The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-14

ans A1oI1 ncln merely an open door
The people ov China awi looi
alike In q way. though they diner II
size. am told. the people In th.
north bein' larger than those In III,
south A little more than two hun
dred an fifty years ago the Man.
chnrian rulers in China caused thu
people TO shave their foreheads an
plat their hair. the hair on the bach
part ov the head bein' allowed "a
grow long an that In still q general
custom. The Chinese men wear
oreeches an air tide around the
ankles. They awlso wear a long,
close-fttin' coat whihc reaches the
feet The women wear brooches. too
an they awlso wear a coat some
| what shorter than the garment worn
by men. But the women reach the
height OF foolishness In foot-hindin'
For ages hit hez bin the custom, an
hit IL yet. TO bind the feet ov awl
Chinese girl children. At the age oy
five or six years awl ov the toes air
bent back under the sole ov the foot
an securely bound SO that the
growth ov the foot liz practically
stopped. A few ov the people here
hev stopped the foolish custom. but
hit may be many years before this
will be entirely done away with. II
l git chance to hev q good long
talk with the Emperor | will make
some very pointed remarks erginst
the habit. But az the American
women hev not awi quit tight-iacin'
the Emperor may advise me to re-
turn home an do a little missionary
work. But purity nigh stopped the
practice ov tight-lacin' in an erbout
Bilkinsville several years ergo. Tight
lacin'. prohibition an the excessive
use ov Ticker hev awl done much
harm in America durin' the past fifty
years to say nothin' ov the ravages
ov the cattle tick an the cotton boil
weevil. The Chinese women do not
wear low-neck dresses when they 20
to balls an to the theaters. which liz
another pint In their favor. Not
many ov the women dip" enuff, but
some ov them smoke cigaretts which
IL az ugly az snuff-dippin'. II / wuz
a King they'd be nifty little SNUFF
dippin' in the country I'd rule over.
though, in many respects I'd be nifty
easy on the people. Any country
needin' king will do well to cor
respond with me. enclosin' stamp fer
reply.
In China most ov the people who
farm live in little villages az they do
in some ov the European countries.
In most cases no horses or plows air
used In cultivatin' the crops, the
farmer diggin' up the little patches
ov ground and cultivatin' them with
hoes or spades. He harvests an car
ries the paroducts home In the same
old-fashioned way. II the North
Carolina Board OF Agriculture would
hold a few farmers Institutes here
hit mite do guide. Some of the kid
glove, churn-hat farmers who hold
farmers Institutes an other chicken
eatin' contests In North Carolina air
plum site when hit comes to tellin'
people how to farm. But hit IL a
sober fact that IL you'd put one ov
them perfessers ov farmin' on the
best thousand-acre farm In North
Carolina he'd starve to death In for
ty-five days.
In China the children air subject
to the will ov the parents az long az
the parents air livin'. The boy does
not say: "I'll be twenty-one years old
next month an then I'll be my own
boss" az they do In America. In
China, after the parents die the old
est children hev full control ov awl
younger than themselves. II man
lives to be ninety and hez a brother
who Is ninety-two, the ninety-year-
old brother must obey the one who
is ninety-two.
In China marriages air arranged
by the parents. a system that hez
good points. But hit awlso hez bad
points. Families usually live togeth-
er. When a young man marries he
takes hiz wife to the home CIV his
parents. II there be several sons, Of
course there will be several daugh-
ters-in-law. AZ neither the social
customs nor the laws air against hit
the sons may each hev several wives
an that adds to the general con-
| fusion In family affairs. II wuz EN-
| peror ov China I'd break awl that
| sort ov business. too. Up to recent
| years many ov the girl babies born
in China were put to death an the
custom hez not bin abolished yet
know that one country cannot under
take to regulate another country
not in everything. But hit does
seem to me that the United States
and other countries should go little
/ further and inform China that the
wholesale murder ov children-gir
babies-must an shall stop. The
Christian people-and ! respec'
Christian people who air what they
profess to be-ought to take action
prompt action. to stop this wholesale
murder business, In China Hit vii
require force, or a show ov force
i Hit could best be done by combina
ton ov governments. though hi
!. may not be In accordance with In
ternational laws an hit may no
agree with the views ov the lat
Josh Billings who sed that the peo
pie ov America awl did az the
pleased. Josh seemed to think tn
, American rule guide one fer he iiv
ed here until he died regardless o
> hiz bad spellin,.