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Show iL The "HEATHEN K""! CHINESE." . ( cSSf- For European or Americans to understand un-derstand the mind of China Is hojellsaj ly Impossible That ocean whi h It ttis physical separation bctweon her and America Is but n narrow gorge com--wod to the gulf between her .mental life and ours Japan knows her. but tho white man does not and never can. Sho Is beyond the pale For thousands upon thnutands of yean her pcop'o have llted apart from tho rrst ot th world. suClcirnt unto themselves. They might as well have Bceti upon another planet, or In a realm ot the fourth dimensions, di-mensions, so different haa their environment envi-ronment been lo that ot other pooples on this earth today Ono cannot prognosticate what a Chinaman will do, but one can be sure that whatever ho docs he will do It differently than would an American or Kuropean Ills politeness Is Impertinent to us, for whether ou are man or woman, hla first question Is "How old are you?" It ou are advanced In years he congratulates congrat-ulates you Then he will ask your Income In-come and many other question as tc your prhato affairs This 1 Chinese etiquette, but. If you would show A friendly Interest In his welfare and tho prosperity ot his fsmlly bo suro not to iy "wife." To ask afttr a Chinaman's wife or to refer to her at all li a iorlou breach of good manner. I)j not apeak of his daughter, cither, but you may congratulate him on having sons. Do not pralso them, however, for If ono should fall sick at any tlmo after ha would lay It to your evil ey. When you enter a Chinaman' horns you take your hat off, whlto he, a h hear you coming, puts his on. Ho would not receive a guest otherwise. Ily way of greeting he ahakrs banda with himself Instead of with you, nnd offers )ou n seat on hla left rather than on the right; for the left Is tbe honorablo side In China. Tho book ho haa laid down as you came In haa It tltlo on the lower left-hand left-hand corner of the back cover. Its page read from rlsht to left. In column col-umn Instead of In lines Tho "footnotes" "foot-notes" aro at tho top of tho pig, nnd ho bos Inserted his bookmark at tbe bottom. If lie Is a merchant and keeps accounts ho will enter tho debits on ths upper half nnd tho credits on tho lower halt of tho same page. lustead of blacking ho urea whiting for his ahoc. and It ho I In mourning ho robe himself In white If ho Is n man ot posltoln be has a wtfo with dwarfed feet, loo small to walk on; o smalt, Indeed, that In tho process of compression some ot tho bones were crowded out. Tho nurse. carrUki children on her back Instead of aralmt her breast. Hut nil these things are of a kind with tbo Chlneso compasi, which points south Instead of north and read v,est-north, west-touth, eatt south, cast-north, as tho Chinaman boxes It He also say thirds-two Instead In-stead of two-thirds, and In writing a dalo his order Is year, month, day Ho wrltca hla family name Hrst and bis given name follows. If he mounts n horse he clambera up on the right aide; If be ahorcs n boat ho dors It stern first; It ho marches In company or works at a paddlo ho "breaks" Instead In-stead of keeping time. Ho laughs when telling you ot the death ot a relative or friend. It ho la III hla "doctor'' prods for the. pain with a long needle, often plenlng tbu stomach walls In tbe endeavor to find It It ho la lame ho takoi ashes of frogs' legs for rheumatism dragun a Wnet snd anions other remodloi la JJr Chinese pharmacopoeia nre as-iMtot as-iMtot rhlnoirron horns, the now tops rti h0""' ,or,olw H. human Wllk and varloua stalactites ground to powder ,Illi ntmes for village are as rations is hit medlrlnes Here are a few Jlone-Wordt Village, Female-Dog Vil lg. Horse Without a-Hoof, Wang 'ally. Great Melon Vlllsge. Hun-Jamlly-limi Village. Iok nt-th Ofave. Msrket-Town-oMhc Crows pucks-Nett-of-the-Chou Family, VII Jtgo-of Chang of Ihe-lron-Mouth. Tho Wlliie-Where-They-Wcar- Pug-Nosoi. f In Chin there nre two reasons for distrusting folk (the Chinese distrust each other only a little less than they dlstruat foreigners). In one case they dlslnitt folk because they do not know them, sad In the other because they d3. ,U yon would And the houte of a person when tddrrss you have. If not much ate to Inquire Nobody kno htm It it ifer not to know You want him lor aa evil purpose, perhaps to kill him, wid lien hla relative would take ven-ieanee ven-ieanee on the Informers If you have lost your way at night you are likely to ' sleep out." for no ona will respond to your knocking at tho iates. You may bo a thief, or a spook, tnd my way, why ahould any on bs out attach an hour? |