The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-23
MAN TO Be ENvIED
Follower of ConfuCiuS Has Many
Advantages.
Both at Home and Abroad, Writer
Points Out, He Is Favored Over
O.her NatIonalties.

Wherever the Chinaman may be@
and he is found In every part of the
world-he has certain advantages
which. for instance. the Americaman,
or Englandman does not have. Let
us first mention the advantages of be-
ing a Chlnamun In his homeland, Cha
ing Chaoln writes in the New York
Evening Post. For one thing, he never
has to be bored by political speeches.
Chinese politicians hardly make any
speeches; the few speeches they make
are more refreshing and more reveal.
Ing, for they tn in a few phrases the
fun tragedy of the politician. For ex-
ample, n Chinese politician Is likely
to begin his remarks. be they oral OK
written, in some such way as this:
II, unworthy Chenling, who have
neither upheld the honor of my Illus
trious ancestors nor met the eXpecta-
tlons Of TIE honorable people of this
land. who am without both ability and
learning How much more edueative
political meetings in America would be
II tradition compelled the speakers
to make such frank revelations about
themselves.
Another Of the inestimable advan-
tagcs of being a Chnamnn In his home
land Is the careful way in which the
illusion of lifes drama is maintained
for him. This drama, az is commonly
known, has only two actors-mnn and
woman And the elementary require
ncnt of any drama is that the
mechanics Of 1t should be hidden that
the property man should not get on
the stage when the curtain Is still up.
Now IN China, the heroine Of life's
drama never spells the show, as is done
In some other countries, by exhibiting
the mechanical processes Of makeup
right on the stage she would never
think of poWdering her nose in a
restaurant scene, nor would she inter-
rupt the action to pun out her curls
whenever the exlgencles Of the drama
should require that she take off her
hat These are triiles, but then the
illusion is thin enough as 1t is.
Another advantage which the China
man shares with the Chlnawoman In
a country where marriages. are always
romantic and must always remain ro-
mantle, acting dramatically toward the
husband or the wife Is q part of good
manners. In China, romance may or
may not co-eXist with marriage; If 1t
does, we'll and good The Chinaman
and the Chinawoman are under no
circumstances compelled to recall the
expressions OF endearment as soon as
company enters the home. If the
Americaman and the AmercawOman
shared this advantage how much suf-
fering could be spared.
Abroad. as ut home being Il China
man has advantages Let It suffice to
mention the general advantage Of be-
Ing n Chinaman in America. We are
anxious to tell this advantage be-
cause we have enormously prOtited by
It, The language which the America
men use may be hard and peverse, yet
Chinaman, by making the subject
sometimes disagree-with the
predicate In three successive SEN
fences. acquires instantly the reputa
tion of speaking excellent English,
Again every Chinaman in America
who can make any kind of speech or
write any kind of composition be-
comes Immediately an authority on
China The thirty American intellect
uals. in view of the many criticism,
they have suffered, must envy
the ease of the Chinaman in becom
Ing an authority on his own country.
If life is so drab, so materiallstlc in
America, mayn't the solution be in all
Americamen becoming ChlnamenP