The evening world., 1911-01-24

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"1t Ia the fashion TO be slim In CHINA
now, as everywhere else" DR.. Kin oo-
served. THE young girls get the enect
OF slenderness. though they don't wear
corsets. How? Wen. VI coats nave
very broad shoulders. and that makes
It easier for US, and though we nave
not the corset. the young girls got the
same effect by binding themselves.
Open Door Lets In Hobble Skirt.
Such Is the influence OF the insidious
West. The Open Door has let In the
hobble skirt and the hipless figure'
Maybe the Boxers were right. after all.
expressed some of these observations
TO DR.. Kin, who is as clever and charm
ing and progressive a little woman as
ever called a suffrage club to order.
81 wear the Chinese costume because
find 4. much more comfortable" she
said. but Miss Pal will probably yield
to Western influences when she goes
to school and dress like the American
girls. She has already tried on western
dress and she was much surprised TO
see how much larger II made her look.
u she Is large anyhow.
The women OF Northern China are
much larger and plumper than the
southern women. and ! believe Miss
Pal Is the first Manchu girl to visit the
United States. She does not speak any
English yet, and before she enters
Johns Hopkins she will study the lam
guaxe at an American school,"
Little Miss Pai's Wonderment.
While DR.. Kin talked little Miss Pal
A..l. 10 &hA naylnr or
the Martha Washington HOTEL her
black eyes wearing the munled look OF
one who listens but does not UNDER
stand. Incidentally Or. Kin speaks
English without an accent and with a
rare and choice vocabulary which COM
paratively few women in New York
possess. I asked her II the New Woman
had invaded china
There has been q great awakening
among our women" she replied. ana
TO a very great extent the men nave
brought Il about. They wish 10 see the
Chinese woman take her rightful place.
They know It Is best for the family and
the country. Everything Is being
thrown open to women-tho schools and
colleges. They are appointed Commits
sioners OF Prisons and are given places
ON charity and school boards. / am
absolute head Of my department in the
Government Hospital. Such a thing mas
never been known in China before
These things show the wider liberty
OF the Chinese woman much more surely
: than the fact that she can 60 about
alone or that she goes now to public
places Of amusement. Those him
mean very little"
1T understand tina there 10 no more
binding OF feet" l remarked.
Feet Bound to Please Men.
ct wish I could say that you are
right" DR.. Kin replied. There Is less
: binding OF the feet. but there Is some
The difficulty Is perhaps with the taste
,, OF the men. They admire artlhcdahty
n All men do. don't you think SO! The
: Chinese man likes the bound foot and
the mincing step It entails Just aS youi
men like big hats, eighteen-inch waists
. and extraordinary clothes. Some OF oul
: women who do not bind tho feet ge'
: the same effect by wearing a very high
heel inside the small Chinese shoe. Tina
leaves only a small pointed toe showing
There Is not much difference between
8 that practice and the French heels som'
Of your women wear. Miss Pa wa!
n much Interested TO see a woman will
70 French heels on a train. She though
q that she walked Just like an old-fash
toned Chinese woman with bound feet
- But perhaps your men are responsible
n for that too.
Miss Pal Is In America TO become
trained nurse" DIR. Kin explained whel
| asked her to tell me something OF tn
young girl who was watching US Wit
solemn wisdom.
Father Proud Of Girl.
. There are less than a dozen wome
physicians in China. but there Is onl
one graduate nurse. She graduate
from Guys Hospital, London, and
l. attached 20 my hospital at flemish
Women physicians are very popula
anon their own sex in China, Their
- were 10000 general cases in my hos
pital last year. But We need nurse