The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20
BY MARY GAY HUMPHREYS.

Go THE white man, life
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V~W~V in the Orient means
NNIHY exile. The word
ZZIlsS Home" is constantly
1ln heard on his lips.
OtAt When he gets together
- enough taels or rupees
he sets sail for his native land.
Alter a year OF Home" he spells
it with a small "h," for he is
filed with that longing which Kip
ling has expressed for every one who
has lived in the East in The Road TO
Mandalay" He hears the East
calm" and ten to one, if he can, he
goes back.
There are various reasons for this
decision, not wholly sentimental. The
FIRST is that the money which supports
him in the East will scar ely pay his
rent in London, or his cab hire in
New York. In the East he lives in a
large, imposing house; the servants
tumble over one another in numbers (;
his carriage, ponies, rickshaw, or chair,
and his coolies are always IN waiting
At home he does with maid or two,
and rides in street car If he does
not walk In the East he - a per
sonage, somebody. At home he is
nobody 10 speak Of Asia Is the Para
disc of what the English cali the
middle class and outside Of Java.
Cochin China and the Philippines, it
is the English who dominate the social
organization of the East.
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AS the foreigners are necessarily
limited IN numbers, their social organ
ization Is very compact. As 1t has to
depend on itself for entertainment, the
resources of the individual count for
much more than they do in the lands
of the theatre, the opera and the cir
Gus. The globe-trotter-the &C. T.,
as he is called-if he possesses any
social gifts, IS passed on, like a prize
package, from Yokohama to Shanghai
and Hong Kong. For, although these
cities are as far apart IN point of time
as New York and London, relatively
they are neighboring villages. and
your reputation as a desirable, or as
an undesirable, member of the com
munity will flash from Yokohama to
Bangkok before you have reached
Nagasaki-
The foreign population of an East
ern city is recruited by commerce
diplomacy and religion, and varies ac-
cordingly. Toxic and Pekln, to my
mind, present social life IN A more
desirable form than the treaty ports
In the capitals the foreign population
IS made up of diplomats and mission
aries. with the addition in Toxic o
many teachers IN the Japanese schools
All these. so to say. know where they
are at. In Yokohama, Shanghai anC
kindred ports. commerce furnishes the
larger part OF the population. Tn,
social status j. not fixed, and IL be
comes a large part of a foreigner
assumed duties to demonstrate. by
luxurious living or unusual sophisti
cation. that he knows whats what,
and is prepared to defend that knowl
edge. This necessity is the parent o
rivalries and jealousies, and does no
make for the most wholesome socia
life However, after these matter
are thrashed out and settled. life be
comes very agreeable The warm
generous hospitality of the East i
something that Americans at hOm
know but little of.
>SES
The views OF the Oriental are bouni
70 have some influence upon the for
e;gner who dwells in his midst. TIL
climate. also, has its part. The Orien
has decided that women OF position
are no. 10 work. The Manchu. il
the north, indicates this by making
his women grow finger nails so lon
that they have 70 have shields of sil
yer, gold. and colored stones to pro
tect them. In the south OF China the
cripple the women's feet. Such