The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-30

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and no wonder, for there is nothing in
English family or social position TO fos-
ter toward British parents a habitual
sense OF ffiiai reverence.
| These snobs have Sown the wind OF
pride, and they are in imminent danger
Of reaping the whirlwind of luin.In many
cases they become slaves to champagne
and gambling, the prevailing weakness
Of oyerfed, underworked and self-indui-
gent society people.
CATTLE BETTER BRED.
Wo Chang expresses the startling op-
| inion that the English are more solici-
tous about preserving purity of breed In
their cattle and barnyard fowl than they
are in regard 10 preserving il in their
own families.
"If the family" he writes. "keeps a
I crocker spaniel, cochin hen, full bloodei
! cattle or race horses, the strictest care
| is taken lest these pure breeds should
| deteriorate by contact with inferior
| kinds. But if a son has resolved TO choose
wife or a daughter a husband the
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| ing purity OF breed in domestic animals
| is rarely, IL ever, dreamt OF in regard
To the immunity of descendants of their
own family from hereditary impurity
| or disease. On the contrary, the para
mount question raised is, What is the
social status of the family into which
the youth or girl proposes to marry?'
''They may be fully aware that he
reditary ailments or vices will. under
irexorable law, reappear in the children
or grandchildren of the married pair.
But this considera ton suddenly vanishes
into thin air and the all absorbing in
quiry is, What advantage is to be
gained by the match in position or for
tuner"
WO Charg maintains that no such
shameless outrages on reason and ma
ture are ever committed even by the
poorest Cinnamon under the cover OF
marriage as are OF daily occurrence in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and ir other English speak
ing communities. In China a mutual
guarantee is afforded both the contract
ing families against becoming allied
with hereditary madness or crime. and
the genealogical trees on both sides are
carefully examined in order to prevent
alliances between people even most dis
family related.
BRITISH PARENTAL NEGLECT.
81 am not going" Wo Chang writes,
"to refer at length to the mons:rous
injustice committed by the vast major
ity even OF the middle class husbands
in occupying the best part Of their leis-
ure with professional or commercial
friends or in the smoke rooms of clubs,
casting the burden OF training their fam
lies on the mother, who alone may take
pains to study the various dispositions
in the children and to adapt household
discipline 10 their requirements"
Wo Chang thinks this is bad enough.
But he further refers to another "abyss"
of British parental neglect, still deeper
and which produces ''an appalling crop
OF evil to the state" This refers Il
"the nit infrequent habit Of well TO DO
English husbands and wives OF leaving
their children absolutely under the
control OF governesses and tutors"
Their natural protectors in that case
simply look upon their children as
"bores," interfering with their social
freedom, to be shifted On the shoulders
Of professional hirelngs.
The author draws a pleasantly con-
trasting picture of the bringing up OF
Chinese children. He says: mo such
precarious performance by parents of
duties to the family is possible in China.
There the mother is the first and most
fondly earnest teacher of her children.
Her ambition is to cherish them and
prepare them for usefulness and o5edi-
ence in q contented, peaceful and happy
life, devoted 10 the family and to citi-
zenship.
'LECHEROUS TITLES"
'In China, too, all honorS conferred
by the state, a distinguished from the
mode Of conferring NOBILITY in England.
are retrospective in their operation. II
a public funcrionary is ennooled MS an
cestors participate in the dignity, but
not his descendants Hence naughty,
pampered, lecherous wea-ers of heredi-
tary titles are with Us impossible"
Wo Chang is amazed at the coo-ness
which in England often exists netwseu
members cf the same family. He re-
CARDS this as smother Interesting plaSe
of British domestic relationship" When !
the brothers and sisters grow up ana |
marry. now many cases appear % MEN, |
bers OF the same family becoming cold |
and estrangad 10 each other, especially |
IL there is any difference in their Pc /
cuniary position" Only too often /.
brothers and sisters leave each other +
to struggle along without sympathy or !
help when they most need both. the ric1 4
5nes turning Their backs OF those Hho 1
have been unf0rtuns1e. as IL honest pov- =
e-tv was a scandal and 2 disgrace.
Contrast this Win the Chinese mode OF 4
lie. The Chinese have been distin- /
g1Iished from time iri7lemoriai 0y ,Iei-
regard for brothers. cousins and more (
remote relatives, from generation 70 gen
Grafton"
FAKE RIGHTEOUSNESS
In considering education in England
Wo Chang arrives al tle conclusion tazt
in no country under heaven has he ever
heard or read ot the great Goddess .
Appearances beng worsai2ped 50 gen
e-aily as in England" ny all CLASSES % -
ciety. The frant:c attempt OF the ma
tItuies is 70 appear what tbey a-e not
One class seeks ~ the quality C tae-r
dress ard the s4ze an. zPpGrtensnces
II me houses TO have the appearance x
being well Of. E:lrn they are really 5oS
Tney have 2 saying TO 5e PooT and
seem Sd s the ~aT 70 ren-ain 50 Al
otaer class desires 70 apcp2r U2-iS1s and
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