The Brinkley argus., 1912-02-09

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 out on special occasions. for instance, at weddings or at the New Years time or on other holidays
 It Is remarkable how much these people can stow away in the smallest space and yet not give the appearance of things being crowded. This knack of filling up space always seemed to me as A special gift-an inheritance from long line of ancestral training; else 1t could never have teen so per fectly developed as Is seen in China
 In addition to the numbers in the family We are talking of, there may be seen dogs, cats, and perhaps fam fly hen or two, walking about in the same room as unconcernedly as the others. Among the very low. a pfi, or two in the house Is not an uncom- mon sight, but in our visit today the members of the swine family are in a box or kept in hole just outside There may also be few birds in cages hanging about to cheer the fami ly with their sweet music.
 These homes are anything but neat and comedy, but you will be made wei come when you call, although perha ps the chair upon which you are to sit must be wiped off before you dare occupy 1t.
 There will be excuses for the untidi ness, the woman perhaps saying that they are too poor to keep clean! But you are there either to zee how the other half lives CT else to carry some message of teaching them how to bet ter their conditions or perhaps tt bring cheer to some forlorn heart SC do not see to much. or notice the un savory odors that float in from everI direction!
 Before going to China l had sup posed that 1t was only the rich ant well-to-do families who had thei daughters feet cramped. but sool found that the custom was very gen eral throughout all of central China In the country as we'll as In cities. thi horrtd custom was carried out wit nearly all the women.
 lh the province Of Canton. however this has never been as general amonl the poor as in ether parts, hence thi Is why you hero sec only an occasiona woman with bound feet. (Nearly al the Chinese hero are from the prov ! ince of Canton.) Farther north th' tr ~fr uptvorcal
 For thousands of years the Chinese have valued education more than any thing else. Every little hamlet anc village all over that great empire hal had it's schools where their literature has been taught to boys whose par ents have been unable to employt nriyate teachers in the house. Thf systei. is not governmental. ou schools are subscribed for from pri vate funds. Very often this provision for schools for those unable to pay fol an education has been from purely philanthropic motives. In other cases it has been kept up by men Of means from a religious standpoint, thinkins that by so doing they may gain meri in the next stage of existense At any rate the sons of tho poor as well al of the rich have had more or less o' a chance to gain an education.
 The prime idea of study with tne Chinese is to make as many Of th' Ave senses as possible aid In forming the impression of the name and wrie ten character upon the mind of the child. The understanding is matter of a later period and will develop ol itself at the proper time. The eyes see the proportions and outline ol the character, the mouth or voice K used in repeating Its name, ana tne ear hears the voice and so ados lt1 ouota in the brain impression. Inese characters when first taught to cni, dren are always written upon sina4' aouares of paper and are feit anu hsnAled continually while at study' so that the brain Is aided by seeing. vo'c' ins. hearing and feeling. all thus neip' tre Ina mind to receive its gift of ma terial which 1t will hold till the in'e'' ,Act ia ready to make use CT IL
 rha little fellow may not for years -+n cnme know the meaning q . slngie character he learns to repeat with per teot accuracy, but what he has ieern- aa can never be effaced from his mem ory rt is his possession as loAG as Hfs lasts In after years. whsa ns NAeins to read books, and his fasuisies dsvslop. these same characters VIE Isrre1y explain themselves ey u context, aud the minds of these
 dren will open and expand h
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