New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-10
Oriental WickedneSs Lures
American SailorS-Bad
Environment for Mis-
sionaries' Children.
BY william T. Ellis.

Copyright 1907 Joseph B. BoVies)
Readers OF war dispatches know the City OF Che
zoo in China mainly the habitat OF the Chefoo
uar which is not without significance. since many
., ,be most disreputabe elements OF American life
are 10 be found there. visitor Pining for sight
OF his native colors will find them displayed by ioP'
dives whose very appearance indicates thelr c'4a[
acter These bear such names as The Dewey'
1.-The Stars and Stripes Forever Saloon me
old Kentucky Home" etc over one OF these re-
sorts there flies a larger American flag than mat
which floats above the consulate on the mn
The explanation for all this is simple During the
summer this beautiful harbor is the resort OF ue
Asiatic squadron. and from three to hve thouSai'd
American young men. sailors and marines Apoaro
the feet are here every year. The East does l,s
worst by them; for the Orient, especlahy "iei' III
league with the most vicious element III 0'''
life is especially skilful IN enmeshing western
youth The plight OF these young men with shore
leave. and no decent door open to them. was pitt
able.
Some OF the resident Americans. including Consul
General Fowler undertook TO open clean, harm
80 go. tor the men One OF the Presbyterian
missionaries the Rev. C. Cornwen, devoted him
self tirelessy to the project, spending the sFe'e
part OF every night downtown IN me rooms anu
scarcely seeing his family for week at uihe'
The result was that for several years Chrlsuah
clubroom and lodging house was mal"'0iieu 0
cessfully and made self-supporting.
have heard other missionaries crttcise MI
Cornweu for giving more time. during portion OF
the year, 10 the sailors tnan no uOeS I" INC ied
then For my part am inclined to consider the
moral and spiritual welfare Of an American young
man quite as important that Of Chinese.
WHITE BOYS IN A YELLOW CITY.
Another indirect but ever present missionary
problem, 20 which missionary workers give
little thought is that Of the children Of the men
and women on the field. The famous China Inland
Mission School at Chefoo makes the topic pertinent
here II never occurs 20 Anglo Saxon ar home
that white child cannot well be reared with vel
low children. His first thought would doubtless he
Ike my own, that IL is rather funny to see as
have seen. a missionarys son with yellow play
of a heathen festival while each munched bear
cake that had been bought from a street yender:
white boy. who like most missionary children.
he does that OF his parents. is hearing from his
playmate many things which II Is not considered
OF the average white child in heather lands, in
the matter OF knowledge OF what chlldren should
T,tI o 1 Fsunteroy The white race compare
lively speaking, has not learned the alphabet OF
British Children should be trained in this school
A short time Ago in a refined American homo in
native word which doubled up the servants with
laughter She does not know It's meaning. neither
doubtless OF inexpTessible vileness Not to speak
OF such moral bacterIa-and to overlook entirely
Is the home OF gold medal germs-it is found by
missionary parents unwIse 10 rear cIii9ren IN the
OF View atmosphere. bent OF MIND OF whatever
else you may call H. he's rs t WSateTar nous
that bows and girls must go home TO school by the
teen oT earlier Herein lies the hardship of mis-
sionary life People regard missionaries as heroes
corceiy xist NJ all for OF physical hardships the
missionary has few. the separstion OF families is
ing u.s. eaid one missionary, "let them pity us for
the right things"