Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-17
LIFE IS CHEAP IN
EMPIRE OF EAST
Fatalistic Feature Of Oriental
Character Makes Chinese
Terrible Foes: Hire a Man
to Commit Suicide.

The mofi sreusome feature ~ the
fataiiftlo Chinese ana Japanese char
neter the quality which makes thoin
terrible ~ weii.led spidlers--is their
aiolld Wow uf death aayt =. rhump-
sen Ia she Kansas city stat. In china
n rooiie anywhere can be hought Tor
ts9q, paid 10 hls family. g. Jump from
bshsnd a mound and take tho place 81
IA. ouail or pheasant. when the an-
theeliles wish 10 cause. scandal and
stop shoouDs ~ forelgners IN the
grave dss,fieta.
'whep4 Citina's Ilust railroad %
twelve mils.. from Woosung 90 shana-
hal. was hunt IN 1879, We all remem.
brr that native. whose business ~
logging boats aiona the river was
ihreatened ~ the how enterprise. de-
iibsratelS walked IN 'front.' ~ the train.
His death, of course, accomplished
the purpose ~ tho mHndarins IN start
Ing IN cMcctive boycott aRnInst the In
novation. The rcpctitions ~ this sac
rislcc on the national altar Gas they
see i,) on the Yust- Ham pekin- Han
Knu and other railways. have been
frequent. The Chinese method OF suit
eide among unhappiiy botrothcd girls
IN 10 take an overdose Of opium.
the victim hangs himself, which last
u the method official Pekln favors
for the political non sra,aA
The youths % 10 20 ~. gathered on
the Jraya IN groups ~ six or more on
side. dcxterously used their feet IA
back and side kicks ~ u batilc dore.
20 keep a shuttlecuck IN the air for
minutes at a time. No boxing ring
ever trained 20 well for stiffness. The
boys excel IN Kite flying. In the ports
like Honskong. wherc there are over
head wires Of modern civilization.
there IL ludicrous hanging out % all
kinds Of dcreiict airships and their
tangled cables. Dragons, hawks.
iarks and fs~h are aii represented In
the shapes. Faces OF gods are painted
on round and obIong disks. On tho
strings are hooks. blades and pasted
ground glass.
Great akili Is shown In the mtdaIr
battles, a. the kites are maneuvered
into conflict A hook tears out the
body OF a dragon. and the wrechaea
comes 10 earth To the great delight Of
the assailant or a string IA broken
and sod goes soaring clowdward. II
IL considered an ~ omen 20 allow the
possession OF the heavenly being to
epanssce into the ethereal again. A
Chinese nurse teaches her eharee thai
II V auspicious 10 dream OF a noun
tain. an eagle. an egg plant, a funeral.
a snake. a horse; or TO meet priest
the first thing upon me road. II II
lucky to b. srronoously reported dead.
and mirror hung over the door keeps
away bad fortune. u n obviously om-
isous 10 trip IN cemetery. when
Chinese children wish to express de-
rision. they do not make faces, hut
catch up the corners OF their tunirs
and ahake them.
About two hundred thousand people
live IN boats on the river al Canton
and nifty thousand at Hongkong u II
this custom which makes II possible
for such losses % lie 10 occur In ty-
phouns. az IN the catastrophe Of Sep.
TENDER, 1906, at fiongkong.
Fighting 81 crickets Il favorlte
gambling game. The little combat
ants are placed IN straw eases and
carried 10 the circular miniature ring,