The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-21
Cphapy Marrlascs rAa. MAKE suicide
Common,

To The foreigner, The Standardization
" china is a mass ot contradictions.
With their eXpr,sslvely formal etiquette,
the Chtuesc can be brutality rude, VITA
SeIr classic eNhorntIous 90 honesty, the
hr,be IS 4 potcn; force with the coalic
and the mandarin alike while the
mother " sons rules The empire while
she is reverenced and oheycd As long rs
she lives, yet Tor woman IN the abstract
;hc Chinese have l;tle respect.
On the other hand, while crimes
against their sex are usually followed
by suicide. the real witt--ior the Iunda-
mental law OF China recognizes but one
valid mlrrlage-teIuenuy induces her
husband 70 receive into the family as
his secondary wife the dlSsolu,e woman
upon whom she knows he IL sduander-
Ing his means, This arrangement az
rrcsej. the new arrival becomes the SER
van; ot the number one wife, AMI any
children thi, may be born are entirely
under her control,
Female children are 10, desired In any
Oriental country, and, as In India, Chi
nese wives ofrer sacrifices 90 the God
d5ss 81 Mercy that sons may De- youch-
sarai them. The destruction u female
chIldrea is rather encouraged than
punished, ana among the hundreds ~
girls IN the orphan asylum %; the
Franciscan nuns In Pck,n the grra,rs
number who were rescued hal been eN-
posed in the STREETS and fields 90 perish.
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d'stavor with which girls are regarded
ana IhiS IS where NAL, children ou'y
have previously been born When this
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