The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
CHINESE LORE

Every male servant in the Orient, whatever his age, is a "boy." In China you call simply "Boyi" In Ja- pan you call .fBoy-san," which means Honorable boy" The Japanese. sere want would be offended if you omit ted the honorific title. The Chinese servant doesn't care. The difference is the difference between China and Ja- pan, writes Thomas Steep in the New York Herald-Tribune.
 
 A flea lit on the nose of Buddha, No ticing Buddah's perpetual smile, the flea said, What have you done, Bud aha, that you should smile so knowing ly? You have been sitting here for ages and have done nothing. You could not move from here if you tried. It would be more fitting if smiled, for l can hop all over the universe"
 How far can you hop?" asked Buddha.
 T can go to the outermost edge of infinity in. one hop, and in another hop I can be back-all in the twinkling of an eye," answered the flea.
 If you can do that I will resign my place to you and you may sit here to smile through the ages," said Buddha But mind, when you reach the outer most edge of infinity, observe what is to be seen, for l know what is there" :"
 The flea hopped into space, and, in a moment, was back on Buddha's nose. ''There!" said the flea, T have accom- plished it. I have been to the outer most edge of infinity."
 What did you see there?"
 T saw five pillars upholding the uni verse. lit on the middle pillar, and I noticed that there were two pillars each to the right and left of me. Now resign your place and let me sit there to smile through the ages"
 ''You deceived yourself" said Buddha. Instead of hopping to the outermost edge of infinity, you got only so far as my hand. Those five pillars were my five fingers. You lit on my middle fin ger, and there were two fingers each to the right and left of you."
 The agitation of the flea caused Buddha to sneeze, and the breath of Buddha blew the flea to atoms.
 
 The Sayings Of Hui Tzu
 Hui Tzu, a Chinese sage, said {: "There are feathers in the new-laid egg, because they ultimately appear on the chicken; if there were no feathers in the egg there could be none ultimate ly on the chicken" I never understood whether this observation was intended to be humorous or serious, but it made me dislike eggs temporarily because the reasoning seemed sound,
 But it is not as humOf alone that other sayings Hui Tzu are to be read. If you bow at all, bow low. Words whispered on earth sound like thunder in heaven. In misfortune, gold is dull i; in happiness, iron is bright. He who rides a tiger cannot dismount. If you take stick foot long and every day cut it in two, you will never finish the job. Half an orange tastes as sweet as a whole one. Wine does not intOxicate a man; the man intOxicates himself by drinking the wine"
 A Chinese story, evidently intended to discourage excessive drinking con- cerns a man who, on retiring, placed a jug of wine beside His bed to quench his thirst in the night. Awaking thirsty, he reached for the jug. His hand was grasped by a demon that pulled him out of bed, through the floor and six feet underground, where he was buried alive. When his relatives dug up his body the found the jug beside it. The demon must have drunk the wine, for the jug was empty.
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 A Chinese notorious for his stingi- ness went to an artist to have his portrait painted. The artist required him to pay in advance. After posing for an hour the man was surprised to find that only the back of his head had been painted.
 "Why did you paint the back of my head2' he asked.
 ' thought q man who was as gtingy