Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-08

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1hhwh tUcar .EthhGaIss 0ed5 dihbno
& r4Plf.g Siyagf94oofoF4eA7 anls IA
.SS998,qg{a oassRfa Tthemselves thathqle
>1'efe trey Sfpbbrt is not Of this N1r1f!u l
AONea61 isAshan0excuse for these a bM1
lISSsfpt2 8 zfj9gSS. gong to port G Aeau
kkNaS q srsksTeAthousands of intGiaro
! 93IRS and towns; where moa'la STATE,
.{14Sa3QnarE. hqsueTbrt gone.4ofT 9n
eqRj3dha2t IEacd11sac or Fashi6t7aosS -tc
p 9A&e- diSpr@p er1nnGfna (which ms
.2et4ens GHmdse'hhueabeenj viewA in
~ ,Peci aeat.ls Illustrated blythe Not
{ Jg;iEsn8 practice. Westerners 1ave
o23 Z led to believe that this Bias.
iE9aht[ ooBstAnt atbny and hardshipS
tagTths rC2dT asTg tgfrgh and girls ANT
+ a. . 'ssgas5cS hass BEEN a stool, ksfas1
nlent.,i[1 FRrqjHsitg FFnpaFhy for the.
poor CMneSe. One is therefOra%Iln-
l4zeSs6t esE9ssssFfiif 7.sd
Zzoz2e1 such merry. lively. lot. as
trey toddle about on the points of
jaelr distorted feet. In answer ito
remark upon this, aa g exaefsahcad,
ElisEioi2&fy saide Nh ere tsg1o sAtotibt.
ta;af the suiferi1ss incid5nt to, foot
tipdiHggshk8 s s4ltssss tls,f.xaggarated9p
!, "a 9g} u ar 4 5asvaa64se $500 Ia tbisl
ops she Bould, Aare -snlaAf kessa for
5inissionarieSE - EG :,
Not that the foot-binding IS dther
.rthan~a practice ;--its- rneeiless.C
stupid, hurtfql aAd probably worse
Than tho +ior+ fT5airr &c ~, 1.A.-
iiFpman4 Progressive Chinese and mis-
4 sl4o1Naa.ries have all united to break up
the CUSTOM. The girls Of .missfoni
Schools are always Redirect to ID un4
bhld their feetg the 1dhfefiHea son Why
coAern E.lAlgfstian women ,dof not always
10 SO is because, the, pain suffered
from unbipding would Be greater than
che iheonVenfencs OF tie sntaIi feet.
Peasant iWono hJi are usually b;8a6ot-,
& ed;lf so also is the, eaapTasst 5doWager
4. RnTd all other .44aAch4. women, The;
. Ma1chqs never followed the practice
CT binding feet 1873 4.'1 tn % -''' % 81
G" IS substantial has been the prog
oresg madeTi15 this reform that the
sC+A tifGot Binding Society vigorously
iea by Mrs. A. Little, and, served By
many European fades, recently closed
a'oat its affairs, after 1ten~years j Of ac.
tive campaigning, tThe4 f sht for tbig
49Rtjs new so ,Eafs won atgits fIE6leg
hFoo52Gq ,tIiQn7 jSS8 left etRe Gh4i:R3e se
''.l Wa5ing War on Opium. T.
= KferyBoGy knoWs chat 1Chihese
emo re oopiuas} strangers to ot6is land
so not realize To- W3aat an extent. ibshas
permeated the national, fabric, so that
It has dea ,}.l the physical
strergth" Of Gina and Slapped the
1nrofal fiber Oft sts . countless victims.
10 an eyentgGatap e1tenti than strong
drink, opium units its r4se7 for u5e-
. 1Ulness. For years the missionaries
Fave hamh16Icd away at this Seeming
3, ly' hopeless ,bubs85t, hq}etH, Df.. H. .Ca
Is Lul30eeil of 6bOchCB1 being the most
tjEelesse 7and. daqntlasB opponent Of
c0ium in the. empire, o-.,,i 4...-.,.,.-
At last the IethaTgtc nation has
been stirred. The Ghfn6sa them.
g selves have Bacomet counterfeit at the
Of 9Th 8F r Buhac3Rp4Rj made
~ cl- ciiest by, qQiiuqrl and t4eir newly
educated youth rendered roWerless by
Che drug III an inspection Of the
& great opium smoking peaoPts in ShaRg.
bsi,iu (tb8Ee are $1,000 in that Getty
;58,qngl nb9Y WAS iEIpr9ssfdI by .th}a fact
+ &, at it was the young, ths prosperous
Z ana Tb9 ieadcated Who ft-fnished the
z atr03a5e olthe1 old, the poor the
ticB Died 9rRre, snlokiRg in miserable
Lovels in obscure streets where a. few
+ c29E would suffice. to si.tisfy- their
70 EcRiQhffa is treating With Eng.
Y51sd HjE scare, al cessation of'tAaa ia.
o3o9asi84F9f the7 drug, into she. enRIro;
and EEnssland, moved by. militant
20 sY8-9f4l 7 3ag3 b4l hama ,i a1aiT s. fi4 dis.
8 45-a3gtulo sftaatl6n, is T4hd ng a listen.
hr0Mr1t6IC hiaa' s plea. jFofeitB oFa
+ EeCr!e the Chinese gOYeTpzaeRtg has
/ y3SECd acap .astonishing q aRti7opium
bitc1t, Which is already Being put into
, e.fectaI lFhe edict1 declares cit rotsas
cur deep indignation eTen0to- isf sak
3Rf hee4 BHt+eraalTAe court is now
lraadq1tIy ddletarrni4eda t. make qib3ina
q po'W:sTful, and it is Incumbent on US 70
urge the people On To- rsforh1atfon il
4nisl respect, that thoy may realize the.
evil, pluck this dcep-seated cancer
and faHHEtf9 Gst5Bf OIL health ahd
harmony. fl
RWTNtneqGf5,5 ,decge that within
uthaq l1Ai4s0f rten1 kearspitlnsd harmful
re 'fqseijsp an8uql' he l!fWlgd indefinitely
IcIle39sedd f24EaF, 8ndTq GfQ7m73m4Tn ld tie
cCuncil -of state ahai,S to consider
iifle3e15 f6r 9h4sstrine 5Sr5ifibitfoni blth
OF Gpiu2t esinoainGtana asfpoppysstqw-
iag i4siGBtnao igsalfl add EeDRrbtbe cir
q qlibR65atig8a t99 aqq vs. liz tar 29.RPPe r99gyai
In all this progress the missionaries
have borne a foremost, though, often
! Gnfec6gMaeG part il SO, too, in elee-
ouaosyaaua bestiuUiousu the 5fniss5Unss,
JhaFa HaBea5sd thsd way lfPr stbej;pew
China to, care for its, Own. /, IN. ,Gantpn
'9aRlo344e 36sae Ray See 4 school for biihd'
Girls. 8Rn at9q4r4 PG~ Itll65 insahe, a.
! hsnells6r aba2urtaiEAtad Dchildren Of
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tfohs VI
lod tbs fA4t Say thta ttl755 igsfohHsry,
is a school-masterhofo eiFilizati6h to
i5hsI6 8ai nasedw iiad aaodoiI ~ ri
.a4 (CoRyriabtt,e by joseph p Bqwief,l
p9jn @nIaeQz III Z . ~ -''' s'i s.
iidsu1 Saiaeqn iRbtuf5i History -.
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3 : Bora ffs4722ais MiI5Rhshafe 1u~ehas
\ their sto-p2chs, .... al. =; a,,,f,,,
Tcachor@-Wbat do they ~ have
pouches 1925 @'ia $50" i7'ti' - u
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= 80 tts51 @he TIE" ? Ter co8l9 When the