. Old China and young America . A Real Chinese Baby. An-American Baby inChinese Clothes FOLLY OF IGNORANCE 39 portraying people, their manners, orfashions. Often, in doing so, wecome no nearer the truth than theape does to the true man. Some-times offense is taken although noneis intended. The wife of the Jap-anese Minister and Sarahs grand-mother were visiting a foreign ladyin Peking. • With seeming greatpleasure this lady brought to thema large photograph of herself, stand-ing, representing a Chinese , the costumes of the Manchuand the Chinese lady, the style ofwearing the hair and d
. Old China and young America . A Real Chinese Baby. An-American Baby inChinese Clothes FOLLY OF IGNORANCE 39 portraying people, their manners, orfashions. Often, in doing so, wecome no nearer the truth than theape does to the true man. Some-times offense is taken although noneis intended. The wife of the Jap-anese Minister and Sarahs grand-mother were visiting a foreign ladyin Peking. • With seeming greatpleasure this lady brought to thema large photograph of herself, stand-ing, representing a Chinese , the costumes of the Manchuand the Chinese lady, the style ofwearing the hair and dressing thefeet, bear a marked difference. Onthe head of the lady in this picturewas a Manchu head decorationperched . upon the light-colored,puffed hair of the foreigner. Thepicture showed the pleated skirt andcoat of the Chinese lady, but on thefeet were Manchu shoes. The mix-ture of foreign hair, Manchu head-dress and shoes, with the Chineseskirt and coat was an absurdity. Itrepresented absolutely nothing. When opportunity presented, theJapane
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