The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-26


ME in care of the editor.)
Carlyle says in his Hero and Hero
Worship: The true university of
their days in collection of books.
Entirely apart from the question OF
inter-racial marriage. My Chinese
Marriage" (Duffield second edition.
is faoinating. interesting description
AT first hand of the home life of high
class Chinese households. 1t is told
i'll natural. easily flowing style, and
the kind and gentle consideration of
the Characters in the story is happy
change from the biiingly clever re-
partee and sarcasm of family life in
many OF the modern novels-and, alas
in too many homes.
A wonderful spirit of courtesy and
liberation prevailed in the family life.
with a complete absence of that criss-
cross of personal criticism that our
western freedom of speech permits.
Not that there were not undercurrents
i =,
personal sacrifices and sorrows. But
| they were not recognized. for in Chi
nese life individual claims are eternal
/ ly relinquished in the interests of
clan, peace and we'll being. There
was one authority and il was vested
in Madame LANG (the mother). Such
Ia system makes for harmony and
preserves the institutions of the fam
lily, on which all China is founded"
The machinery of life ran with
the smoothness of long habit and
complete discipline. The meals were
served. the apartments kept in exqui-
| site order and the children cared for
| by a corps of servants trained in mi
nuteness by an exacting mistress. who
knew precisely what she wanted. Our
days We're left free for the practice
of small courtesies. the exchange of
pretty attentions. and the care of the
ancestral altar"
BY the way, as | read this book.
could not help wondering what effect
| it would have on American home life
| if there were introduced something
of the ancestral altar idea Would I
not have its influence on the child
ren's attitude toward their parents
The press is full of the means and
walls of those who view with alarm
the unfillial attitude of the "flapper"
and the youth of the dropping cigar
cite. II from infancy they were taught
to revere the fine qualities of char
acter of their forbears, to take pride
in developing like qualities, is it prob
liable there would be so much noise
about moral disintrigation?
Perhaps it is because | have a dear
young girl cousin who is missionary
among the women and children of the
poor in China. that this book appeal
portions as that describing the writ
er's teaching in a Chinese girls higl
tschool:
Il loved my teaching Still more
loved the girls in my classes. Collect
lively and individually | found them
supremely worth while in spirit aud
IN mind. | cannot say how lovely the
young wOmanhood OF China seemed to
me-
Three Golden Days" tRevell, sI25)
the most ecstatically happy. thrilling
exciting days child could imagine
of course they are circus days. Will
lam s Walkley has given the world Of
children charming present in this
book OF tales of clowns and elephants
ponies and policemen with green hair
and red whiskers, and tiny midg,
who plays fairy godmother to a little
girl. The book opens in a hospital
ward. where the poor little crippled
boys are heartbroken because the cir
Gus has cut out the parade that was
to have passed their balcony: Tug
Wilson. with a ton weight of plaster
cast on his crooked body that hurts
like everything. writes letter TO the
manager asking him to lend the hos
pital just one clown for little while,
because Bttfy Smith in the next bed
can't get welf The letter gets right
hold OF the hearts of the manager AMI
his biggest clown. BUYERS. and--bu.
that's the story. read it. its good.
What do you know about Pussy
foot Johnson? Anything besides the
fact that he lost an eye in London in
ia student rag" when he went over TO
help British prohibition? That was all
I knew OF him before read F. A. Nc
kenzie's biography of Johnson IRE
veln Since its publication, boys who
like excitement in their literature
have new treasure. For Johnson
worked for years with price of $4,000
on his head. desperadoes openly offer
ing good money TO any one who would
kill him. He carried a featherweight
Savage rifle under his coat. and knew
how to draw as quickly and shoot as
straight as the most popular cowboy
in the movies. He was special agent
for the government in Oklahoma, In
dian Territory. New Mexico. and later
for all the reservations. preventing |
the Illicit sale of liquor to the red |
men. incidentally he destroyed thous-
ands of gallons of intoxicants. made !
nearly 5000 arrests in four years, |