Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
The Golden
Carp
0 European student of China
and its ways has ever sue
cest fully completed the list

or the many ard various uses
10 which its wonderful plant the
bamboo, has been put. There GER
tainly is no moro remarkable illustra-
ton in nature Of the adaptation Of a
plant to mans needs than Is fur
Tished by this graceful and plant
Erass-for. strictly speaking. 1t is
really that, and not a tree. 1t grows
anywhere and everywhere. and with
such rapidity that It's progress can
be easily marked from day to day
with the naked eye. Indeed. one of
the awful punishments of the early
code was to tic culprit securely
down over pointed sprout and allow
st gradually to force its way through
his PROSTATE form. thus killing him
by inches.
From the cradle to the grave ~ is
the celestiars faithful friend and SER
want. He is rocked In 1t in his In
fancy, fed with it in his childhood,
supplied with every variety of uten-
sil from 1t in his manhood, and finally
home His house. his furniture. his
tools. his books. his chopsticks. his
Aets. his pipes---the staff that sus-
fains him and the rod that smites
him--are all part and parcel Of the
same heavenly plant. No wonder
one Of the gods best gifts to man.
Over sixty varieties, no two of them
alike. are mentioned in the native
books. and the literature on the sub
1ect Is inexhaustible.
bamboo encouragement" IL ia.
Miliar term to every Chinese school.
boy. He knows that when little
gentle stimulus Is needed to make
him back" his books more thorough
II the ever-ready graceful grass in
the teachers hands will furnish it on
the moment. In this he is at a little
disadvantage as compared with the
American boy, who can see the rod
and sometimes dodge 1t. for he recites
unless there be o convenient mirror
IT the back of the schoolrootn. which
There never is-the Christening and
eliminating bamboo does it's fatal
work before he can avoid 1t. The
Chinese professor of the native lore
takes no chances with his game, and
he generally aims pretty straight.
And this is how 1t comes to pass that
= few judiciously administered blows
4-even in later life-to bring out the
truth. are popularity known as "bam-
boo encouragement"
"The prisoner seems to be little
modest or diffident about answering
my questions" magistrate will! say
IN d native court, ne needs little
encouragement" And the lictors pro-
coed forthwith to encourage" him
with some fifteen or twenty well d.
fected blows. which generally has the
effect Of looaening the strings of the
tongue and enabling him to incrim-
mate his neighbors.
These Introductory remarks explain
the peculiar phraseology Of the sug-
gestion which Tak-Loy, assistant
compradore OF Royce & Co.'s ware.
house. made to Mr.. Royce himself
when the latter accused the head
wharf cooIe of stealing.
There surely is lot of thieving
going on right here under our very
noses. and YOU can't tell me that he
doesn't know about. 1t. OF course.
Z big squeeze out of 1t himself. But
! can't get any satisfaction out Of it.
He swears the tallies are all right
when they leave the gangplank, and
al right again when they get to
the go-down with the rice bags. and
vet we are nearly thousand pounds
short on the Chip Sings cargo alone.
end she's small boat. don't YOU
"Mr. Loycee." replied the compra-
dore, II think more better we en-
Goulage he. how fashion you tinker"
Encourage him! Why, good heav-
pms. what do you meanf Make him
steal more?
1leaSe you sCiuse me. NO blediee
more. My talkee China school en-
coulage, all same bamboo
"Oh, you mean to beat him, DO
your Is that what you call your
bamboo encouragement? Well, how
are you going to do 1t without all
pf us getting into the mixed court
and paying more than the whole thing
as WORTH"
"Plaps more better you talkee pc.
iiceman first. Spose he can sayvee,
All light, s'pose he no savvee. moro
better bamboo that number one
coolie."
"Ail right. we'll put the police on
this the first thing tomorrow morn
Ing"
Shanghai Office was engaged in a pri-
Vate conversation with Wang Foo, the
famous detector of crime, when Mr..
Royce's card was sent In from the
outer room. Mr.. Wang had been re-
Questcd to come UP from Hongkong
Cat the earnest solicitation of DIR. Cor
telyou. the United States congul) and
cooperate with the local police In
their attempts to solve the mystery of
the murder of an American subject,
and they were discussing tho details
Of the crime just at this moment.
I'VE win have to suspend the con-
versation for while, Mr.. Wang, for
this gentleman has come to consult
me about a complicated robbery case
and I know he is anxious for an im-
mediate Interview"
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