-that {
is according to Chinese tastc-are pur-
chased frequently by rich men for hand
maids or concubiDes, when about twelve
or fourteen years of age; these children
are then educated and trained according
TO the taste or fancy Of the purchaser.
The Celestial has great difficulty in
understanding the Difference and re-
spect with which Westerns treat their
women. bat put it down to dem oniacal
arts prscticed upon us by our fair com
patriots Can there be any truth in
this conjecture
Chinese notions of q beautiful face
and even proportional form are as dis
similar to ours AS their ideas of pretty
foot as q China woman to be consider
ed handsome must have long. thin. fat
face, high cheek bones. a circular
mouth. thin lips, small long eye,
arched eyebrows, thin long forehead
and countepance void Of expression
she should he rather tall, her figure
nearly fieshless her complexion must
be devoid Of a rosy tinge. while her
skin should be of pale yellow tint.
No nstion. l should hope. relics so much
on foreign aid as they do. for they are
literally one mass OF paints. false hair.
oils aud pork fat the most barbarous
abjcct... however. Is the crippling of
their feet, which is pretty general
throughout the EWpire. but more
especially is it so in the families of the
wealthy, yet among the poorer classes
where there are two or more girls, one
is always deprived of pedestrian power.
and is invariably y considered superior 10
her sisters and may become wifi.
the others. whose feet are only the
natural size. can only become concu.
bines and hand-maids, unless they inter
marry with the lowest Of the poor
The means adopted TO arrive at this
type Of beauty is. at a very early age
the foot below the instep is forced into
. line with the leg. the toes are then
toe being male to overlap the others
Bandages with an immense amount q.
pressure are then applied. aad Is they
remain. for they are rarely removed. the
inner ones when sollcd being covered
from time 70 time with fresh ones.
The Chinese have as strange ideas
about nails as they have about faces
forms and feet. 4 lady allows the
nails Of her third and fourth fingers to
grow to an incredible length. wearing
at night q silver shield or case to pro
,ect them: while shopkeepers. and snch
like. ende avor to let one or more nails
grow long as = proof they are not en-.
gagged in any manual occupation.
Of oil the customs in this riddle Of a
country. none ara so little understood
ss their marriage. Among the Man
darins. a wife is always chosen :roru
their own sphere Of life. The marriage
ceremony is celebrated with solemn
rites and she takes her husband $ name
The marriage tie can only te dissolved
by the husband for certain reasons
among the principal If which are DISC
be,iience. tslkativeness and ill-temper
Think of this. We wives Of the
West :---disobed.ence and taikative-
ness Are they JUS, cause fnl
divorce one wife 10 IN possession
of established ieg.l,yed rights. such a,
having an interest IL property acquired
during marriage: bat i, i otherwise
with the handma,d or concuhIne, " b,
never receives the sasae ~ ar1ft aud D
invariably bought from family in'e
ricr in social position 70 the husband
she has no legal rights. AMI can be so!'i
or given away when her master II
weary of her The osfspFins 4 these
handmsiis inheri, property, bui the
children oi the wife take precedence, II
there IS no mslc issue by the wife, then
the son Of the hAnd,naii viii suo,ceci q
the estate. il such stlould hs the father
pleasure.
The anxiety Il the Chinese - have 4
numerous male family is very great
but daughters are no; cared tar. II q
man has -, ~ess the Law r..srrYltts him q