The San Francisco call., 1909-03-24
'She Loves Him and Viii Marry
Him" Cries Mother, Defy
ing Public Opinion
ArchdeacOn Refuses Consent TO
Match, Brother and Rela=
fiYes Shun House
Tragedy of Love and Clash Of
Races Culminate in a
Family Rupture

II ELEM GLADYS EMERY. accom-
Fl panied By her mother, has
4 i completed arrangements 10
leave Corte MADEIRA today
eve are going awzy from CALIFORNIA;
said Mrs. Emery. away from the
scum Of the ear1hs we are going TO
live among white people,
Archdeacon Emery has not visited his
home in Corte MADEIRA since the news
u his daughters impending mar
rage 70 Gunjiro Aoki. the japanese
houseboy. was made public.
When asked by his mother whether he
Rad any objections 70 his sister
Helen marrying Aoki. Charles En-
cry, her son, replied with the brief
message Dear mother: Yeu know
how I love n nigger-Chsries--
The young men OF Corte MADEIRA
awaited the coming of Aoki last night
with the intention OF giving him a
sound rhrashing for the slurs he has
been casting on their characters.
Tie teachings OF the Christian church
are the grounds on which Mrs. Emery
sanctions the marriage Of her daughter
= 10 japanese The true ehrtstfzn
heart she said. docs not recognize
color or position. II looks TO see il the
souI is white
Mrs. Emery's relatives refused 10 visit
her after seeing her and her daughter
Feien Jointly kissing and embracing
AokI.
While defending their actions on the
ground that they were in accord with
The Christian faith. Mrs Emery, wife OF
srchdeacoa Emery Of the Episcopal
church. and her daughter Helen Gladys
could not face the storm Of public in
n5Igrstion aroused by the announce
nent of the daughters engagement TO
Gun5iro Aoki. q japanese houseboy. and
they last night packed up their goods,
preparatory 10 leaving California to
day
IT was the first and last chapter Of
their lives. the beginning and the end
az riotous mixture Of love. religion
and duty. Il meant The end OF the old
life. the happy. comfortable home life
amid the peace and security OF friends.
New Order Begins
It was the beginning OF the new or
De-. with friends eying askance and
amid surroundings the absolute sntithe-
sls Of that 10 which they have been sc-
cUstomed- The rooftree erected by the
father and husband after years Of toll
sd self-sscrifce has been torn down.
The IRE OF the new love is being
famed 10 life from the ashes Of the
GO. Custom, etiquette. husband. father.
friends. the very standards mutually
maintained By both races. which de-
Clare that white is white and yellow
nsught but yellow, have been cast 10
the winds for-the love Of japanese
. houseboy and q stern, inhexible sense
of duty.
Today the mother and daughter will
set torth 10 live The first chapter Of the
rev life. They have taken their posi-
: tion and maintained H. To them,
Christianity and the Christian faith.
which they have been imparting to the
japanese for years, recognizes no color,
10 standards Of right or wrong. except
that Of good OF evil
DEFY Worlds DisapprovaI
Though the world which was theirs.
the world OF comfort and family hap
B. piness. thunders its disspproval. they
20 their way. needless Of all, steadfast
81 the belief OF their right And here
are the details Of the story:
CHAPTER
Gun5iro Aoki. arrived in san Fran
cisco six years ago from Japan His
Intention then was TO live the life OF
the average Japanese IN the United
states and. II fate smiled on him, 20
return 10 Japan with his wealth He
had been preceded here by his elder
brother, C -Aoki The Iatten after his
arrival in san Francisco. was attracted
> 20 the missions maintained by the
Episcopal church and very soon dis
.oarded his old faith and embraced
Christianity 1t was but natural.
+ therefore. that when Gunjiro Joined
him here he should take him to the
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