Show SONS OF THE ORIENT school life and lages as detailed by chian aon tip probably the most novel christens festival of the week past was the one which took place last evening at the reformed Ke formed presbyterian church on clinton street several doors west of central avenue A little over two years ago the members of the sunday school took up a form of home work which since that time has been solely their own this is nothing more nor less than the education of the chinese in cincinnati from two or three the class grew in number until that of thirty was attained for cach scholar a teacher was and their instruction was mado much the mere easy chan pon tip delivered an address a follows ladies and Gent lemenI am greatly pleased to see such an audience one composed of children and grown people and I am happy to have the pleasure of spooning spooking oking to you to inight I thank the lord for permitting me to meet this audience in this christian cou colury ury it is the fit lime I have bad tho pleasure of addressing an audience in this city of cincinnati I must try to interest you as much as possible I suppose you would all like to haar something about my own native land which I presume you are bot acquainted with such as our school life and the marriage life now I will tell you about our school and you may see the era enco from yours you have a cry easy a few hours in every day and besides you have recess to enjoy yourselves the chinese school is not so all the children in china must go to school when they arc between sand years of ao we have no public schools when we first start to school it is a private chool and not more than thirty r thirty five scholars are allowed in one school because each scholar has a different lesson and if there were loo many scholars the be too hard for the teacher that is the reason we are not allowed more than thirty or thirty five scholars in every school wo have more letters in the alphabet in our language than you could count but only uso from to that is all we do not commence to learn but learn it as we go along in our reading the first thing we study is to road confucius our religion the children who first start to school take but very few lessens from confucius they are instructed by their teachers how to behave and what they ought to do for their parents and how to pay respect to strangers they must bow and call a stranger a teacher for the name of teacher is held with great respect teacher has full charge of he children and the parents have very little they commence to attend the school the teacher sees the children more and 60 understands them better and sees them in tho wrong so they can correct hem belter than their par enla after the first six months they begin to study confucius and they study until they get through the confucius and the four kings in three or four year then they go to college if they can afford it alio four kings is written by the disciples of confucius he lad seventy two where chiist had twelve you can never get through ballage until you become an f you do not want to become an to college oh ith much harder for us to go lo 10 school when wo are letlo we hare to bo in school in alie morning as soon a we can see to read and when the teacher comes we have to recite our lesson and if we do not know it we can not go home for breakfast or if we are allowed logo a mark is placed on the face and choso write it can have their breakfast after we practice writing two hour teea the writing books aro taken up to the leachey leach fy and bo will the new letter un the top of iho writing book from the lesson which you have recited the next morning wo are not allowed to play or talk to any one in the fc chool we all stud f out load at tue aibe time and on differ ent lessons the teachers are very strict and when it gets late and we cannot see to read then school is iu c to make any noise or o ruo or to way home and if wp 10 not do es the teacher says then we get a good thrashing with a number of lied together ay notice the chipple ahm they pass along the street they go quietly and mind their own business it is because they were brought up in way we have no way to bedonie an school we have no voting business at all the way we elect an oui erin this the out a question or a verse from i and you have Ift writa out your argument it h like your debating or discussion of any question the smartest man is employed to meals and if the paper is not neat and clean it is thrown in the waste paper basket if it s neat and clean he will read it and diio first mistake will read no further but throw it away then tho one who has the best argument an officer the girls are not allowed to po to school since ai reign about 1200 or years ngo because they associate with men and write to each other and do so much of mhd secret thiap ant now only the daughters of the receive private instructions in their own home it is not the custom for young la dies and young gentlemen gant lemen to al together before marriage as in this coultry cou otry the wives and husbands are selected by their parents we do not marry to any one hat fame i or the came own it may seem strange t you that we have no choice in the selection of ayr wives vet we have confidence IP our parents and they will choose thoa who are pura and good for us the chinese aio happy iu heir married life aej divorces apfl not knovs have aa of your alwo as seems proper so I will not continuo any longer to occupy your valuable time and will close by baying a few worda to the vouchers tou chers of our aay dear chretian Chri tian teachers I am very thankful to you for your kindness in teaching my countrymen about the heavenly way and so anxious to havo us to bo twerp when we die I know it ia hard o teace them when other people are making fun of you beci tuse you teach and with ali aiu and continue o keep oo 00 and teach thena they are improving as anyonio can easily tee they did not know your alpha att when they first came but BOW thy can artto and are abla to read tho bible alto I and enjoy reading it and trust many of them will be como christian and when home they go they can do gome fiord in chi na and tell others about christ we will never bo able to return our gratitude to show you our thank while we arc on your great cr reward is in heaven and so when wo die and all of us beat the right hand of our god and then we can gay to him father these are our teachers who taught us how to wor hin thee while we were on earth and then lie will throw his around yon and receive you to him well done goodard goo dand faithful servants inasmuch as you did it unto one of iho least these iny brethren ye have done it unto me at abo conclusion of pon tipa re marks be was granted a continuous round of applause |