The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-01
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tons into her death the fact that she had be-
come entangled in love affairs with several Cinnamon
70 whose rooms she made practise of going in her
capacity OF teacher and that her murder the result
OF jealousy which she herself had a great extent
encouraged
The widespread criticism OF the plan OF missionary
work In vogue among the Chinese resulting this
incident disclosed startling and absolutely incredible
state of affairs TO the relations existing between the
missionary workers and their pupils 1t found
the work being carried largely by inexperienced
girls and young women who had gone into 1t tenn
porary diversion and that these often the
aggressive parties In the establishment OF relationships
OF the most dangerous kind The following statement
by experienced director Of social work. Miss Helen
Clark affords an interesting insight into the character
istcs OF these women:
THE picture have OF young foolish. frivolous
minded white women deliberately egging the Chinese
Bib& students TO dangerous hirtations makes me
shudder over the results, The evils OF this
system are more subtle and farreaching than even
It's most bitter opponents have ever dreamed For
years the practise OF permitting American women to
teach Chinese pupils individually has accumulated its
results Of tragedy and Life after life has been
blasted and homes wrecked ad libitum and there has
been restraining hand. More than mission
has sheltered some heartbroken woman the dupe Of
intermarriage Of an alliance that worse"
Deliver me-" said another prominent mission worker,
from the women that come here from fashionable up
town districts-from Riverside Drive and Fifth avenue
who here with bibles In hand and with the
other stretched out In coQuety to these young China
men. II their husbands knew oneQuarter Of what
could tell them-things I have these women do.
the places they have with these woudbe Christian
convertsthe divorce would do lively business
Chinese do not need conversion much the white
women OF Chinatown need It, and many Of the
missionaries need It than the circles OF Chinese
young whom they fawn upon they teach from
the word Of God. The Chinese do need IT, and
nobody knows this better than the wouldbe mission
aries. Hypocrites they are In almost instance
would say"
That these statements OF the situation mere
empty exaggeraons Is shown by the fact vouched for
by the best authority. that large number Of the de-
graded white women living In the Chinese sections
found their there originally under the influence OF
their misdirected missionary zeal through their
equally morbid curiosity to study social conditions In
the sums at first hand.
While Is manifesty unfair to put all social workers
into the class without discrimination 1t is
theless true pointed out by the referred to
above that the ranks OF social workers recruited
largely from the higher classes of society This is
for two reasonsirst because the young of the
higher classes generally speaking, the only
who find leisure for this kind Of work. and second
because, lacking definite occupations they the only
who feel the need OF this sort of outlet for their
natural activities. repressed they by the artificial
conditions of their LIE.