Child life in Chinese homes . poor distorted feet golden we look at her our wonder is how she can manage to walk at allwithout coming to grief. Her dress also looks strange to European eyes. She wears a loose JIIS HOME AND FRIENDS. tunic of some bright-flowered silk, trimmed with braid which is wovenwith sUk and gold thread. Her sleeves are more than a yard round,and adorned withstrips of beautifulembroidery. Shewears loose trou-sers underneaththe tunic, andwhen in full dressa kilted skirt,which is alsorichly can boast ofa large stock ofjewellery, and shewears many pinsof e
Child life in Chinese homes . poor distorted feet golden we look at her our wonder is how she can manage to walk at allwithout coming to grief. Her dress also looks strange to European eyes. She wears a loose JIIS HOME AND FRIENDS. tunic of some bright-flowered silk, trimmed with braid which is wovenwith sUk and gold thread. Her sleeves are more than a yard round,and adorned withstrips of beautifulembroidery. Shewears loose trou-sers underneaththe tunic, andwhen in full dressa kilted skirt,which is alsorichly can boast ofa large stock ofjewellery, and shewears many pinsof elaborate work-manship in herdark locks. Herears are quiteweighed down byher large heavyearrings, and shehas several ringsupon her fingers,and massive brace-lets on her arms. When relativesand friends areinvited to dineat their house,the babys mother never sits down to a meal with them. She remainsalways in her own apartment; but sometimes, when there is a merrycompany in the guest hall, you may hear a rustling and a sound of. THE BABY S MOTHER. 22 CHILD LIFE IN CHINESE HOMES. hushed laughter, and so be made aware of the fact that the lady of thehouse and her attendants are having a sly peep at what is going on ;or it is easy to make small holes in the paper screens, or to peer frombehind a curtain which shields the door. The babys mother is quite unable to read or write, and verywearily the days pass with her. It takes a long time for herattendant to dress her hair, and fix it in its place with long pins and asort of glue. Then she adorns it v?ith bright-coloured, sweet-scentedflowers. Her face also has to be powdered, and a touch of rouge puton here tod there. By-and-by she will spend a little time at her embroidery frame,or play with baby till she gets tired even of that she takes a turn at smoking or card-playing, and so theweary hours of the day slip by. It is quite a relief when every few days she has a call from one ofthe ancient dames who make their
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