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times better than that Of no love, or.
n other words, where there Is no love
there is no marriage, and the early
engagements should be broken by
either party II one feels dissatisfied
This is the lecture the teacher should
give to every girl. And II they exam
inc the letters of a love nature hov
may q marriage of love be brought
about?"
Ask the parents of this youngster or
her future husband whether there is
woman question. Lovel Legal prsvi-
legesl Conservative class of Chinese.
Matrimonial complications, broken en-
eagerents, letters of . love natural
When for mere centuries than the pro-
testing young lady has years girls
have been gwen in marriage by their
parents, through the discreet interme
diations of the middleman and WI h
the orthodox number OF feasts and con-
situations of fortune tellers and have
seen their husbands only after the
ceremony. And no more likely than
The moon disappearing a. the command
# the baying dog has been the pos
sibility of even demur from the bride
True. she has always had the recourse
OF en- ex-post facto protest by way OF
suicide, a recourse many Chinese worn
en- have taken, but the law Of the parent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

Such cases may be seen In the old
style Chinese school, but to my great
dissa tisfaction many of the mission
girls schools, even in Shanghai, also
do the same thing.
II have tried to find out the reason
why they follow such policy. One
friend tells me 1t is because some of the
mission schools are in charge Of old
maids. Do they think that love
IS crime or sin or something i'm
pure or shameful, as the conservative
class of Chinese think?
Still, some people protest that love
etters will lead to some matrimonial
Implications, FOR some Chinese girls
are early betrothed by their parents,
and ii they are not carefully guarded
rom the love of other young men
their families will suffer much Bat
do they think that marriage without
love, as dictated by the parents, is a
happy marriage and will last long
Surely not. Then why should n CIR
sacrifice herself and her life to be ths
bride and the wife of one whom sh,
does not know?
! Marriage for love Is Thousand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

across the hu-tung, Mrs. Chou. It is
not only among daughters that mutiny
rumbles. Faint declarations come also
from the higher ranks from wives.
Mr.. Chou, prosperous dealer in the
Five Metals on the busy Ch'ien Men
Ia Chieh, was hidden recently to a
feast in honor of the opening of the
Eternal Prosperity Shop, dealers in
bamboo mattngs. When the CONVEX
sation waxed lightsome over the TWEEN
ty-ninth course and the tiny samshu
cup there came Petal Of Plum Bios
som to sing Of legendary heroes and
deeds of gallantry. Young, recently
come from Soochow, fair of face
and decorous of demeauor, she is a
lesser belle of the sing-song girls.
Mr.. Chou was in responsive mood.
Petal Of Plum Blossom sang prettily,
poured his tea even more prcttily. He
| summoned her to the next feast ha
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

has been divine. She has done as she
WAS hidden; she has been arrayed IN
the dazzling red bridal costume; she
has been borne to the home of her hus-
bands family in the red sedan chan
screened heavily against human Bcru.
tiny, and then has stood up all day and
bowed respectfully while family friends
who had come for the feasting came up
to inspect and comment audibly on her
physical properties and the BRIDE
groom's good or Ill fortune. And, the
feasting over, she has kowtowed to her
parents-in-law, at sunrise each morning
brought her mother-in-law her tea
with cerem onial bowings and silently
obeyed her orders with meekness AMI
cecorum. And now love letters. mar
riage by her own choice, broken en-
gagements and letters to the paper.
Ask the young woman's father whether
he has q woman question. Ask him
who for decades, like his ancestors 70,
as many centuries before, has thun-
dered from Siani the divine law for hla
household and now is said nay by a
chit with hair scarcely put up; ask him
TO him 1t is not question, nor yet an
lnscrutable enigma. 1t is a :os,rlc
cstaclysm, a shaking of earthly founda.
tions.
Or ask the husband CT my neighbol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

In Picking for his club. AS for Petal
of Plum Blossom, she stood not on the
order of her going She was precipi-
tated. Believe Mr.. Chou, a cowed and
disconsolate man, the times are not
what they were, the sex 10 not what 1t
used to be. For the male Of China the
home is no longer his def.
Another wisp of gossip stirs. sig
nihcant of the winds of revolt that
blow. The young ladies OF modern
seminary in Picking have gone in for
emancipation. They have gone in head
first, like their sisters Of the West
They are sundering the letters of the
past, beginning with the hair. In a
word they have "bobbed." They have
taken it as the grand symbol of the
Female Unchained-why they do not
understand, save on the theory, from
Russia via Greenwich Village, that
there Is some mystic relation Of in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11
Ancient Custom Rudely Shocked
In Sweep of Western Ideals
Even the Tyrannical Mother-in-Law Cannot Keep
the Chinese Bride From Her Newly
Discovered Privileges

he called--and with the ball
ancing Of his accounts at the Dragon
Beast Festival $400 was deducted for the
purchase price Of Petal Of Plum Bios
som. In shining black rickisha with
four brass lamps, thus denoting eclat,
she was borne to the house Of Chou
to BIO esconced as concubine.
Mr.. Chou was but acting In exercise
of his heaven-born right as male. A
concubine Is the inalienable right Of
those who can afford one, and as many
as they can afford. The wife submits ST.
lently. eking out vengeance in subtle
ties Of vocabulary and lashing OF the
successful rival with the tongue. As
for her husband, 1t is the will OF the
lord and master; so be It.
Not so Mrs. Chou. Mrs. Chou en-
ergetically voiced veto. She did more.
She gave Petal of Plum Blossom TWEEN
ty-four hours to clear out. Mr.. Chou
demurred. I have 1t from my house
boy, who has it from the boy Of Mrs
Ching, another neigkbor, who has II
from the boy Of Mrs. Chou, that at The
end Of four hours Mrs. Chou paused for
breath and began on the second reason
why she wouldn't stand for It. At the
conclusion Of the elaboration Of the
fourth reason late that evening, en-.
forced, It Is said, by strenuous demon
STATIONS, Mr.. Chou fed to what goes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

the Foundries dates back to 1918 and
1919 after the aImistice, when General
Segre was head of the Italian Military
Mission, before the resumption of
diplomatic relations with Austria.
Through the general the Fiat group
were enabled to obtain the $4,000
shares in the Alpine Montan company
as we'll as the right Co buy sufficient
shares to form the majority Of the
stock. The company decided to issue
new stock, in order that Austrian
fnanciers should continue to hold a
majority of the shares, but diplomat
cally, through the good Offices of the
Marchesa della loretta, now Minister
of Foreign Affairs, the Austrian gov
eminent prevented the directors Of the
com pany from doing this, and the Fiat
remained in control.
The Fiat group, which included
Signor Agnelli and Signor Gualino,
started their new enterprise at great
disadvantage. as they lacked coal. and
no amount of pressure on the part Of
the Italian government proved success
full in obtaining coal from Czecho-Slo-
vakia or the Silesian district.
The Fiat were in dire distress owing
to the disastrous condition of their
factories in Turin They were as
sessed, not only for their profits during
the war, but also for the profits which
they were not earning, owing to the
occupation and the after effects of the
Communist rising during last Septem-
Der. Their only chance was to sell
their shares to some one who would
pay them their price. At first they
strcve to sell their shares to Amsri-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

ROME, September 1.
TF THE Fiat Company had not been
taxed s300o0,000 as excess war
group headed by Herr SHINES. with
the Banca Comm rciale as its Italian
representative. would not hava oh.
tanned control Of the shares held by
the Fiat Of the Alpine Montan Gesell
schaft, a company having it's works
lust ut the Ttalo-Austrian frontier
Deputy Chiesa has brought up the
question in the House of Deputies in
FOR selling out its majority Of stock
to the German group.
Signor Agnelli. che head of the Fiat
company, admits that. in spite of the
drawback of lack of raw material and
coal, he might have managed to hold
on to the controj Of the works had 1t
not been for the appalling taxes which
had to be paid 1t was on his initia-
tive that the shares In the Montan
company had been bought. He mad no
he'p from the government. which,
though it professed TO be interested in
the operations, made no concessions in
regard to the matter, though WHEN the
Fiat company took over the manage
ment of the foundries they were
obliged to keep only one .gcing, and
that with wood fuel. as coal could net
be obtained.
The mines which formerly supplied
the coal to the Gese lschaft lie between
Czecho-Slovakis ard Silesia the two
governments Of which refused t. sup
rly the necesssry fuel AT that time
tho reAson Waa unknown. but rucant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

head, started It's campaign in February
emit is conferred against the industrial
and banking interests of our country.
Hugo SHINES. the only representative
of the old industrial financial group,
has at his command newspaper trust.
which includes newspapers not only in
Italy but throughout central Europe
and the East. These newspapers
in various parts of Europe have but
one object, to foment disorders against
law and order, to prevent the return ct
industrial peace. While these disor-
ders cause trouble in other countries
Germany will be able to overcome its
temporary disability"
1t was Immediately after the occupa-
tion of the factories that German
agents were able to buy shares IN the
Fiat and several chemical societies at
low figure. Of these shares they
have not the majority, but naturally
they hope with continuance OF trade
depression that the various societies
will sell out to the German group
The output of the Montan Alpino
foundries was the greatest of any IN
central Europe. For many years the
Fiat company has tried'to obtain shares.
hut. oply since the war was this pos
sihle. OF the 100000 shares, 182 700
were bought by the Fiat, 10000 by a
group of shipbuilders in Trieste, se.-
200 belonged to the Austrian govern
ment, while a syndicate Of Austrian
banks held the remaining shares for
the Italian group, if they wished to
tuy.
The hiaturv OF tia Italian control Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

events show that the SHINES group
prevented the supply from being I'M
ported into Italy. as they were then
negotiating for the concession of these
mines.
DESPITE difficulties the Flat was de-
termined to hang on. It could have
done so had 1t not been for the taxes
amounting to s30,Ooo,o0O An Italian.
Castiglione offered to buy the shares,
and as by law there was no necessity
Of permit from the Italian govern
ment the transaction was put through
without delay, the Flat needing the
money. All the transactions were mr.
ranged without the Issuing of shares,
as. the property being in Austria, the
script could not be exported.
Stable Door Is Shut After
The Horse Has Been Stolen
It Is the old tale of shutting the
stable door after the horse has been
stolen. and Parliament now is, very
much wrought up over the idea Of a
second German industrial penetration
m Italy. Deputy Eugenio Chiesa, in
speaking of thes matter, said
''This operation is but one link in the
huge net which will in time. paralyze
he economic life not only of Italy but
of all central Europe and the East. a.
his group of steel magnates iv
Germany are willing to intrigue and
stop to every vile maneuver to obtain
control Of the steel market of the
world They have penetrated into pr
iticai life. aid strive to paralyze tn.
fife Of this nation This organizati
with Swiss and German capitalists at til
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

can hnanciers, but failed, and finally
they negotiated with Signor Casti-
glione for this sale to a Swiss bank,
which, in turn, sold to SHINES.
What ASK" continues Signor Chi
esa in Parliament, ais what the gov
to prevent a similar action in the case
of Italian money invested abroad. and
on which the investors have paid no
taxes. How the Banca Commercials
due to side deal, by which the bank
acquired 10000 shares at a much lower
price than that paid by the Italian
fnanciers and which they held until
SHINES group.
SHINES Mines VIII Supply
Coal So Long Needed
"At present, according to the presi-
dent of the company, Rothhaller, $780,
900 of the 100000 shares are held by
the Shines Banca Commercials trust,
together with the Triestine share
holders. BY arrangement with the
SHINES mines plenty of coal will in
future be supplied to the Alpine Mon
tan foundries. At present three fur
naces are at work and it is unlikely
that the other nine will be started be-
fore 1922, as the railways in Austria
are in such deplorable state that
transportation Is difficult. Without
eny doubt Herr SHINES will be presi-
dent of the company and direct its
operations.
"Stinncs, with his fortune Of 2,oo0,-
o00,o0p marks and his strong person
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11
Italy Scraps Zeppelin
From a spccial correspondent

MILAN, Aug. ao.-This year Italy
has received two Zeppelins from Ger
many. One of them was destroyed
through hurricane and the second one,
renamed Ausonia, has been giving a ios
of trouble owing to the constant re-
pairs needed.
Signor Gasparosto, War Minister, pro-
posed lately at Cabinet meeting that
the airship should be broken up. as It's
upkeep was costing Italy $4,000 llxs
daily. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

1Sins-Song Girls Set Styles
Which Are Decidedly Extreme
Femininity on the Streets in the Big Cities Is the
Wonder Of the Rustics From the
Outlying Districts

neutral He is uphraided by Mrs. Yang
Tor his lack Of husbandly feelings. He
is uphraided by Mother-in-law Yang
for lack Of dlial piety. In the mean
time Mr.. Yang takes his meals ard re-
spite from domestic debate in the HALL
of Longevity and Happiness. where his
fellow pedagogues and cronies fore
gather for gossip and tho roast Picking
duck with mantoe and beancurd sauce
for which that restaurant Is properi,
famous. To his cronies he has un-
bosomed himself, seeking counsel, and
thus the tale comes to me.
I submit; Mr.. Yang has . woman
question. And in China are many
Yangs. They are wherever the new
learning and the opening of communi-
cation with foreign lands have brought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

THE top picture Shows the tb, hers Chinese
their rights The cooie
styishty
all
latest con the fashion wEo
the
girls Fifth FloOery
Kingdom fancy
o beautify clothes, O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11
By Nathaniel PETER
PEKING, August 20

O the Editor of The Tribune.
IN Sir. In q letter of instruc-
ton to me "a correspondent
you remind me- that your read
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11
-. Tang Remains Neutral
y Price Of Twofoid Wrath

- the house of Yang matters have
e 70 heated tension. Mrs Yang
= appealed to her husband for cup
" as ner wifely due in newer times.
,'er-in-law Yang hes appealed to
sun to fulfill mis- fiiial duty by i'm
y''f'ai law and eternal custom. Mr..
~ With solomonic discretion. with
-. Judgment. tern betwixt his sym
s''ss with his wife's ideas and his
- ingness TO hurt his mother as
I = challsngs her position and pro-
seaeanie wrath. Hs remains
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-18

the bloody train Of carnage,
She endured without finch
ing. The battlefield was
shorn of half its terrors by
her courageous mlnlstra-
lions.
Now, that the war is over,
and the march of civilization
has again begun, She has for
the first time in history,
taken her rightful place, as
the social and civic equal OF
her former. lord and master.
It will take time to fully
readiust Herself. But that
lit will come is inevitable.
In the new life which has
begun for Woman, we douot
not that divorce will grow
| less and less frequent. Mar
riage will be more delibe-
rate; entered into with
greater care and circumspec-
ton. She will more readily
see that self is to be sub
ordinate; that the family
and the state are supreme.
| That she is even to offer her
self upon the altar of sacri-
flee, if need be, that the di-
vine and human institutions
may be preserved in all their
purity and vigor.
This is, indeed, a result
that will affect the future
destinies of the human race
for its greater happiness
and welfare. It will figure
forever in the onward and
upward progress of civiliza-
Ion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-18
REDUCE YOUR SHOE BILLS

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powder to De shaken into the shoes.
not only stops the pain Of corns and
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sweating, callous. tired. aching, tend
err feet, blisters and sore spots, but
Aliens Foot-Ease rests the feet.
keeps them cool and comfortable all
the time. saving the constant wear
on shoes caused by nervousness Of the
feet Shoes and stockings wear twice
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-18

Action We compliment the
;afs. School Board on
*ichcoI it's action-last night.
Beard. w e congratulate
the citizens that
hey have a Board capable
IF so wise a elaboration. The
salaries of our teachers were
,aised a flat advance Of ten
dollars per month. A much
needed measure and an act
# simple justice.
We are also glad to see
that Superintendent Sween.
~ was endorsed to succeed
himself. Nothing could be
more gratifying to the large
majority Of our people than
TO have it officially said to
their school : administrator,
"Well done, thou good and
faithful servant" Mr..
Sweeney has given the best
years of his life to our
schools. AS we said in our
editorial of recent date, The
fruits of his labors and the
results Of his devotion speak
n his praise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-18

picture studio as one of hel
suburban industries. Sew
eral comedies are under con-
tract, according to the re-
ports, comprising big feat
lres and probably employing
Of people. If one
moving picture industry is
established here why not
more? We believe that a lit
tie missionary work along
these lines would meet with
success. We therefore put
it up to our esteemed Cham
ber of Commerce, as a sug-
gestion, that when this
Movie Studio gets to going
full blast, they advertise the
advantages and the POSSIBLE
ties of Alexandria as a CEN
ter for the industry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-18
TO.DAY'S
THOUGHT.

nivorce The attainment
and th. of Woman to all
New the civic priv
Woman. leges Of Man has
been an evolution
through the Ages. 1t mas
beef a goal towards which
Shf has been blindly groplng
firm the time when She was
amere beast Of burden and
idlild-bearer in prehistoric
laves; through the race MI
grations Of barbaric hordes.
when She was the tribal dish
&;washer, meat-preparer, and
Stent-striker through the.
j.long centuries when she'"aS
/ the mere: !serf of the com
#munal warriors; through the
glamour of the feudall ages
when she was set high on
the false but alluring pedes7
tails Of chivalry, Worshlpped
and beaten at the same time;
down through history to
our own day, when she has
at last reached that sphere
of equality which was the
design Of her Creator from
times first beginnings.
The 18th century was the
period just before dawn
During it's significant cycle
She was restless, dissatis-
fled, striving vaguely for
her place in the sun, without
quite understanding what
and where it was. The equal
Of Man in most things, his
superior in many, she felt
that she was not as yet oc-
cupying the full orbit of her
sphere. This led to an I'M
healthy state of mind which
was depressing, and even.
at times, disheartening.
She became retrospective
and morbid. She. felt within
her the STRINGS of a new
existence. Caprice and not
reason ruled her actions. The
ambitions, the. desires, the
cravings Of her unsatisfied
nature, led to 4 revolt
against the conventions OF
life. and this is one Of the
reasons, perhaps the cardl-
nal one, for the recent and
current frequency of dl-
vorce. lntrospection is one
Of the most dangerous hab-
its into which one can fall.
1t eHaggerates the import
ance Of the ego. AS we have
9 said, the feudal ages placed
Woman on 4 false pedestal.
She had not quite recovered
her normal position in the
scheme Of the social struc-
ture Of human affairs in the
18th century. She was only
arriving; the advent was
not yet. But with the open
ing Of the present era She
has finally reached her goal.
She is at last the equal of
Man in all the relationships
Of life. The late world
strife was her opportunity
to demonstrate her parity
in even the cruel and bloody
arena of war. Right nobly
did she respond. Death,
suffering, disease. and ALL