Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
CHINESE SAYINGS.

Shrewd and pithy sayings are charac-
teristic of the Chinese, who delight in
this form of didactics. A special cor
respondent of the New York Evening
Post collected from various sources a
number of well known Chinese proverbs,
the keenness and wit of which is not TO
be- denied.
The gist Of the proverb, ~ new broom
sweeps clean" is found in the Chinese
saving:
"He lifts his feet high who has put on
boots for the first time"
The following hit off the distinguishing
characteristics of certain classes of PEG
pie whom each of MS has met;
free sitters at theater who cry
down the play those who want 10
PLANT a tree in the morning and saw
planks from It at night" and the dream
er who spends his days Sitting in Wen
staring at the sky"
Some of us also know 'The man who
falls to beating the priest the moment
he has finished his prayers" The Chr
naman is not bigot, as witness the
proverb: ',Fhe right path is in each
mans mind. Nor is he very easily be-
fooled by plausible front; Polite at-
tentions generally mean i want some
thing Here is a little gentle cynic-
ism:
1T i easier to visit friends than to live
with them"
The riches Of one family are the
hatred of many
Great folks may set the town in
blaze; common people mustn't even light
candle"
The following is a bit Of good advice
for the oyeF-Sanguine:
Better so home and make net than
jump into pond after the fish,
Businessmen. win appreciate the keen
ness of these four;
Don't smash your goods to kin a
rat"
Without lucky help one never grows
rich"
when the market is brisk the seller
does not stop to wash the mud from his
turnips."
The last quoted provern Is, / think, a
particularly incisiye one. There are prob.
ably Few OF us who have not found our
sesyes, at one time or another Burning
the incense" while another reaped the
profit.
The following contains tip-top advice
for the young man.
He who pursues two rabbits will Ste
coed in catching neither"
The subject of legal administration has
ELECTED the following:
While we live let us keep out of the
courts, when dead ont of he'll"
The magistrate is not SO dreadful as
his man.
THE sword of justice is swift. but will
not wound the innocent"
The tragedy in the life Of many a red
nosed church-goer il indicated by the
following:
"A red-nosed man may not be n drunk
ard, but he will always be called one"
Even Chinese wives are sometimes a
trife contrary. The Chinese say:
TO oblige your brother is to disappoint
your sister-in-aw."
The desirability Of disarming suspicion
is inculcated in the injunction:
If you don't belong to the family,
don't go into the house,
Advice TO mothers;
IF you wish your children to have a
quiet life, let them always be title hun
cry and cold"
The relation Of parent and child in
China Is peculiar on account of the high
degree Of control exercised by the father.
Hence:
Men rear sons to provide for old age
they plant trees because they want tile
shade"
"If the father is not compassionate, the
son is sdre not TO be fiial."
'IIe who has no father or mother can
boast of his fliai behavior"
As all over the world, and to a peculiar
extent in China, the poor and obscure
person hasn't much show. Witness the
following. one of the best known Of
Chinese proverbs:
THE large fish eat the small fish, the
small fish eat the shrimps, aud the
shrimps foeG on the mud"
4 disturbing factor is thus described;
There IL no ease for the mouth where
one tooth is aching"
You burn the incense and ] get the
profit