Peeps into China . ed streets,or gaze at the sights from the midst of the brilliancyof the opened shops. Here for once a little publicitymeant no reproach or immodesty. Dressed in silks,faces all painted, hair all decked, laughing and chatting,—these were the most happy of all that night. Womenin China, as elsewhere, like a chance to show forththeir beauty, even though the beauty be artificial andtransitory. Here, then, is a festival, joined in by three hundredmillions of people, one of the most charming andpleasing that any nation, ancient or modern, has everestablished or enjoyed. Owing to t
Peeps into China . ed streets,or gaze at the sights from the midst of the brilliancyof the opened shops. Here for once a little publicitymeant no reproach or immodesty. Dressed in silks,faces all painted, hair all decked, laughing and chatting,—these were the most happy of all that night. Womenin China, as elsewhere, like a chance to show forththeir beauty, even though the beauty be artificial andtransitory. Here, then, is a festival, joined in by three hundredmillions of people, one of the most charming andpleasing that any nation, ancient or modern, has everestablished or enjoyed. Owing to the fact that thepleasure and the custom are more prominent than anysuperstition possibly connected therewith, it seemsentirely unobjectionable for Christians to participate in,there being needed only a few slight modifications. Itis even a festival that Western nations need never beashamed to adopt,—the light and the glory, themerriment and the restfulness, unconsciously and sal-utarily affecting even the
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