The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-10
An MUST ASK MAMMA
A Chinaman Never Gets Over the
Spanking Age.
THE FEET OF A CHINESE WOMAN.
In a Millionaire's Mansion at Canton---Dog
Pie, Cat Pie and Birds Nest Soup---No
Ballet Girls in China.


CANTON, China, January 30 1SS9'-[Spec-
ial Correspondence of THE HERALD. II Wis
tied this aft ernoon the Vanderbilt of China
He is relative Of the Chinese minister ut
Washington, and his grandfather died less
than generation ago, leaving
AN ESTATE WORTH FIFTY MILLION HARD
GOLD DOLLARS.
His name is How Qua, and he has acres
of houses in the busiest part of Canton, his
own residence occupies the site of a good
s.ze1 farm and he has diamonds and pearls
by the cup ful. One OF his diamonds,
ring watch cost $50, OO), was sent to England
not long age, and it IS probably now in the
-eHel clsl1et Of one Of the monarchs Of Eu-
rope. H. has plantations of rice fields and
many acres of THE CHOICEST tea gardens.
His money is wei invested AMI he
Won d app olcl the wea tn Of Jay
Gou d were it not that the Officials every
now and then come down upon him for
gift o. from $4,000 to 100000 and he dare
not refuse. This rich man is now forty
nine years old. though he does not look over
thirty five. H is d typical Chinaman OF
the literary class, has broad, high lore
head, thin, yellow checks and eyes that
shine as brightly as his choicest diamonds.
His hair is like Jet and his cue reaches to
his ankles. He was dressed in silk and
furs when he received me and he had
t;glt round, black silk skull cap on the top
o. his head. He shook his own hands be
fore his breast in Clin =Se salutatiOn when
our Americ N consul, MI Seymour, intro
duced me 10 him and then he reached out
his lOng-nailed fingers and grasped my
hand a-la-Americaine.
A NILLIoNAIRE's HOME.
Il was in his rand residence on the banks
of the Pearl river, in the heart Of Canton.
We walked through a wilderness Of build
iugs devoted to the servants and relatives
OF the family before we came to the receE--
ton room. How Qua supports about 100 OF
his poorer relatives and when a man makes
fortune in China his whole clan settles
down upon him. In the various courts all
kinds of work seemed to be going on. Here
servants were cleaning the fish Tor the fam
lily. There rice was being ground into
-four and dried in great baskets and just
next the reception room we heard the buzz
ing o. babel. 1t was How Qua'5 children
beiug taught by their tutor, and like all
Chinese children. they studied out loud,
singing their lessons out at the tops Of their
voices. Now and then the sharp clapper OF
the ruler could be heard when one Of the
me he intended to have his boys educated at
the Hong Kong foreign college and to
finish them of in America and England.
He talked English himself and he Is among
the progressive of the Chinese As we sat
and chlt.ed the choicest Of fermOsa tea was
brought in. the leaves Of which were. l
Judge, worth about so a pound, and We
seated ourselves in black ebony chairs,
which in couples We're ranged on the sides
of small tables and slipped the tea from
covered China cups without saucers. There
are no easy chairs in the Chinese gentle
man's house and this palace in China had
uncaTpete1 floors Of stone and It's walls
between the rooms were OF cOlOred glass
framed in ebony Some OF the curious
shaped panels had pictures painted on them
by Chinese artists and the effect OF the
whole was the finish Of a fancy store room
vet unOccupied rather than that Of com
Portable home. Some Of the finest rooms
looked out upon little lake OF lotus pants
of DevheDs an acre in extent and there were
c-fess-coverad corridors with ran around
this The chairs sat against the wall and
their uubendiug backs were Stra.2 b. up IN
down There were no cosy hooks sucn as
Won fiud in our American homes, and the
soft tintS Of our family lie were not found
in the picture. Nearly every room con
tanned an American clock, and some were
hung with glass chandeliers. went INTO
his mothers bedroom, the best in the house.
[ doubt not and where How Qua pointed
as he said there my mamma sleeps was
q platform between four posts, winch was
covered with straw mating and upon winch
was piece Of porcelain Of about the shape
and size of a five-cent Loaf OF bread, and
this was the pillow Of this rich Chinese
lady.
OBEY HIS MOTHER.
In no country in the world have mothers
a.. !, M Mo.
is filial affection more shown. How Qua,
though forty-nine years old, Obey5 his mother
as well as when he was ten and he would
not think of going out at night without ask
ing her permission. Not long ago he was
invited 70 our consulate for dinner. he
replied i would like to come but cannot
tell till I ask my mamma Still How Qua
is nearly fifty and his mother siXty-nine.
The Chinese mother selects the bride for her
son and How Qua during this visit seemed
much prouder of his mother than his wife.
He introduced Us to the Old lady who was
sitting in a chair wrapped up IN furs and
Dowdered and painted. Her seat looked
out upon her flower garden and she had two
maids beside her. Upon her cloth cap was
q great button of diamonds as large as the
biggest full blown rose and OF about the
same shape 1t was made OF numerous
stones and the central one was as large as
the egg of robin. Pearls hung IN her ears
golden lilies which shOne out beneath
her embroidered petticOat. Golden lilies,
is the Chinese expression for the smalles
of ladies feet and Madam How Qua haC
shoes not more than two inches in diam
etar. Their soles were round rather thar
oblong and their tops were embroidered IL
silver and silk. They were so small ina
she could net walk alone and this old lady
who has, for years, controlled fortune
greater than that possessed by Miss MARY
Garrett or Mrs. Mark Hopkins, canno
move from one room to another Wlthou
the assistance of her maids.
THE SMALL FEET.
The small feet of the Chinese women i!
one of the first sights in China that sicken:
the foreigner. In Tientsin and Nortf
China all of the Chinese women compress
their feet and they hObble about the street;
with canes. resting their heavy forms OF
the stump of the natural foot. Ihere IS
woman here in Canton whose 1901 IS s.
small that the part which goes INTO uhe Sno
is not bigger around than trade uollar
and the compress sed foot is a horrible dc
formity. / had one photographed and th'
sight fills me with disgust. The leg iron
the knee to the foot is like i pipe stem
The beauty of the ballet girls calf is miss
ing, and the skin seems to be Wrappe
around the shin. 1t is cracked and rougi
and the foot itself seems to be broken IN wv
in the middle The inStep was dOuDe'
over upon the heel and the four small toe
were wrapped around under the sole OF thu
foot. The big toe and part of these lou
were all that went into the shoe, ana u
Chinese ladies, in reality, walk on thel
toes. They have the heel set about IN tn
middle of the shoe, like the trencn heel
and we get French heels and rouge iron
China. The compression OF the feet Is SAL.