| Show BA TO the baby tower here illustrated emphasizes the tb much talked of cruelty ot of the chinese her a very large per cent cant ot of the female infants ot at their country are consigned to die dle these towers are found la in many parts of china but nowhere else in larger numbers than in fehlen fuhlen province 1 where thia this picture was via taken it has been estimated that from rom 25 to 40 per cent in some section sections of all the female emale emals babies born bom are ar put to death there la in no law against infanticide at leat least none done that Is enforced though there la Is a sort of maxim that a reward will be meted out to all who preserve th lives of bleir daughter daughters this regard reward lie lies in the kindness and lore love the daigh daughters show in after lle ille to their par parents erts tor for it it is true that the lore love and infection of the aona sons in china la to not to be compared to that of the daughters there aro are different methods of disposing of infanta infants some are drowned but the favorite v aj sy seems to be to take them to the tower situated outside the city eny and place them on an the window aill sill near the th top where they will be pushed la in by the next comer la in tear years past it has cot tot been an un sight to see babies bodies floating in the river 1 la ift spite of the prevalence of infanticide there are chinese who libyer destroy their children hildren in face tact when residing in III houseboats they often pace vace a sort of at life preserver pre about thil childrens drens bodies to protect them in buo cuo they fall into the water as they often do poverty la Is one ot the chief excuses kiren given by thoe those who allow their in tants to perish in the tower they bay say it they reared them to womanhood la in their circumstance circumstances it would be bat but t I 1 r to sell them into a very and that it lj Is better they aoud should die ille 7 oung it la Is one line of work carried oa on by the missionaries in china to rescue the infant infants from the window of the to tower er and rear them to become etive missionaries thousands of little litt leones ones have been saved from dett destruction ruction by the I 1 foreigners a r eign e rs to do this work the missionaries must keep a watch oa a n the baby towers almost day and alg night hl JO joseffa Joa effy the famous pianist his just return returned id to new 1 kohlt ark after a visit to europe most of his time ws w spent with his parents in bluda besth josef fy fr says dewey victory has ened central europe wonderfully aj as to the exis terice of the I 1 bitet st altel there Is however much amazing Is ig noraa noran e of at ame ICA la in evidence and he cays says it was difficult dilli cult for mm him to con on vince ome some people in 11 II that there vaa as such A thing as true art here they were incredulous when told that america haa perhaps the fin lin est orchestra in the world josehh dh did not rsvp give any recitals while abroad raring the daty yean years that judge reavin of at texas has been in public life be he has kept up hi his farm lie now has a floe ranch of SO 80 acres ne near ar pal pa esene anderaon anderson county to which be will retire when he lie surrender su deoffice his of railroad coulton commissioner ss loner the first littlish church la n thi this conn try t ry was recently organized d la in philadelphia th congregation ca consists of immigrants from the baltic province pro vIllet la n a |
