The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-27
VOLUME XVI.

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,n tne oeiestial EMPIRE; Nevertheless,
.lolo - ht.ie Vi .he supJugatioh OF .ne
uaug noeI ~ common IA Europe, Inc
inalIiag1 nc CONVEYANCE Is thus lar un-
Doln nie .he parents may recon-
MENU sui.oI Oh account ol wealth.
.h.eiIeJ', soclai OF Pontlcal pos'tion'
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seo powel whlie havlng lnPlici.
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o.ner nta.Veis, yer ~ martial ailalrs sne
lns aii I,p mas "a ,liPeratlye WIZ OF her
E"h; nc proposal VI an asplrant ior her
t;an n,s ioons; manners soclai posi-
o.on' "ea,on anu Pcu'S are careiuiiy
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~ Woman III inns resPecc' that the
hnowieuge Vi Pea,grees anu sociai po-
oi'lons Vi d man true Vaiue III the
.1pli'nehty Is frequently greater IMAM
'"a. VI her Id. ner'
WIN marriage as In the common
Law OF England, there is complete
merger OF the VIE IN husband. This
merger, however IS more extensive.
Inc wl1e OF man who wins title
takes the same title. In Chinese eti-
quette and custom, therefore, there are
MIS- alderman, Mrs. Congressman,
MIS-. senator ana Mrs. President.
In meetings OF her own sex she take:
inc same precedence that her husband
does among men.
with the birth OF son her RESPONSE
pillties are greaGy increased. IL Is her
auty 10 make MIN good and prepare
nun LOT all emergencies OF life. Law
ohers an additlonal incentive. Ii
through her WORK and endeavor the son
ueVelops literary genius and carries OIL
the great honors OF the land in the I'm
per,al universities she becomes entl-
tied to the degree OF "Ye-Pin-Foo-
I'm. or lady OF the frst rank. In this
way careful and assiduous mother
may OBTAIN for herself through a son
rank next TO the Empress OF China.
A fe-Pin-Foo-Y Yin is entitled to pre-
sentat'on to and audience with the
CroWn. she can and IS allowed to visit
the Empress at her will; also to give
and receive council, and in law takes
precedence OF the son by whom the
honor was gained. by this odd method
there Is created IN China high social
caste exclusively among women, whose
analogy have never heard of in other
C Valuations. Ii, on the one side the
possible elevation is great. so on the
other almost as great is the possible
degradation. 10 the Chinese philoso-
pher, in whom seems to run strong
current OF Darwin and Herbert
Spencer, the parents of a criminal
share to large extent in his criminal
lty. Among the causes celebres of
emma upon this point are cases where
IN parents have been fined, imprisoned,
bastinadoed and even beheaded for
the crimes OF their sons. This law,
strange as 1t may seem to Credentials,
is IN the long run beneficent to soci-
ETY. and the state. 1t serves to in
crease family feeling and affection,
to strengthen parental and filial ties,
and to keep alive the so-called ancestor
worship OF the East.
Marriage being so solemn contract
and religion entering into it so largely,
widow life In China is not happy
one. A second marriage is not pro-
hlblted by law, but is tabooed by So
ciety. In this regard Monaghan re-
sembles American society in being less
liberal To the woman than to the man.
A Widower takes second and third
heipmate' and though Mrs. Grundy
may shrug her shoulders, he loses no
Prestge' but the WIDOW who consoles
herselt with the same pleasure loses
caste lrredeemably. This social pc
cullarity seems to have been born in
India, our next door neighbor, and to
have had It's origin in the feelings which
even to-day in Hindostan express
themselves in the suffice and the living
burial. On the other hand, as if to
compensate for the injustice to the sex,
II widowed mother declares her in
tentlon to raise and educate her chill
dren, 1t then becomes the common duty
OF the deceased husbands relatives to
support both her and her offspring
until the son 10 able to care for 'mself
and his mother. Failing to do this the
relatives are branded by the community
IN which the widow lives as being desti-
tute OF gratitude to their ancestors,
Which Is grave accusation in
emma. such individuals invariably
lose their social standing. A
WIDOW who successfully raises her
cnldren under such circumstances is
given higher social standing than if
otherwise. When a widow or widower
INDUCES in second marriage, law
and custom step in in quite a comical
manner. The joyous signs and SYM
bols OF the wedding are reduced to
minimum. Where at the first cere-
mony the bridal sedan chair was ver-
gold and green, the attendants
carried flags. banners and dragoned
lanterns OF Joy, and the procession
marched to the clash OF cymbals, gongs
and tom toms, at the second only a
sedan chair in unrelieved black is al
lowed to the celebrants. In Central
China it is almost sacrilege touse music
at second marriage, as the sound is
universally believed to bring back the
phantom of the departed spouse. Sec
ond marriages in that part of the EN-
pire are conducted very much like the
visits OF credulous folks to haunted
houses. In several well-authenicated
cases where the brass band was called
IN at the second nuptials the indignant