Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-08
CHRISTIANS FREE
TO ENTER SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES IN
PEKING
Ban Against Foreign Devils
Lifted and New Liberai
Ideas Will Make Possible
Many More Converts.
PRINCETON Y. M. c. A.
WORKER ON CONDITIONS

Picking, Dec. Members OF the
Christian community are now free as
never before 20 enter into an forms
of nctivitlos and 20 make their in
fluoucc felt IN social lifo Ia Peking,
says J. -. burgess. one of the young
Princeton men who are conducting
one y. NJ. G. a. for Chinese and an
other for the soldiers of The various
legation guards In this capital
Mr. burgess has been dcvoting him
self especially 81 social work among
the Chinese. Tie has. as 70 result, ac-
mdred much knowledge OF unusual
conditions In the prisons. insane asy-
lums and poor houses ia PcklnR. A.
the same time he has great hopes Of
the Chinese becoming more and more
active In bcttering conditions among
their own people. Tie thinks too,
that new liberty Of ideas which the
republic has brought about VIII IN
crease the number ~ Christian con.
vorts moro rapidly than heretofore.
out OF membership of 400, the chi
nese Y. NJ. G.. A. In Pcklng has at
present but thirty Acknowledged
Christians ono reason is that the
converts made by missionaries have
generally come from the poorer
classes, and many Of these CHRISTIANS
rae unable Co spare from their earn
ings the annual dues of SO year Tor
membership.
As "a result OF his INVESTIGATIONS. Mr.
burgess says there are lj,uuV rick
shaw coolies u pokIug. and That
many of them not only proN.d dc TOT
themselves, but also Tor families oi
two or three persons ON an income
OF from ten To- fifteen cuppers, worm
less than half the value of the Sam,
number OF American cents, per day
"a brief study OF twenty of thos,
mem" SAYS MIR. Burgcss in report
lust complied, revealed the fact thnl
they are not go grossly ignorant AND
hopeless as might be- supposed.
good proportion of them can rcaC
ana thus are open o. The influence ol
easy Chimes, literature.
There are thousands OF apprcn.
tlccs and employees iu the large sturo'
who arc virtually slaves, WORKING
from - to rs hours % day with n'
Wholesome recreation and no chance
for education. These men 1rc MOI
allowed 200 loave the store. Modern
Industry has as set scarcely shown
lt. h.ad .n P,t.ng. but now 81 inc
time to crcHte public opinion which
Vu result boz thc enactment of laws
making impossible those condition.
already existing Goo 'hr factories o
Osaka AND shanghai iu osaka thous
auds off women. lured ir from th'
country ON false promises. are force,
to work incredible hours on st1rya'
ton pny. sleeping boz crowded mud un
sanitary buildings under blanket
that are never for nm hour without q
user.
"Thut thors is ignorance ~ thi
prosacst kind among the lower .llssc'
I'm pckus and ~ vast field for cdura
ton along the very simplest lines d
evident 4 coollc vino was attending
IA, Social service cub uIsht sch"o
asked me whether America really Na'
% pIHp,. or whether 90 was vague lk'
heaven, and added. What DO }"l
thin? Tbcy say The world Is round
Anyone can see it Isn't The rick
shaw coolic's idea of republic wat
that Yuan @hih-ki had become EN-
pcror put perhaps this shows sign'
of astutcncss rather than ignoranc"
Long training go consider bodily
exercise as ieuoblo, and many wise
prcccpts ABOUT the student who burnt
tho midnight OH have hrousht about
70 class of students Tor the most p1r
physically weak. among whom tuhcr
culusis ana cvc-troublc AFRO common
The Wcstcrucr IN struck with enc
emptiness OF the lives of the poor ah'
of tho rich alike. ana the app"r,oh
lack Of development Of the play 40
Hlnct The coolies idcal oi goo'
timc Re to yea home and do uotmns
when q student Of the College %
Languages WAS asked what hr dl'
whom no wanted to enjoy himself M
replied. j eat This BE- my hith inca
today
"Thc lack of wholesome anus'
mcuts naturally results 300 paru'ip'
tlon in unWholcsomr amusement,
Five years ago thoro was not poor
room boz PICKING There are now
dozen of lhom Gambling ana oi'"N
ing are common Boo such places.
Tho thc1tor never place eel ms
moral influence is in some cases ~
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