Evening star., 1903-09-12

on foot many miles until the field where
the wonderful root grew was reached. He
brought back great bundles of the herb
and certain kind of ginseng for giving
strength to his boy after the other root
had accomplished it's purpose.
He returned to find the child all but dead
He saw that quick work was necessary and
he wasted no time. Straightway he set to
work and shaved down root after root and
then when he had the right quantity he
made a bath of it. Into this he placed the
wasted little body of his son. and after the
prescribed length of time put the child on
it's bed again. This treatment the father
kept up for two weeks. and after each bat
the child seemed to take a firmer grip on
life Then one day the native doctors were
called in
WONDERFUL they exclaimed. "The boy
is all but well again..
Today the boy is running around the
streets of New York's Chinese colony as
healthy and robust as any boy can be. But
not one of the many white customers of the
fathers tea store knows how the cure was
made possible by parental love- They only
know that he was cured-the father shows
them an inscrutable countenance when they
speak of the lads remarkable recovery.
The Sacrifice OF Mother.
The doctors at certain hospital in New
York can also give testimony concerning
parental love among the Chinese.
Some few months ago a boy from Mott
street. Lu Long How by name, went up
town to visit a cousin who runs laundry
While there he accidentally backed up
against a red-hot stove, and before he
could move his back was badly burned
The boy was taken to the hospital where,
despite all that could be done, the burns
would not heal, and the child's life was
despaired Of
The only thing that will save him. the
doctors told his father, lis skin grating"
After the Chinaman had grasped what
skin grating meant he put a hand to his
throat, and the next moment was standing
naked to the waist before the doctors.
Take the skin off there he said simply,
pointing to his own back. And the mother
who was present quietly made a similar
offer.
The next day nine square inches of skin
were removed from the woman and eleven
inches from the man, and neither would al
low cocaine to be used to deaden the pain
1T was one of the finest cases of nerve
sustained by parent love that l have ever
known said ore of the surgeons who per-
say that the parents got their reward-Lu
Long was sent back to them we'll and
sound.
Guarding the Children's Health.
To him who knows the American China
men well their love of their sons and
daughters is also displayed in their every
day solicitude for the health of the young
sters He who let's his children be weak
lings is a weakling in his love-" is a rough
translation of Chinese proyerb.
In their effort TO keep their children
strong and healthy the parents of Chinese
colonies, notably those in New York and
other eastern cities have set a play-hour
for the little ones AS result long be-
fore white boys and girls are beginning to
rub the sleep out of their eyes of morn
ings the yellow boys and girls of China
Af,-.r ,,,i,,
in all the abandon of happy childhood
This very early -hour-in summer 1t is
4:30 o'clock-is due to two things The
parents like the streets to be clean and also
free of vehicles when their offs pring romp;
and at such an hour no white devil with
little black box is likely to be slipping
about in an endeavor to point the eye Of
the box at the children.
Here, with the fresh morning air tossing
their little pigtails about, and urged on by
the grown-ups to healthful exertion Wan
sing, Lee Vow. Fong Dow. Lee Chung, Lee
NOW and their little sisters. Wan Hong
Nee Ngod. Huey Chow, Dung Mann Nom
Kong and many others with equally funny
names. play the favorite of all their games
saunka- And IT Is a favorite with the
parents. too. for it means running and
| lots of it. and that in time means healthy
| boys and girls.
'Saunka" is a fascir@sing game to a
yellow boy or girl. First a little girl is
| chosen and stood in the center Of the street.
1 Then four boys are stationed around her
/ as her guards or oficers-two in front and
/ two behind. Next. the remaining children
1 divide equally into two bodies and each
lines up opposite the other on the curb.
After all are In their places. the score keep
| er. usually an older person. claps his hands
I or says go in Chinese, and the head of
one column runs In a straight line toward
1 the little girl, who is called queen, in the
| center of the street He tries hard to touch
4 the queen and maybe he does burt more
likely the officers who face him shove him
| out OF reach OF the queen. They do not
| use their hands but their bodies to do
this.
| Next. the head of the opposing column
tries to do the same thing. and the two on
/ GERS facing him likewise endeavor to keep
him from accomplishing his object. So It
| goes down the line. everybody taking his
| turn at trying to touch the queen.
Twenty touches are usually tried for At
/ the end of that time the scorekeeper an
neunces which side has the most touches.
and then the victors bsar or their attie
] girl to be their queen. AZ many az dfty