Show nn i C r Ic a aThe 9 The Binding Society and Its the Compression of female feet Copyright 1900 b by Fran rank 0 Carpen Carpenter ter f F Sept 1 I II Is IsI I or of the Tlell TILL TIU he binding rock t This b 1 t I founded In 1191 has hal now Its I hel all the empire It III h cd of oC women I Jt t It hoe also allO many promInent Chi CM ChiI I L members and as I soon loon ua lill the war warter h ter lr It will be able to push Ite work worl It hue laH nut done before ll JI bend ut of the la 18 Mrs Irs I Little an English ut ot utan an 0 I who Is toted UI uc nn an or of orI I k ii of It trove The t II nv 1 written In Chi hi the evils uC of foot out binding j I 0 rs to GIr GIrt ur t II upon ulon the aid it has Ie let LII gulag about the Iho theu I u a Among its most t r I p Ii hR been the tho great I hl hi rung R a man thu III fc rotund t I to tJ Ll Li Hung Chang lit III influence In Tina Chung Chi CM Tung hoe aided In tl or of bigfoot clubs In the upp r or of the Vall Valley and I II n t 1 number or of tracts I 1 In n hi his essays rte hI 11 I tes test t h fear the women lit nt 11 I ma may through Il 11 degenerate and andt t I r ru t t In this way become weak and coati and J filially extinct extinctA A N LILY UNDER THE Th lh call these email t feet fl g U IJ n 1111 Ono Una o of the relent recent tt II INy was making a photo ko d I tit r a gulden lily Illy by thu Xray 1 A from Crom the I I tore lUll me It represent the bunee bune C tt ti toot flot lit u a living woman J how horribly th they are do doI 1 I b by the compression The toot lout L L l F en crushed out oUI ot of shape The Thet tr t p f s 8 over the heel and anI the sole hu has I l L n bent up so 10 that the tout Coot Id In the r f m o of burl burlIn 1 I In r to learn just JUl how holl the feet teet r I 1 und I vent the other Ia day to one f I Ii and through An ac nt ue I e a Ith a doctor d the tol to re e One Olle o of the ot of tae tue fe feet This I la hy by no means I a L I The Chinese Iu 1 ur II ex exceedingly modest rhey II h t take tako the Ihl bandages bandas oft atE In lie he I p J I of their husbands and I all am allt f t t U II I a rill sees aee hlo hll i r f I t bare hato She keeps the band n ut I night and does doe not remove I j X eat lOt at IntervAls or of three or f L JB dys for cleansing and root foot wash wah II r I H uc girls root foot had bad A email eore Oil on the hie and 1 the doctor broUght me In to tot tol t l It In 11 tut 1110 I plea Ia that I was wal II a consult HI rh I cannot adequately rib Ill its I ugliness It looked more noro morea a lub than a toot foot The tour four I III ll tes t 1 had been bound boun under the thet EJ t b su Sl Ugh tightly II that shut they had almost h e II au II int 1 th the The heel and 1 r bunt bent together leaving n no o I k nut three inches deep and so ao lc that you oU could have haIl slipped lIpped a sll sil d into Inlo It RII and It would have u n hidden blIn The fhe big tOt toe stuck t J It 11 II use abnormally J this because the woman walked Up md 1111 nu nut upun the sole eole t skin 11 u as rough as al though It hated I the old cold It 11 was wast al all t l h I I and an 1 This was the con conn conI I n If f 1 all 11 the le leg that was wal eX exposed I 1 g bare halt wa way to the knee I t lul told 1 set I no sign ot of the swelling III I aIL II and It is II said hi that the small t tI I unman do nut not have any 1 k 01 if The unnatural way or of Ihm king throws Into disuse luch mus InUI the average Chinese lad ladys I t r nl rot foot to knee la Is not much I r mound than a golf dub club 0 01 FOOT DINDINO Fruma Fril members ot of the society and ami the ther rl r u I h they the have hao received from III I ha have learned some lome f ti H I 1 a 11 r I or of toot foot binding I I n h of r the abort I tn t s up the rho rIver at I At R a meeting there Dr c recently told how holl he had hadn n I impelled lIed to amputate the two f t r t child a short hort time ago aeo The I of f the child was waa an opium r I r and she he had not paId much at atI t I 1 I ii her little girl Irl The fhe result l it t Ih ie e t were Unwashed gan Lilt set In and when she Will was I to the the little ones onel r rr hanging ng on by the tendons In other cares Dr McCartney I n men paralysed 11 by root foot bind In others half hair a 11 tout toul had slut Ilu n ii mother superior o of the convent I 1 that In her district one try ten dies die or of toot foot binding f the h t female male physicians In charge chare ho at Canton told me of a aTh 11 II h lOll her her feet eel by Th fhy y were 11 bound so 10 tight that t no circulation The They froze n fi I I d off and the woman walked It on the stumps with I t I In bar r hand I 1 I at 1 for a foot Coot to be r I III bund bound that It breaks break In two Iwo I I and the bones lonel come j I the Iesh The pain at al the be I is Intense anI and It continues 1 h II lire the not being I I 1 death It Ae TIlE TlE FEET FoET mE IRE BOUND I 1 Inding It at different ages t rent parts ot of China In the tb I h I old 1 In th the valley It Is 18 liP II dt three thre or tour our years yearl ot of Ie ap the south uth at al live or six Ix There I r who put r p I nett wrappings The child sits t I Ilp hp ot of her mother anI and a servant lerant t 1 s R Ill ae foot while the other le II tree rree I C t binder r to work upon The I Is II with a long piece or of a 11 but half all an Inch wide The I I r pI eases h the four Cour small toes down II h 1101 and th then n takes a turn tum r I h tap about the hug bill toe at the 01 h thin and then draws I I lurk rund t the hi heel pressing 1 I th lb I r 1 r th the tn Instep The tape I is next I I I Iha front ot of Ih the fsr and tin t f 11 mull 1115 ere It I bound In so 10 that t r Sunken In the flesh eBb I Ile leI or of stiff cloth Is wrapped II f r and ra fast ned with w that ih fh cannot r I rr t raw Till ThI t t I are nw r r I I into Inte stiff rh Fh a r more R IS as rut Jul un Ii I rI Id IdI 1 I I ARU t U T Tb Ib vain pain RJ as the tho child n nM A idly Photographed With the N Realistic Skeleton ot of the Foot FIot or of a Living ChI Chinese the Opinions OpinIon lit of Li 11 Tung Chang and Chang Chi al or of hal who proposes t r I Start an In leaH Says Saya Our Women Lace to 10 l Death Queer Methods or of Foot Female Doctors o Feet as I Dreadful I Chin Chinese and tier Her ot of Yarning to Our Maidens Not NOl to Mary Chinese Some Terrible Experiences ot of I Who Loved and Th Them m v t fRANK Nh G 1 1 4 1 fl 1 Il Y Tam Tama 1 a i r i I 14 I r ff L 7 J lr 1 4 G 4 r pr f J I r ri ra i a o oi oJ i J Tilt Till LO DO BROTHERS IN ARMS IN THE CHInESE CAMPAIGN This Thle picture is rom II a by A 1 Heury Landor whose horrible experiences In are still flesh fl h is in the Ihl public mind shun a 1 r of nl marme bringing in d a soldier lr er the haute ot of lien The Th vehicle u used II i a 1 N Y N A and lit at times It le la so 10 great that mothers e their thelt children odium ollum to tn relieve It ItIn In n walking the little ones oneil mint walk upon ullOn their toes tOlla they rhey are unable to Marl tand Mill sad are C steps or swaying about T le sw fa hat has even een become a tl feature ture ot of Chinese beauty and Is considered graceful b by bythe the men ment menAt At t a recent meeting or of the Tien Tsu Ur Dr one ot of the physicians In charge charKe ot of a large Ilos ho here lit at Shanghai that this stiff binding Will was kept on until the were seven Ven ear ot of age arl and that other bandages were ere then used She cited I wine Instances ot of the torture Inflicted n this wa way on children by their law saying that o of all cruel people she ahe believed the was wal the Ihl cruelest She told how under such luch the toes loe o of little Inlaw often orten dropped orr and how bow sometimes halt 1 a toot foot would ro go Mrs said that she had In her a woman oman fifty ye years old who weighed pounds and who used IL a hue 1111 only two and ana incites lOll long She said Id that this woman Will was WillIn In laIn all th the time and that when she stood on her feet teet for an hour or so 10 her feet teet would bleed USE CAN S FOR WAIKINO Where the feet Clot are very 11 small walking I almost Impossible Im I have seen Nen scores CO 11 or of Chinese e women carried from place to place on the barks barkl o of servants and have hur ml met many IRany who could walk only by bv means mean ot of long canes canesI I once called upon a Chinese million millionaIre airs aIre who Introduced the ml to his hll mother an old lady worth at least leut When she came into Inlo the room she had hll hada I a maId servant on each earh side aide o of her to uphold her arms They carried her intact In Intact tact to the chaIr and when she lite eat t down her little feet fit w 10 small that you OU could have hae not more than covered a diver dollar with one ur of th them Just on the door She wore red satin clippers embroidered wIth pearls std and hr her rIch Acct satin alln clothing was fur Cur lined There were pearls In her earl and her head bad dress dres was wal decorated with dla monde SMALL F RT AS S BEAU CA CATCHERS I have hae asked many mallY Chinese why hy toot has such n a hold upon the people and have bt been en always answered that It itis is II because It I la the fashion The men are the cau cause of It It A small toot la II considered beautiful and a large foot the sign 1111 or of a 8 servant or plebeian lands handl do not watt wives with large larKe feet reet and the girl whose root foot has hn not been has hal little chance ot of making n a rood oed match malch malchI I am told that the Chinese will have hae nothing to do with 1 women Nl and that even elm those thOle who bo make addresses In favor tavor o of binding are insincere In Consul General Good Goodnow Goodnow now ray gave ut an Instance ot of this the Ibe other day win wh halting h lr with me about the I ot of Shanghai lie He said 1 had heard hear tale tile make a speech h hIn In fan favor tavor of toot binding at a meet meeting ing ot of the foreign ladies In discuss discussing Ing the subject he spoke pok ot of the as aa of It China and lid lauded them h hI to the akS cities A da day or so 10 after aCter this I I met him at al hla hie palace lilac We had a gla glass of nt wine and the grew W quIte pull I compliment Id ed hIm nn I a his hll address and said 14 that I d If he took another wife h he would choose a woman with big feet No h he replied I would ovitt I ant tint nil I wll not lIot l add our consul gen rIl yu You say that small mall feet feel are a ag J 1 lint kroa It I said that thaI said the 01 tome Hut tin 11 rate they are In r h b r u 1 d J 1 1 tru 11 1 not nol have a ll f I m f I if II truth I Ir r 11 da 11 Ih Ik IJ hr r wom women n ng ur our bt tu 11 r fuss about our ur fashions Why 11 dont you ou correct nur own myths Take the thO moll ter Ir n o rOlI It II I w far airs r to a tn In Ire Irp e vital orn than I I 11 Ir the feet pI Yur nom II I n lA Ins Ih 11 ri n nh rip p h Its t d t nth I hI h q Ihl J I shall t I abb t m R J tl to AmI It 1 s II Is q t I ml nfl nm It n r I J I 11 I Izo ho un an t society there Here BpI le II what one Chinaman says laYt In Inthe inthe the North China Dally sews News about Corsets versus mall Shoes Shoel What II the use ue ot of binding the feet teet 1 It ls II of the ume m use u as tightening the Whit lit among amonI you IOU European Do you the aalst for tor comfort No Is IsIt It to 10 make one oni look lock taller or 01 shorter olo No Then what la II It for or It t le II for or beauty It H is II to ta catch the e eyes 1 ot of men menSo menSo So Iii Is toot foot binding Tile They are loth bolh for forthe or tile the benefit o of men l Foot oot binding does doel not do as much harm ae waist et U tighten tightening ing When so 0 man ot of your our men mell have written against the harm farm ot of walt waist tight sting and succeeded not how can a few teW teWo o of your women think to put IlL a stop to our ancient cu You haw have many medical ladles Why do the they not loosen theIr before beCore they ask alk OUt our ladies to their feet teet Your enlightened Christian ladies should begin at home hORie b by forming an society then we 0 Chinese may ay follow ollow your our example In this connection I would say II that there I le no woman more modest lt thin then a Chinese The ladies usually remain In Inthe inthe the backs of the houses Titer They are not at all forward Th never nver expose an any part ot of the person ron the be race face anti and hand Such things as low necks and short sleeves art are nut known and the they oven liven tie In the breasts In order that tha t they may not be In n many malU parts of oC the country the usual for a Chinese woman Is II a pall pair pallor or of trousers or pantaloons pantaloon which come to 10 the t feet ft anI and above this a sort o of a JAcket or close coat which falls to the knees or below Th They y usually wear rood good d satins latina and silk beautifully embroidered being much more common with them than with u us Tm W WIn In the lb above ve I hive have referred to the terrible hie character or of the Chinese moth She is II the worst ot of her Iter kind and when her Bon cons wife II b a for tor ellner she often becomes become IL a demon The he close of Jt this war will Inaugurate a Ill new regime realm for tor China There will wll Ile be Inc Ings for in hundreds hundred ot of ways The I ls that thai some or of our sot Bol will stay here Ittre ant and some IOme may bring their families to settle In the celestial empire The nw new will become mote mOl popular abroad after a Ume and there will be a temptation I now and then for an AmerIcan to a Chinese and go 0 home with him The tate fate ot of the woman woo who does Ihl this will lie be horrible In the extreme She Ahe will be treated here as the Ila slave or of her Chinese and will be sub tu to III all kinds ot of Indignities AMERICAN Gnus WHO HA o A number ot of the missionaries an and tor forn eln out here have asked me to want American girls to hn have nothIng to do with Ith Chinese e lovers and to say to those tholf who have bave married CM ne list the they had better remaIn III b the United State There have been n nu DU numerous instances In which such wives have found In China a tate tat equal to death or wore woree One On was VII that ot of a vV i pretty pUy girl who married the I Chinese Interpreter ot of one ot of the New York courts The Chinese had bad gae Ae to the United States at fourt fourteen fn and had been oon educated there lie He was WaR well paid and Ind att utter r his hla marriage he be and his hili wife Ilfe lived happily and In good Style for some lome time in 11 New York Yurko had a little boy and when the child was tour four ears old Itt its rather proposed to go 0 back to China with his hll wit if ea that his hll knowledge or of t would give five him II a good position here lip He came ot of a good family and 1111 one ot of his uncles was physician to 11 Hung Hune Chang The Iwo I ume out to f China tint and Itly happy on lU th the voy ny age ae Wt Vi n 1 h I s the nan man took his alt I lu III In I tl It I Iuie It She re IP CI t f I 1 tl 1 Ife 11 and ut h at 01 U j a a rt man mar belur hinting She Ahl mail the tua gbh 11 I the th t hove hn or of the old Is hur t 1 1 e I ddlly dl Nh 1111 iI I t I un 11 h her r urd 4 I h Ith hI 1 It II h it t u umaR maR 0 l 1 r 1 Im nr lr I Ir If tL i p 11 t II m w UI nr sn h l n nr r I ti II It If r h I In I t I h 6 hI h I r I t It 11 ru nt h b r and go hr r II a it ht or of Chinese rap to wear This WU was In Peen Tame Atter a time lime the discovered leer and bus hUI busl l to go 10 to Shanghai al they lOt got lOtI gota I a place for tor him with th Standa company rh they raised some mone money for or him and paid his rent lie 1111 II roved proved ot of no value alue ILl as I a clerk cIrk and the tact fart that hI he had a foreign wife prevented hl hI getting work among tile the |