The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-11

hast part Of thsi- leisure with profession
al or cc4nm~rriaf fys~--is or ~ tire smoke
rooms and billiard rooms OF clubs. cast
ing the burden of training their families
on the mother. who alone may take pains
to study the various dispositions in the
children and 10 adop. housench discip-
line TO their requirements.
Wo Chang thinks this Is bad enough
But he further refers TO another abyss
Of British personal neglect, '-sJiil deeper"
and which produces ian appalling crop
Of evil TO the state" This refers 10 THE
not lnfrequent habit of well-to-do Eng
lish husbands and wives of leaving their
children absolutely under the control Of
govcraesses 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 hirelings.
In considering education in England
wo Chang arrives at the conclusion that
In no country under heaven has he ever
heard or read Of the great goddess OF
appearau noes being worshirped so general
~ as in England by all classes Of so
ciety. The frantic attempt of mul;itudes
is 10 appear to be what they are not Ore
class seeks by the quality of their dress
and the size and appurtenances OF the
houses 20 have the appearance OF being
well Off when they are really not. They
have a saying ''to be poor and seem 50
Is the way to remain so" Another claas
desires to appear upright and truthful and
correct In all the relations Of life But
instead Of actually being so, they create
an effect of righteousness by joining some
popular church and satisfy the chief Eng
fish standard OF goodness by singing
hymns. reading prayers and hearing SER
mons and by subscribing ostentatiously 70
religious charities
So with the inconsistency connected
with sending children 20 the costly
schools. colleges and universities scat
tered over the United Kingdom. The re-
gime followed in nearly all these estab-
iishments this Chiuanan considers a
semi-oarbarous mediaevalisrn which tests
the benefits received by the mind not by
the extent TO which the thinking power
has been quickened. but by the mass OF
crude and undgested facts with which
the pupil has been crammed for the sole
purpose of passing written examination.
With a small brain and a fifth-rlte range
OF mental powers. a pupil may thus sue
coed tn winning the most coveted universe
~ honors while in all essentials he may
so forth In life without real education"
Wo Chang also iashes the administra-
ton Of justice IN England. He asserts that
the real cause of bad deeds is ignored
The poor woman caught jumping into the
Thames, rescued and hauled into the po-
lice court for trial, and upon whom the
magistrate perhaps passes n severe sem
tence. had a husband whose brutality
drove her 10 attempted self-destruction.
THAT husband goes unpublished, while she
is made TO suffer"
a wretched boy sleeping on n doorstep
is suspected CT being n robber, and is
hauled - the court. why not lay hold
of those who should be responsible for his
neglected condition? The English way
of dealing with criminals is as ridiculous
when all the imposing ceremony Of law
and OF law courts is taken into account.
as would be an attempt TO cure heart dis
ease by tying a red rag on ones great
toe" What difference between criminal
procedure in England and In China. In
the former children are punished for the
neglect Of their parents: in the latter pa
rents. and even local officers of state are
punished for the neglect OF children"
He has some satirical remarks to make
about the incomes paid 10 the queens
sons and cousins. Referring to the queens
cousin. the Duke of Cambridge, formerly
commander-in-chief ne says:
Her venerable and jovial cousin. who
was never free from the risk II fa!nting
at the thought OF going into battle, held
a highly responsible position and a mag
nifcent salary as com2ander-in-ch OF
the army. which in equity ought to have