Show CHINESE CRUELTY TO SLAVES property of housewives girls are harshly dealt with says bays an editorial in the pekin times the position of the slave clave girl la in chinese homes la is a very hard one as aa a rule these slaves are gen rally orally the th property of the wife and no on one interferes with ith the mistress in her br treatment tre ament of the poor little things who will as all often es as not bo be subjected to the most sa soa age cruelty for most venial offenses offe nees A few weeks ago we recall a case cana of great hardship being brought into the mixed court shang list in which a small email slave girt girl had been gagged with a piece c cl iron and severely beaten because when halt half starved the she helped herself to some scraps of food our attention has now been called t to 0 piercing orles which emanate from a house home near canton road and tire are said paid to proceed from a little lave sirl girl who tor for some borne reason la is b benten aten almost almot dally a thick knotted rope but for what hat reason la is unknown n our informant thinks a word in public sh showing that the incident has bag been noticed may suffice to check the cruelty without lodging a formal corn com plaint with the municipal police which might make matters worse tor for the poor little queerer in the long run |