The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-07

Eodliko type is on view drawing attention
20 its peculiar horrors bv unceasiuE amen-
tattcn and unc heg kcd solicitation. Ia fact
u would be iiflcuit FOR the most morbid
and realistic 81 artists % couiure up
srene more repuisiVe 10 the modern eye
and the modern stomach Perhaps @ is a.
well that NJ Zela has never travelled 20
the far east Leprosy ana smallpox are
hut ordinary incidents 81 city life, which
Mother attract nor surprise tho native
Wnyfrer. nor even. after a time. horrify
the stranger within the gates
Beagars have thcir conventional costume
Ike an other grades Of society II IA not
that they are poorer than any others o.
the coouo class probably they are less
so-hut an must b. habited Ia tho foulcst
ard fimslcst OF rags. torn ana cat into n
hundred rcnts and shrcidinEs The very
hair must be- matted and dust hegfim'd
Certa nly. % walked tho streets q Pekin
tho very scent Of the heRginK fraternity
was a powerful motive OF aimfeiving
that ono might be- ria % their variation
upon the normal atmosphere Of China
Resides the h,Isicrous Migrants. male and
female there Is the novice iu course OF
training. ana NO drvicc ~ an hereditary
profession g. neglected or forgotten. on"
ohil ! walked over IN the streets of q
elfy. wrapped up and covered from head
Goo foot bv the cnnrsest of reed mating
40 that was human len the nlthN bundle
mat Law Prone across the pavement was
a small voice that was never stu Return
INK some DAYS later : found the same
bundle In the same place How 70 had been
fcd. how 10 had hreathed was an unfath-
enable mystery. hat there % was. and
there. ! imagine it BE- even unto this day
a people is 90 De Judged not only by ~
way OF living but hv us way of dying II
10 cannot De said that nothing becomes the
Chinese so wei in lifc as the leaving ~ &C..
at least IL a. true that they lay down their
liycs passing well Quiet. diFnincd ana re-
signed 's the Chinc-o manner Of meeting
death. tho 1cur aud pace ~ which they
seem able o. reteu with strange exacti-
tudc A. roViValsts would say. they have
their warming. and Celestial will take
leave 90 his employer. round on his duties
aud start en- q FAR Journey 90 hts own home
the instant he expects 90 behold death
awful yisagc. aud this expectation Is sell
dom disappointed In tho classic Of ftlial
Petty IL is laid down that o. the s.ool
crimes there o. no one greater than dis
obedience 10 parents and 81 the Ion VIZ
tues Htal conduct g. the chief To provide
father or mother with q ~ and proper
funeral g. tho whole duty ~ man, for
which any Acrihcs Is excusahle More
than probable is % that the lucky father
OF a family hnda himself ia possession Of
coffin presented 20 him by his son. aud
cuphemisticnlly called the boards Of old
oEo" or "thc clothes OF old age" but u
he bee not thus blessed dying man will
go and order his own coffin to make sure
Of its being a. standard make.
An English railway inspector IN Chih-Li
told mo that q week or two before one of
his Chinese foremen felt himself 20 be a.
ing 81 opium poisoning Tho man made no
fuss. he quietly came TO the once and ask
"a for . weeks leave Ia order 20 buy and
fetch his own CONN, lie went ana re-
turned within tho week. ana at the hour
he had himself appointed quietly gave up
the ghost.