The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20

seeks NOT n,r romraniou.Lin make
ma attoutt whatcvcr IA bcro,uc nc.
nuaiutcl vi,L Us ravs uoo,lcutioui,
the lca.t 10 ,,. American mode "a
liyin,. heed, moi our ,lrr.>
tons. and in fac, j, =. distant -
4, POSSIBLE for one t. be-. True n
ives among ~. but is A. isolated :, i.
he and the few Chinese relative vlo
mas l,ar,cn to be her. wc,o ~ .,,l.
human beings in the worlI.
II one desires 10 Lccnui, ~,..,rajuirI
with her and wishes to tlcan some
knowlcdrc of Il tyne g., which sn very
,ittlc is known. H.. must seek h.l. u.
>l.c is .urcly no, !o,Ainy for him.
Shc viii be more ,!.an pleased vim
your advances. ard viii gree, Won win
all the dcnurc rolitcnc.> uoysiblc
but all eternity could n,s, and ,l,..
would not venture to seek YOU. IIav-
inr braccl Yourself M and made IN,
initiative bow. You will find that her
former reserve was due to the fact
that she was trained to be shy Of all
strangers, but a few moments CONVEX
sation will clearly demonstrate the
fact that she is not 70 SLY a> She is
reported to be. You also find. de-
spite the popular idea that the Chi
ncsc woman is phlcgmatic, that She is
brimful OF feelings and impressions.
and has scnsibilitics as acute as ;,
child's. That she is perfectly con
tented to live narrowly, restricted en-
tircly to the com%panionship Of one
MAJ and perhaps Il couplc Of females.
does not prove lack of Imagination.
but merely that she is grossly iynor-
ant of any other life.
She is born probably in Pckin. Can
ton, or near that great city. Until
the age Of II she cniovs almost as
much liberty as the average American
child. but in China it is not consid-
cred lust the prucr thing for girls To
have bow companions after that arc.
Then she was taught tl,c rndimcntarv
elements of sewing and cnbro;dcr;nr
how to do light cooking md how 70
amusc herself bv SINGING q few bal
lads. She was also taught that while
with them obedience TO her mother
and father was her very !;rs. .,,,.v
and after marriage to tho parents Of
her husband. She never Ind a sweet
heart, but with her girl cumnanions
she would while awav the hours in de-
cribinc tho beauties and virtues ne I'm
ture husbands.
In spitc Of these seeming rcstrai,ts
which would seem so h,rJ for Tho
tvpical American r;rl To endure the
wears nasscd ou;cl1v nv and ,;mc
when she was to bccom, an American
bride was 1T hana-for rho Chinese
woman who comes ~ Amrr;.o ycp.r,I.
" come, +, hc m,rr;e1 ,@,sv;nr hoor
sent for b, some rhipan,n who has
been in the j,n;tcJ S,,t.u or c,n,d,
for nc.b,ns c;cl, or ,or roar. ,,l h,.
an cstab lishcd hus;uess She has
never seer her ruturc hu.h,r,l and
bos .rho,s ,ovo. ,o,,oJ ,r
her native village 70, p,on hc;rv y
praised FOR that divine t~;,rdomEtho
cxncctant. ~bridccroom Ike Js,,c oy
old when court;nc Rchc.., would Ia.
SLOW many costly n~res.,ts of ho,h I'll.
yer and cold noon tbe ,noth.r and
father or ruara;.rs &c Ills f,trr. VIC
she must lcovc b,me fr;onds md
native land and oh. .hoorfruv .o.s
,hout 70 ro,,r f,r ,or loun ;o,,.
Sho nav shod i. eow to.us 49,, H..
,,o,hon;s huoo.. ~, I'LL. .e.I,..,
show co,s;dorohlo foor. suoh lnnn
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