Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
By WILLIAM EDGAR CELL. F. R. G. s.

By WILLIAM EDGAR CELL, F. r. G. 8.
Copyright 1906 by Church News Association.)
There are three yellow races, the Japa-
nese, the Koreans. and. last. but by no
means least. the Chinese. China is the
vastest empire of mortals. What other ma
ton of the earth can produce eighty mil
lions Of men? We may say that the Chi
nese count in numbers, but not in ingen-
uity, in impact and influence. But the time
is near at hand when the long-despised pig
tails will take their rightful place among
the great nations of the earth And why
should they not? is there any special
moral quality accompanying color? A pro-
fessor recently thought he had discovered
the psychology of color, and certainly wrote
Interestingly about yellow" II there is
any choice between the pale pink of the
Caucasion and the yellow of the Chinese,
the latter certainly has the advantage.
During my long journey across the great
empire of China travelled from Shanghai,
on the sea, to Bhamo in PARKWAY Burmah.
distance of some $500 miles. Half of the
time my caravan moved in regions seldom
seeing white men," as we proudly call our
selves. AS a matter of fact there are no
white men," the nearer white one is the
nearer dead. The Chinese citizens were po-
lite to me all the way. Never once was /
called foreign DEVIL or any other kind of
a devil. During the lengthy Journey fif-
teen hundred miles up the Yangtze, seven
hundred and fifty miles across the lofty
Chou Tong plateau to Yunnan Flu, and
thence seven hundred and fifty miles more
to the Burmah-China border l had about
seven hundred different Chinese in my en-
ploy at one time and another. Yet during
that trip l never had piece of glass broken
or comb stolen and never a man failed to
keep his contract. Nor was ever asked for
backsheesh. If you wish there may be
counted just one exception.
The day before the Chinese New Year
day my special body guard, who was al
ways near with my repeating cordite rifle
said something like this: I'VE are to have
the honor of taking your excelIency from
one year into another and we would gladly
enjoy your excellency's grace" This was
nicely, even dexterously done Had he said,
we would gladly enjoy your excellency's
grease" 1t would have meant the same
What he and they all expected was a small
OF fat pork This 1 gladly gave them and
they were satisfied. This was the only oc-
casion when l was asked for anything by
my men: Never did they complain of the
were under contract to take me on forced
marches, which one day necessitated their
carrying my interpreter. my secretary. my
self and the baggage over fifty miles of
mountains. And never word Of COM
plant.
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As to ingenuity. there Is something to be
said for the Chinese even along that line
In the far west province of SZechuen I had
seen so many things made out Of bamboo
~6at determined to look around and learn
chat was being made of this ubiquitous
plant, and the following Is a partial re-
suit: In this province man can sit in
bamboo house under bamboo roof. on a
hary,h0o chair or har ph tah xxifh
feet resting on a bamboo footstool, with a
bamboo hat on his head, and bamboo SAN
dals on his feet. At the same time he can
hold in one hand bamboo bowl, in the
other bamboo chop sticks and eat bamboo
sprouts. When through with his meal,
which has been cooked over a bamboo fire,
the table may be washed with a bamboo
cloth, and he fan himself with a bam-
boo fan and take a siesta on bamboo bed,
lying on a bamboo mat, with his head on
bamboo pillow. His child might be lying
in bamboo cradle, playing with bamboo
toy. On rising our Chinese could smoke his