The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-19
Journal.l

NSHdIIlOeC > JOURNAL.
We have been reading a great deal
lately about the Chinese and what
Europeans think Of them. so perhaps
It may interest U readers to tell
them what the Chinese think Of Eu-
ropeans.
4 missionary travelling in a hoat
amused at overhcaring a con-
versation Of two simple countrymen.
How much whittier his skin is than
ours!" said one Of them. looking at
the missionary. Yes" replied the
other, foreign devils are very Singh
lar. They are born entirely white or
entirely black" The mans impress
sion was that color was as uncertain
as in a littler of puppies, and that
Sikh, negro and Englishman all came
from the same stock.
The Chinese call themselves the
hlack-haired race, and all foreigners
red-headed devils. A Chinaman, who
had not the smallest idea Of being de-
ficient in politeness. confded to the
writer that when he first saw foreign
ers he thought it extraordinary that
they should have boards all around
their faces. just like monkeys. but"
he added reassuringly. II am quite
what people in another place said of
A missionary: HE speaks our Ian
guage: If his whiskers were shaved off
he would be nearly As good-looking as
we are" Chinese children often
scream with fright when they see a
European for the first time. especial
ly If he has a red beard like the DOGGY
man depicted in their picture books.
The children thought that these were
mythical personages-but no! there is
one of them in the flesh. In the new
%os1s<o~,s rr~>-k 7 @1~
a boy, when asked whose was a certain
house, reply: That's the DEVILS
house." He meant nothing more than
that the only European in the neigh
borhood lived there.
In the interior of China a foreigner
is always suspected. He is supposed
to be able to see into the face of the
earth and discover precious metals
II he is a missionary he is a political
agent come to get himself killed. SC
that his death may be an excuse for
land-grabbing OF the part Of some
European power. Should he offer an.
that 1t is poisoned. Many Chinese wo.
men r afraid to enter a foreigners
house lest they should be bewitched
Chinese ladies dress. and do moi
undress. for evening parties. 50 they
are shocked when they hear thai
western women do the reverse--tha'
when they go to court they regard "a
bare skin as q mark Of respect" Chi
nese ladies are also concerned because
their European sisters do not wear Wig
ible trousers. and have tight-httir:
| upon a man tight clothes a only h
explained il the poor fellow has no
enough cloth to cover himself proper
ly.
a Chinaman will feel the board.lik
shirt-front Of a European with won
der and ask if his collar does not GU
his throat. What" he asks "can b,
worse for the health than to have TIT
waistcoat Of the evening dress open j,
front. thus exposing the chest. a mos
vulnerable part?"
first time he gave a swallow-taii LOG
to a new Chinese servant to brush. h
saw the hoy" round the corner hold
ing tho garment W to the ligh. an
shaking with mirth. why was 1t GU
so in front and Ut the tails? VIVA
we're the buttons behind for? How
did the thing go on?" The Chimes
think It strange that We should wea
hats out Of doors In summer when {
is warm, and take them of indoor
however cold.
What Celestials call our European
odor Is quite al use t then, a
their smell ia to US. Think 81 that. y
well-tubbed Brltishers! A missi0nnr
friend, who 10 q very clean MAN. toll
me that ne has often been panied b
seeing Chinese hold their noses whel
talking to him. They say we smel
because We a beef.
The Chinese think that European
have neither religion nor morals NO
manners. and only worship forces a
represented by big armies and navie,
They cay that. while We profes