The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-11
JOHN BULL IS CRITICISED.
THE FOInLEs AND VICES OF ENc-
LisHHEs HELD IP TO sCO.S.
English Social. Religious and Eusi-
ness Life Exposed-sohIifsy Prod
drd by n Celestial Crffic-Extracts

John Bel. SC supercilous toward peopIe
Of other countries. has st last bEen lasaea
ali over his oen snug little island.
Ghsnaaau, We Chang has done g.
He has resided many years IL London,
and has 5ssst published a book entitled
England Seen Through Chinese S9ect8-
cles- W hat peH-iasHfng h. gives the
Engissai The worst that English writer's
have said Of "a seems aatteFy IN c1n.-
psrison.
The Chinese must be skilled opticians.
for the speetse!es througa which N8
Chang has looked al Eugland and toe
English have ena bled him e discern
sh4ins ana fosbles Ia English family. So
eta, religious and business llfe which kave
ESCAPED other observers. No Chang j..
however, mere than q keen obAIyur. lie
IL evidently a Celestial Of SreT culture.
who. during his long residence IN Eng
land. has made use - every opportunity
to famlliarizo himself with traits OF Eng
l.sh character.
one Of toe Most startling pa.nts IN Wo.
ciang's England Seen Through Chimes
Epectacles" t. MS attack on what Eng-
hshmen are apt 10 consider semi -divine-
ID ordained lssstitusion-fa:mily life Ia
England.
Wo Chang believes Englaad honey
eornbsii with Organization and thinks
that tpis IS due IN the nrst instance -
the lack Of reverence Tor the Institution
Of the family and TIE lack Of wise do
nestle management Ia gEich h holds
that hfs OWN country Is an example to The
so-caIltsl civilized world.
Take the case he says "of a certain
kind OF family Isfe Ia England, sadly too
common. ia which the children get TO
know more of the fashionable world than
their parents ever lid. The father and
mother began their struggles poor and
unframed ln knowledge. They made mon
ey and sent gheir basa and giris 10 supe-
rior schools. In the fasnionabie SENSE
whore the children naked with young
folks OF higher social grade than their
nxn. The children finished their edUca-
tion with coucglted notions which never
entered the heads Of their plsin, sfrug-
ging parents.
'srhe faf,aef Is Dubbed 'Guf'nof' or pa
ter and the mother 'M3.er' by - boys
and their notions OF life are fitlieuled 10y
Their promising offspring Of both sexex
as antediurlan. The simple minded pa
rents ges 10 think these bouncing young
fools wonders 10 their way. Never haylag
known the manners OF gooi society them
relves. they are perfectly awestruck 10
find their ehildrena talking with fne ac-
cent and Ia grammatical phfaseoioey
which they never IN then earlier days ex-
p"e;ed 20 be honored with In their own
family.
THE parents think II proud privilege
20 have bcgot;ru such iigh-fiown pToge-
NJ. They are Ike the ~ avefhial hen with
her dgeklnEs. which paddle where she
cannot follow. Tie youngsters soon find
cut how the wind blows and trim their
salts ~ 10. They feel that their grntffIes
parents io0.s " 10 them and as a nat
nf8l consequence the children are not long
ia gathering encouragement 70 look down
on their parents
-Cf coutse such children stralghtwav
attempt % pat on the veneer ~ society.
They ,fy 10 pare OF the riud % the bacon.
and Ia dis'ufsct the oder OF She cheese