| Show CUSTOMS the little princea trained constantly how the harem is managed Ian aged N r sun kwang su the chinese emperor ft ho ascended the throne march 4 lat was just 17 year old on july 23 nevertheless lie probably has as much learning in his head as adv three european princes who at his ase are digging deep after greek and litin bojta or hammering away at elementary problems in parliamentary government and finance the young chinese emperors is due for not part to ahe and of bia very early tra ning tor in china little princes are com palled to cram their small coddles lull 0 all sorts ol 01 knowledge luring the beare which american boys always devote to marbles scrub and holey bowley thy at 4 in tho morning to take lessons in chinese literature the teacher who gives them this lesson bais b ais the title chifu fu and aaa very big man BO big in fact that the pancea upon entering their recitation room must bow to him first As soon as prince baa learned bis lesson he platea bis book before the teacher sita down before him and repeal without interruption all be remembers of w hat he has been studying if the teacher linde that the pance does not remember enough he bends fends a eunuch out for a chip and makes a great show of preparing to whip sonia one the whip when it boites however falls not upon the shoulders of the prince but upon alie shoulders 0 eight other litie called ha ha who accompany the prince ti the da ly and brecita the same les through 89 ha ha the prince is thrashed or praised ac card ng to his deeetta dee eita should vicarious cot induce a prince to blow aitay the requisite amount of chinese learning he would be taken before the who would comra ani a eunuch to p mil the youra lazybones cheeks the chinese lesson lasts talo hours it is followed by other less important ex arc ses which aie superintended super intended by another leather still another teach er instructs the printer in several asiatic languages and chinese dialects after school houra the princes shoot with the bow on foot and on horseback fence run and jump under the superintendence of special teachers in short their whole day is taken up the performance of prescribed mental and physical ex crusea at fixed hours their food is portioned out to them none of them hallowed sall owed to use bis own judgment as to what and how much ho may eat they are always tacked away in bed with the liens BO eliat they may be ready for the four dose of literature the next morning at the beginning of his fourteenth year the gieir apparent to ahe chiaese is put in training for his anar ariage which takes place in bia fifteenth year the young woman who him all about the duties of married life is elected from the inner circle of the imperial official household and roust be just one year older than he after the prince has be como emp this preliminary w ife receives alie honorable title of sil w hi h she aono of all members of the harem is allowed to bear tho daily leisure hour of his imperial chinese is from 4 to 6 in the afternoon during this hour a eunuch brings to the emperor a box of little wante tickets each of the name of a court lady alie emperor draws a ticket hit or miss aad gives it to the eunuch who immediately orders the houri named on it to the emperors apartments apart monts bhe is con thither in a litter by four ser she aldays takes a boljen baago M etli her she is carried back to her quarters after having parsed an hour with the emperor twenty four female servants kaaa the night in the chamber of the emperor aad empress Lm press their duties consist in keeping a sharp of the imperial couple they aro not allowed to sneeze congh or make any unnecessary movement when the imperial couple awake in the morning the twenty four female servants announce the tact to the eunuch or guard who proc UIma tho new a by vigorously clapping bia bands most men aro not allowed to pass the most remote of the he boora which lead to lie imperial chamber imperial guarde da corps who guard the ditth door are under orders to oppose witti drawn euorda the entrance of all men even the highest imperial who cannot agne the pass word kot even eunuchs are allowed to pass the three inner boora it a lady of the court w ashes to buy anything or communicate in any way with the outside world ehe tells a maid servant all about it the maid fervant then goes a safe distance aw ay from all court ladies and gammons to her the eunuch in chief by a gang or turning a clapper after learning what the court lady wishes the eunuch in chief along the errand to an under eunuch who secures the desired article or information once a year on new years day the emperor and his real aitu over a great court banquet the empe repa then bite at her husbands left this is the only occasion in the whole ear when the emperor has all his wavea together and under the ee of his real wife the emperor fiands alie viands to the eunuchs who receive him kneeling most persons the emperor iia kwang that abe members of the household hou behold however use merely the title chu atz that is cominus minus or lord the eunuchs usually address the emperor and court ladies aa toye that is buddha and a royal prince as ye or ilott gracious awl the cabinet ministers at the achl nepa court dunt leave eo enoch fun ftc thir lord they bave to get up at t every morning to present themselves at court one hour later the receive their meals free 0 charge in the emperors dining room they paia the whole day in the imperial palace up lo 10 4 and when military affairs are und r up to 6 adock in tho afternoon boly serio naly ill can a ini ex himself from the laborious of his offia |
