The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-23
PUNISHMENT BY PROXY
How Tho Young Emperor Of China Is
CaSti6atod.
" He Does Not Learn His Lessons
His Fellow Students Get the
Whip-The Boyhood OF the
Fiowery Land Ruler.

Kwang Su, the Chinese emperor who
assembled the throne March 4 last, will be
Is years old on July %. Nevertheless, he
probably has as much miscellaneous
learning In his head as any three Euro |
princes, who, at his age,a are usually
digging deep after Greek and Latin roots, |
or hammering away at elementary prob
ems in parliamentary government and
finances. The young Chinese emperor's
precociousness is due for the most part TO
the t~horoughness and strictness of his
very early training, for in China little
princes are compelled to cram their small
noodles full of all sorts of knowledge dur
ing the years which American boys always
devote to marbles, scrub and holey bow
ley. They rise at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing TO take lessons in Chinese literature.
The teacher who gives this les
son bears the title of "shifu,' and
is a very big man, so bigs in
fact, that the princes upon entering their
recitation rooms must bow to him first.
As soon as n prince has learned his lesson
he places his book before the teacher, sits
down before him and repeats without in
%terruption all he remembers of what he
has been studying. IL the teacher finds
that the prince does not remember
enough he sends n eunuch out for n whip
and makes "a great show of preparing TO
whip someone. The whip when il comes.
however, falls not upon the shoulders of
the prince, but upon the shoulders of
eight other little Cinnamon called ''ha-ha-
tschu," who accompany the prince tn his
school daily and recite the same lessons
as he. Through these ha-ha-tschu the
prince is thrashed or praised according TO
his deserts. Should vicarious tloggings
not induce a prince to stow away the
learning he would be taken
before the emperor. who would
command "a eunuch to pinch the young
lazy-bone's cheeks. The Chinese lesson
lasts two hours. 1t is followed by other
less important exercises, which are super
intended by another teacher. Still an
other teacher i%nstructs the princes in sew
eral Asiatic languages and Chinese dia-
lects. After school hours the princes shoot
with the bow, on FOO IN on horseback,
fence, run and jump, under the superin-
tendence of special teachers. In short,
their whole day is taken up with the per
Torrance of prescribed menta and physi-
cal exercises. At fixed hours their food
is portioned out to them. None of them
is allowed To use his own judgment as to
what and how much he may eat. They
are always tucked away in bed with the
hens so that they may be ready for the 4
o'clock dose of Chinese literature the next
morning.
At the beginning of his 14th year the
heir apparent to the Chinese throne is
put in training for his marriage, which
takes place in his 18th year. The young
woman who caches him all about the
duties of married life is selected from the
inner circle Of the imperial official house
hold and must be just one year older than
he. After the prince has become emperor
this preliminary wife receives the honora-
BILE title OF Sli, which b alone of all the
members Of the harem is allowed to bear;
The daily leisure hour of his imperial
Chinese majesty is from TO 8 O'Clock in
the afternoon. During this hour an
eunuch brings to the mperor q box of lit
tie white tickets, each of which bears the
name of a court lady. The emperor draws
a ticket, hit or miss, and gives il to the
eunuch, who Immediately orders the houri
named on it 70 the emperor's apartments.
She is conveyed hither i'm a litter by four
ervan She always takes a golden
wash-basin with her. She is carried back
to her quarters after having passed about
an hour with the emperor. Twenty-four
female servants pass the night in the
sleeping chamber of the emperor and en-
press. Their duties consist i'm keeping "A
sharp watch of the imperial couple. They
are not allowed u sneeze, cough, speak
or make an unnecessary movement.
When the imperial couple awake i'm the
morning the "a female servant
WV ~. w ~ -" ~ lf'
claims the news by vigorously clapping
his hands.
Most men are not allowed To pass the
most remote of the five doors which lead
to the imperial garde du corps, who guard
the fifth door, are d orders to oppose
with drawn swords the entrance Of all
men, even the highest imperial officials,
who cannot give the password. Not even
eunuchs are allowed to pass the three
inner doors. IL a lady of the court wishes
to buy anything or In my
way with the outside world, she tells a
maid servant all about il. The maid ser.
want then goes a safe distance away from
all court ladies and summons TO her the
eunuch In thief by striking a gong OF
the court lady wishes, the unuch in chief
passes along the errand To an under
eunuch, who secures the the desired arti.
Gle or information.
Ono n year, on New Years day, the
emperor and his real wife preside over d
great court banquet. The empress then
sits at her husbands left. This Is the only
occasion i'm the whole year when the EN-,
peror has all his quasi wives together ant
under the eyes of his real wife. The EN-
peror himself hands the viands to the Gu
nuchs. who receive them knceling.
Most persons address the emperor a,
'Kwang-Tschan," that is majesty. The
members OF the household. however. uss
merely the title "Chu-tsz," that is dominu.
or lord. The eunuchs usually address the
emperor, empress and court ladies' a,
"Fo-Ye," that ~ Buddha, and a roya
prince as "Ie" or most gracious lord.
The cabinet ministers of the Chimes,
court don't AVE a. much fun as thei
lord. They have TO get up at 2 o'clocl
every morning. to present themselves a
court an hour later. They receive thei
/ meals FREQ nf Rharfra i'm the ntn.arar'