Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-01
BANDS ON THEIR FEET.
About ONE CRUEL PRACTICE OF TuE
CHINESE.
Female Children subJectcti 10 rscruciating
Pain IN Order THAT Their "Goiden
lilies" May Bc Crushed Into
Fashionable Proportions,

n
rue th"ir feet are onc.third the size %
their hands aud they have the snlllcs
hands Of any woman living To b
foot must not br over two inches IN lenrtl
ana hait 1n inch wide across thr toes. !
believe no has many has fcct one inCl
ana one-quarter long and uue-siNth Of Ur
inch in wdtha one OF the wives of
ana half IN inch wide; wife b,
courtesy celebrated for her beauty. an,
has feot Just the size OF TIE Two small Toe.
Of an ordinary womans foot.
But for tho credit OF the Chinese womor
p IT said that they were not born viii
hipuian hoofs. likewise when they frs
saw lsht no doubt their brain cells pos
sesS"d healthy germs, but their feet Tx,
their gray matter has been 40 paralyzo,
ana d"arfed by social restrictions as t.
almost awaken the conviction that thcl
We're created dcformities. The practice
OF foot-hlndlng. like many other torturs'
IN China, Is a deepTootof eNIi IN fact i
~ a part Of the national religion and phil
osoSly. The last is added As about one.
aPs 5sf asi qn@?'a@r @S @ Il The me- smDTc a,
al naNms of the ancient Sagcs.
Many of the Eodiasscs whom the women
are called upon To- worship have dofurmcd
has 4 set of hoois like knitting needles
These are displayed most prominently. and
little girls of and years of age about
the time they are to he married ana while
stIll undergoing the tortures OF having the
bones of their ankles and feet crushed
ana bound into the smallest possible space
are sent to worship and burn Joss pa
per at the feet Of This idol II is the
height of Chinese girls ambition to get
her feet malforme1 into mass OF broken
bones ana manglcd flesh the size OF those
of the goddess OF superior wif.hool. only
one woman has ever reached tbIs point
OF suffering. Her name, believe. was
All Sing and she afterwards was lvilicd
ana given some special ut!c among tho
gUddesses.
There are several superstitio origins of
- he mot
was at first "A mode of punishment inflicted
upon both men ana women. This was niti-
ated during the wicked Chow-Sin's reign.
An ancient fable records that Chow in his
wars took female captive. one TAKE.
VINO was as infamous himself. They
,both gave themselves up to the greatest
excess Of unrestraiucd scnsuality and the
TWinGdest TiJd u, extra gXtraNagangg. Th@y created q
and three lr tone American milnI broad
u took many years to complete 1t. They
lald out e%traNagant gardens, formed
menaEeries filled with men, women, chill
n,ren' ,n horses, dQgs, rare animals and cur
lous biriS At Sha-kew, now the province
OF chih,le, they collected a vast concourse
OF people, devoted to pleasure ana dissi-
ana SURROUNDED IL with meat suspended on
trees. To this paradise men and women
rssorted and passed their time in drunk
the court about this time fell into con
Tempt, which Take, instead Of attribut-
!iEhtness of the punishments and to the
easy death to which criminals were sub
feStt". 7h'; therefore, introduced pun
ishment called wei-tow which was an
iron vessel. and which, when heated rod
hiHt' his III M ctinninai was Obliged to hold in
also invented the Paou-lo. brass pillar,
Which, being creased or daubcd, with
was wTs'IoHS isi9 mat'er ana so made slinpery,
IRE the victim was forced to walk upon
u Inc sThhPnIerE' burning, rounded brass 1t
poor creatures to walk across the burning
roller roller afforded the cruel monarch much
amusement
,or,,,rI nm 4L ne historians says that the most
noi1 ~ Jus Jus inventions OF Take ana Chow's
1R' NAN vayy %YS fGI9ft,hI'nlins This punishment
Er4Ge kns 5,Si, GsriaIn people who were dsked by
anii, ,nI nI" Merr orHfreI TO have their
Of tbair i''I big zoe bones broken 10 the. size
aiin,.,1 gI' INNS. IhsSn persons were never
aIIweH ,an8"H 20 approach men of rank, and as
report Of ,;bovt ,,Aittm9nEh Hr some the
II 4, Hen!ed. E"t the ideas developed in the
~ ~ NJ rtlSh i'Sdrllng the deErad-
day heii i, yb Grdsh,ns ns tnelr feet are to-
'"e empire
es1a,,I
Cbin fvn,N!,"E N!"E poVk that itan-chu, OF the
dered iaGy g., i' 'Ig year ~ H. 1S3 or
max tTsGS ,i. i12 % biHL her feet so as to
story is Hal 9GN %r, 'lE1 e a nJT moon. y third
n s,.g "n'N "'.'D EthrS u, e. was welded to
g eb a'" 80, S".''sS1 whose ieet We're SO tiny thar
IIorrIi segaln" Jealous, as Gd their hus-
oH','I, i,I 'tl"lu' ana an females We're com
"t''.r,t 10 blI!y thtIT tet until they We're
- 1'linI. i7 lhoSt pl IN" empress. Vet
" II aIl ihIS mas o. sIPer- r-t.tlon the origin
- HIs 3dItINl custom i~ difficult almost
litP".[ [ihI'-io trace. II r. more than prob
ny l'tai 'vhlHr!dnlsW has all 10 90 with
y i2r JtSt as soon as Eoufuoius began TO
-. u inc NrHkh"~s o. IN" female olp- |
mehM Ii'!r uinluess to become stgGonts
or worship w. the temples or places of
HCHptt 'N" habi or ipot-hiugiUg. likewise !
tht ih.,t Of 'solatns Wumauknd, namo
l'oi"latlS lhlo lfhrtrr, chinese gentlemen |
say hlrA ordered their wives and daugh- |
III r. uuu4l 10 sop mem from gad- |
ILs'I III E'HS'i4hFt hNt thIS Is hardly 10 |
IN lne North ne torture Gf the feet he-
tL"N az ih', hEt or J, m tho West at ana |
IN me SCUM nj the age of and 10 Women |
ama M" ,afg osp@riaI% employed for The |
.urt3st ~ J." SO hearlreuuiuE and dread |
dNH ulslb az IHtN are, have not the |
conIhEe t9 attempt the aEunlZiug foot |
cIlShlh2'
ilL Cooper very eminent English |
pnSsl'lhu mus describes the appearance |
OF crushed chimes" foot upon dissection. I
me DE toe, he says. was bent upward |
nna har k"ard ON the foot, and thc second |
twisted under II ana across so hat the cN-
IremIt% reached ihn Inner edge OF 'hc foot, |
Thc mira toe some what UN. rlFIpni tho sec |
ond, hut !yiEg less OliQuoly and reaching |
TO the urst Joint OF tnc nrSt toe. The |
bhll OF inc great toe. mnrh ilHttened, sep
aTat"i these two from the fourth ana ufth |
toes. Ihc fourth toe stretched uhllquoly in