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Show Chinese Dread of Milk. A Chinese has the same dread of milk that an American has of oysters out of season. Several evenings ago a Chinese dignitary, who had just come into the country to study educational edu-cational institutions, was taking dinner din-ner with a widely known educator. He ate freely of the American dishes until it came to the last course. Looking Look-ing at the ice cream dubiously for some time, he finally took a mouthful. It must have given him a pleasurable sensation this first taste of ice cream for he smiled pleasantly at his host. Suddenly another Chinese, who was present and who had not taken any of the desert, spoke quickly to him a single Chinese word. In an Instant the dignitary spat out his mouthful on his plate, much to the consternation of everyone at the table. "What did you say?" inquired the host of the Chinese who had spoken. "I said 'milk,' " was the stoical reply. |