Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
,rsE GIRL SLAVES.
this country Frequently Sell
Sc ~ Thcir Daughters.

fla. I've house. surrounded by
re h.', rarden. which is used as a
.,e home me for young Chinese girls of
lo ... Who have been rescued from
ely, ,,;or form of child slavery which
'e a. .mong the Chinese, or who seek
aus sa refuge from distress and
adm ss to he a well-established fact
seem, nna Chinese girls-even girls
so ;n.ancv-are sometimes bought
els y; al among the Chinese Of San
so'a s,. and so remote are those peo-
le', ~, american customs and infu-
Ts na+ Il is practically impossible for
,s .,,s' to prevent this practice. or
laM ,o is victims, unless specific acts
. .neitv can be proved.
mi. nix mission house any wretched or
,',s Chinese girl can not only find
snrs refuge, but may learn. at the
,aI ~ Kind American women, how to
NV kinds of useful work.
a ~ inmates learn. moreover. what
u ra s understood among the Chi
=, San Francisco, the virtues and
e. Of cleanliness, order, fresh air
'S IRIS who have found shelter in
h,ne $, end much of their time
I embroidery, fancy work and sew
IL III Of which they show natural
~ " They wear the Chinese cos
=" and are often found at work on the
- Of ,heir wood-soled slippers, or
cir zoos, us their silk or cotton
.ers are called.
v c,mric,ey accustomed the Chi
II san Francisco are to the idea of
,a ,Leir female children is illus
i bv story told by a young lady
works as missionary among them,
who is held in great esteem by
Among this young lady's Chinese
/. was a woman who sought to
de for herself and her four little
lyen by binding slippers for a Chi
factory.
fr husband smoked opium con-
Ir ard gave her no assistance.
,;vel in o damp basement, and
net sufficient food.
he Young missionary not only car
food TO the family, but spent much
nstructing one of the children, a
wears old, in English, in order
size night be better able to earn
pv ard help her mother. The child
i, and the missionary went often
he her nourishing food. During
these visits the mother made her
proposition: al
Iiss Emma, you buy baby. I nc
him, baby all so hangly. 70 buy
i got sell him" 4s'3s
i'm was baby girl. As the
orknew, the child had already q
market value with some specu-
lecause when she grew older. she
be sold for considerable sum.
Chinese girl slaves are generally
baased by thespeclators when they
1der IL years of age, and afterward
wives or servants. They are
indeed, put to regular day labor,
age when a white child might be
Tered too young to send to school.
syonng girls in the mission home
,sntle, sweet-voiced little band,
this respect there seems to be a
Inference between them and the
#nys at the public schools pro.
ssuyys, it is said, are often very
and ungentle fellows. The
Esr Of this school says that he has
cut occasion to quell small riots
s them, aud that it seems impossi
eteach them American ideas o.
behavior in the school room.
eplaces in which some of these
CSC children dwell, when at home
d their parents, seem quite uninhab
In one two-room tenement five
Fnvere found living with their chill
in aspace not exceeding ten by
enfeet square. There were two
windows in the outer room, bu
y ndow in the sleeping room. II
J 0cm hunks were built in tiers, one
aAotner, on both sides OF q narrow
d eeway. No light or air was ad
b save by the door and here al
Il antilles slept. The living room
ly feet square.
. enost wonderful thing about til,
was that the children looked
y nd happy.
Ay Of the girls who are sheltered
ought in the mission home leave i
their work in it is done, to become
d ives Of respectable Chinese mer
$ and they carry with them tt
/ Aew homes many American idea
FaaIlnsss and beauty. = Mari
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