The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-02

.o.unity TO mipgIc socially with Chi
.e.e Of high position. There is one,
woman, in New York at present, who
Tor FIVE wears has had the privilege Of
4 ,o;os SO. She is the bride of the Rev.
] Gilbcr. Reid, who is trying to estab-
,sh at l'ekin an international inssi-
,,,e for the benefit Of the mandarius
ami eLucatel Chinese generally. When
] laid that Mrs. Reid minglcs with
i chinese Of fashion in Shanghai it
,,,>u't mean that she knows any Of
4 -, r,en. for the sexes are absolutely
.,~r.,od 80 fur as social intercourse
4 goes
q ms interesting to learn how she
,n,.c ,uch Il social position for her
ri, 81. was Il Miss Reynolds, Of
S,n,i Carolina, and nearly five years
4 .,o wa, sent out by the Methodist
A E,i,caral Church South, as q mission
ary to teach in the McTycrc school at
Z Snaacilai. the only school in all China.
/ where the Upper Ten can send
1 ,belr daughters to board and be edit
! Gated and pay for it. But Mrs. Reid
] can tell her W story.
SO you've heard that | stand very
4 close to the high-class women in
4 Shanghai, have your she said, when
he subject was introduced. "And Of
! course you want to know how | ever
managed TO get into their homes and
4 10 get them TO visit me in mine. 1t
was through their daughters, the pu-
4 nils in our swell school. That school
wa> the grand thought of a grand wo-
man Miss Laura A. Haygood. Miss
A llayrood is Il sister of Bishop Atticus
= &. %Iiaysood, Of Atlanta, Ga, and is
4 perhaps the first woman in Southern
Mc;l.oIism. Six years ago t.lis mouth
1 sAc opened the only school for high
d class girls in all China. Her idea was
tn give TO these girls the same oppnr-
j nnlitics that are given to high-class
81 Chinese boys and that low-class chill
4 d.cn ret i'll the charity mission
schools, and one Of her main objects
4 vas 10 establish Christian homes in
China. \. building was put up ut a
4 cost Of $50. 900, and the school was
a Intended to be self-supporting. We
y opened with five pupils and now have
a fcny.two boarders and day pupils.
They are taught both Chinese and
English. \ native, a man, teaches
the classics, and Miss Haygood, Miss
d Richardson and 1, assisted by two
a pupil teachers, give instruction in
il English, reading, writing, arithmetic,
i embroidery. and physical culture.
I'll just tell you who a few of our
pupils arc and then you car sec pain
Iy how [ got in with their mothers
and friends. There is the neicc of
the Chincse Minister in Washington,
a dear girl, and the daughter of Tao
Tai. of Shanghai, which to u
mayor over here. The daughter OF
the manager Of the imperial telcgrarhs
is one of our pupils, and so is the
asushtcr Of the Project Of Nankin.
She is ten years old, has little feet,
and is bctrothcd. We have one little
y tisyc girl in the school who is being
educated for the wife Of a mandarian.
She vas bought by his mother, and he
II is being educated in q foreign land.
4 The daughter of the Rev. Y. X Yen,
who visited England and America in
the interest of the Anti-opium Asso-
a cation, is also among III pupils, and
We have a lot Of girls whose fathers
we're educated in England and Ameri-
ca. The mothers Of these girls visit
Us and we visit them.
Wouldn't you like to hear about
sae feasts they give in our honor?'
continued Mrs. Reid. THE invita-
lions are written on red paper and
a "oFdcd in very kachce language"
q moving 4 whole Batch CT them.
q What do | mean by kachee2' "We!l,.
'hey mean the breath or spirit of a
guest. When the day of the feast
comes the hostess has a Chinese band
Stationed ut the front door, and as
each guest comes they shoot off fire
crackers. beat tom-toms, aud make
aolse enough to scare the guest, if she
happens to be a poor little woman for
\ elsn dovil. A runner or courier an-
LOUNGES each guest, and the hostess,
'sr you must remember that Chinese
men arc not content with one wife,
4 come out to meet them. The guests
IRE taken into tho reception room and
seated. And how do you suppose we
ls entertained? Generally by means
u monkey Or parrot. or both, and I
never fully compreAended what a mon
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