Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-21


deed. sny - ne Asl4tie r&ces enter
tain any pcsp>es fDr vosn~n. ~hoss -
heart they r~<srd - ersstures Of alto
T~tier infeFior iptenixenee. res<ns-
bling bruses IN b<inx ~ithoat soul
fhzs. il IL sln-ost h3po><ibie %
bring any untr4seied Oriental - ecsn-
prellend ina dsfrr<nce ~hieh the asn
OF civiiizcd nasion< pay 70 wo1asn.
The latter. Ia hls eyes. are solely nttsi
% act IA the serssnts nay, even. "a
the slaves 81 the stronger ses Sci
dom. II ever. the native wife per-
mitted % sit a table with her huz~
band. no matter now high her rank.
and when admitted 20 bis presence
she h forced BY etiquette ~ approach
la The same manner - domettiefi.
namely. on all fours. with repeated
proztrations, remember how star
tied | was NJ the manner In which
sano Tsun-sami. formerly ambsssador
~ sisnns. but now vice president 81
the senate. made ms acquainted
with his wife st . dinner whish he
gave In my homer shortly after ny ar
rival In Japan. The repast IVES sawed
European fashion and IL Was sAtg
party. Towards the Close OF the din
nsr. sliding door or screen was pushed
aside aud there erAwled In. with re-
peated rrostrstions. first Of oil M old
lady. who was his legitimate Wits and
of lofty birth. thcn the piebeian lady
who allied the role Of Hagar Ia ths
household " this Japanese Abraham.
and then tbs children Of both women
/. In my ignorance Of the social usagcs
OF the country. was about-<o rive and
bow 70 the ladies. but my neighbor
pressed ne down saying: Don't stir"
while our host. jerking his thumb con-
temptuoasly over his shoulder towards
the woman exclaimed: My wife. and
then motioned 90 them 10 retire. which
they did forthwith In the same manner
In which they had entered. So much
for Oriental respect for women
IL have drawn special attention.
to the mIseries OF the union of Baroness
Rahden To Count" Aoki. whose rank
was authentic and who, as Asiaties
go. was an exemplary Jap. II Is with
abe object of showing how infinitely
more unhappy Ia the fate of thosc
white girls welded to Oriental hus-
bands less highly placed. and ! shall
newer forget the aspect of the broken
spirited and wretchsd London girls
hailing from Bloomsbury. who had
been induced 10 become the wife of .
man named Minami while tho latter
wss occupying the post Of vice consul
In the British metropolis Az long
rs they remained in London every
thing went we'll, but when he WAS
recalled and took her back with him
TO Japan, where l first saw her. her
miseries began
Asiatics have no sense of decency, a.
we understand the word. and any white
girl who takes mp her residence any
where Ia the Orient must be prepared
20 have her sense of delicacy and pro-
priety shocked and offended At every
turn.
In japan men and women think
nothing of performing their most inti-
mate additions i'm the public street. and
In China, Siam. India. etc, the people
are most primitive In their ideas as to
ed by conventionality, many OF them
dispensing even with the breech ciout-
Polygamy Is rampant throughout the
east. no matter what the creed. and
most of the Asiatic nations. notably
the Japanese. have no native synonym
for the English word chastity. When
10 all this Is added the assurance that
the most Wanted civilization OF the
orientals particularly OF the Japanese,
is nothing more than mere veneer.
devoid of any basis or foundation. and
but thiniy covering all the native vices
peculiar 10 the Oriental character.
American and European parents may
well ponder and hesitate before per-
hitting their daughters To mate Ash
atics
Only the other day the English pa
pers contained a story of young girl
OF Newcastle who had foolishly accept
ed an offer OF marriage from young
Chinese naval officer, named Ling.
who had been sent 10 Europe
to study gunnery. All protests
on the part of her parents
were sileneed by the apparent
sincerity of his attachment and
ny the fact that he professed 10 be n
Caristian. His mansion in China was
most impressively described. and the
girls parents were asked to picture
her living in the most elegant of
Oriental luxury amid orange groves
and plants Of exquisite beauty The
infatuated girl threw in her LOT with
that of the Celestial aud started with
him for China Two years later she
was sent home by one Of the mission
airy societies ~ Shanghai. mental
and physical wreck, the mission
aries reporting that che had first
been neglected. then illt<eated
aud finally abandoned by her
Chinese husband, who possessed
already Chinese wife NJ the time of
his marriage In England. This In only
one Of thousand similar cases. and |
hear that the advertisement which APP
pesrcd in some Of che London papers
three months ago 10 the effect that .
rajah of The Bengal province and "a
respectable Indian gentlemsa" desired
"a correspond with respectable Euro
pesn young ladies with view 10 mar
risgs. has received an immenss num-
Der Of answers from girls and parents
OF every class Of society. some OF
these women who contract alliances
with orientals become iost 10 sight for
ever after their marriage. and | know
Of at least dozen Instances where this
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