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THE SqTO'AY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 14, 1900.
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Copyrlsht, 1900, by "Frank G. Carpenter.)
SHANGHAI; Sept L hanshal is the
"headQuarters of the Tien Tsu Hui, or the
antl-foot-blndingr society. This toclety,
founded in 1895, has now Its branches all
over the empire. It is composed chiefly
of missionary -women, but it has also
many prominent Chinese members, and
as socn as the war is over, it will be able
to push Its work as It has not done before.
The head of the society is 3dxs. Archi
bald Little, an English resident of China,
who is noted as an authoress of books of
Chinese travel. The society is now scat
tering tracts written in Chinese, picturing
the evils of foot-binding. It offers prizes
to Chinese scholars for essays upon the
subject, and it has lecturers going about
denouncing the practice. Among its most
Influential supporters has been the great
viceroy, Chang Chi Tung, a man who is
second only to LI Hung Chang in influence
in China, Chang Chi Tung has aided in
the organization of big-foot clubs In the
upper part of the Tangtse valley, and
written a number of tracts denouncing the
foot-binding custom. In his essays he
writes that he fears the women of China
may through It degenerate, and the race
in this way become weak and small and
finally extinct.
The Chinese call these small feet golden
lilies. One of the recent acts of the soci
ety was making a photograph of a golden
lily by the X-ray process. A print from
the negative lies before me. It repre
sents the bones of the foot of a living
Chinese woman, and shows how horribly
they are deformed by the compression.
The foot has been crushed out of shape.
The instep is over the heel, and the sole
has been bent up so that the foot is in
the form of a bow.
In order to learn Just how the feet are
bound I went the other day to one of the
hospitals, and through an acquaintance
with a missionary doctor was able to see
one of the smallest of the Chinese feet.
This is by no means easy of accomplish
ment. The Chinese women are exceeding
ly 'modest. They will not take the band
ages off in the presence of their hus
bands, an,d I am told that a husband
rarely sees his wife's feet bare. She
keeps the bandages en at night, and does
not remove them except at Intervals of
three or four days for cleansing and foot
washing.
Lilce a Club.
The girl's foot had a small sore on the
ankle, and the doctor brought me In to
see it on the plea that I was a consult
ing physician. I cannot adequately de
scribe Its ugliness. It looked more 3ike
a club than a foot. The four small toes
had been bound under the sole so tightly
that they had almost grown into the
flesh. The heel and sole were bent to
gether, leaving a crack about three inches
deep, and so wide that you could have
slipped a silver dollar Into it and it would
have been hidden. The big toe stuck
straight out. It was abnormally devel
oped, and this because the woman walked
upon It and not upon the sole.
The skin was as rough as though It
were chafed with the cold. It was crack
led and sore. This was the condition of
all the leg that was exposed. The leg
was bare half way to the knee, but I
could see no sign of the swelling of the
calf; and it Is said that the email-footed
women do not have any calves to speak
of. The unnatural way of walldng
throws into disuse such muscles, and the
average Chinese lady's leg from foot to
knee is not much larger around than a
golf club.
From members of tlte society and the
reports which they have received from
different sections I have learned some of
the horrors of foot-binding. There is a
branch of the organization about 2000
miles up the Tangtse -River, at Chung
King. At a meeting there Dr. McCartney
recently told how he had been compelled
to amputate the two feet of a child a
short time ago. The mother of the child
-was an opium smoker, and she had not
paid much attention to her little girl.
The result was the feet were unwashed,
gangrene had set In, and when she was
brought to the hospital the little one's
feet were hanging on by the tendons only.
In other cases Dr. McCartney found
women paralyzed by foot-binding, and In
others half a foot bad sloughed off.
The mother superior of the convent at
Hankow says that In her district one girl
in every 10 dies of foot-binding. One of
the female physicians In charge of the
hospital at Canton told me of a woman
who had lost her feet by freezing. They
were bound so tight that there was no
circulation. They froze and dropped off,
and the woman walked Into the hospital
on the stumps with her feet in her hand.
It is not uncommon for a foot to be so
tightly bound that It breaks in two In the
middle and the bones come through the
flesh. The pain at the beginning is in
tense, and it continues throughout life,
the bandages not being left off until
death.
Jleernn in Childhood.
The binding begins at different ages In
different parts -of China. In the north
and in the Tangtse Valley it is first done
at 3 or 4 years of age, and in the houth
at 5 or 6. There are professional foot
binders, who put on the first wrappings.
The child sits on the lap of her mother
and a servant holds one foot while the
other is free for the foot-binder to work
upon. The first binding Is with a long
piece of tape about half an Inch wide.
The binder presses the four small toes
down under the sole and then takes a
turn with the tape about the big toe at
the joint She fastens this and then
draws the tape back around the heel,
pressing It downward, materlallj- Increas
ing the height of the instep. The tape Is
next carried to the front of the foot and
the four small toes are bound In so that
they are almost sunken In the flesh.
Next a piece of stiff cloth Is wrapped
about the foot and fastened with heavy
thread so tightly that the foot cannot
possibly grow. The feet are now
squeezed into stiff shoes or slippers, and
over them more binding is put until they
are perfectly rigid.
The pain Increases as the child grows,
and at times it is so great that mothers
give their children opium to relieve it.
In walking the little ones must walk
upon their toes. They are unable to
stand still, and are continually taking
steps or swaying about This sway has
even become a feature of Chinese beauty,
and is considered graceful by the men.
At a recent meeting of the Tien .Tsu
Hul, Dr. Elizabeth Relfsnyder, one of the
physicians in cHarjre of a iargo hospital
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her at Shanghai, said that this stiff
binding was kept on until the children
were 7 years of age, and that other ban
dages were then used. She cited some
instances of the torture Inflicted in this
way on children by their mothers-in-law,
saying that of all cruel people, she be
lieved the Chinese mother-in-law was the
cruelest She told how under SjUCh cruel
ties the toes of little daughters-In-law
often dropped off, and now sometimes
half a f6ot would go.
Mrs. Relfsnyder said that she had in
her employ a woman 50 ears old who
weighed 140 pounds, and who used a
shoe only two and one-half Inches long.
She said that this woman was In pain
all the time, and that wnen she stood
on her feet for an hour or so, her xeet
-would bleed.
Use Canes for Wallclngr.
"Where the feet ara very small, walking
is almost impossible, T have seen scores of
Chinese women carried rrom place to
place on the backs of servants, and have
met many who could walk only by means
of long canes.
I once called upon a Chinese millionaire
who introduced me to his mother, an
old lady worth at least $10,000,000. When
she came Into the room she had a maid
servant on each side of her to uphold
her arms. They carried her, In fact to
the chair, and when she Bat down her lit
tle feet, so small that you could have
not more than covered a silver dollar
with one of them, just reBted on the
floor. She wore red satin slippers em
broidered with pearls, and her rich satin
clothing was fur lined. There were
pearls In her ears and her head dress was
decorated with diamortds.
I have asked many Chinese why foot
blndlng has such a hold uponthe people,
and have been always answered that It
Is because it is the fashion. The men are
the cause of It A small foot Is con
sidered beautiful and a large foot the
sign of a servant or plebeian. Husband3
do not want wives with large feet, and
the girl whose foot has not been com
pressed has little , chance of making a
good match.
I am told that the Chinese nobles will
have nothing to do with big-footed wom
en, and that even those who make ad
dresses in favor of anti-foot binding are
insincere. Consul-General Goodnow gave
an instance of this the other day when
chatting with me about the tautol or
Shanghai. He said:
"I had heard the tautol make a speech
in favor of anti-foot binding at a meeting
of the foreign ladles. In discussing the
subject he spoke of them as benefactors
of China and lauded them to the skies.
A day or so after this I met him a his
palace. We had a glass of wine together
and the tautol grew quite loquacious. 1
complimented him on his address and
said that I supposed If he took another
wife he would choose a woman with
big feet
" 'No,' he replied, 'I certainly "would
not'
" 'But why not?' said our Consul-Gener-al.
Tou say that small feet are an out
rage.' " 'I don't know that I said that,' said
the tautor. 'But, at any rate, they are
in fashion here and I would not nave a
big-footed woman. To tell the truth, 1
really don't think much of your women
coming over here and making a fuss
about our fashions. Why don't you cor-
prect your own evils? Take the matter
of corsets. It Is far worse to compress
the vital organs than to compress the
feet Tour women lace themselves to
death. I hope that I shall be able to J
go to America some day as a mission
ary. If ever I do I shall organize an
anti-corset society there.' "
'Corsets vs. Small Shoes.
Here is what one Chinaman says In the
North China Dally News about "Corsets
versus Small Shoes":
"What is the use of binding the feet?
It is of the same use as tightening the
waist among you Europeans. Do you
tighten the waist for comfort? No. Is
it to make one look taller or shorter? No.
Then what is it for? It is for beauty.
It Is to catch the eyes of men. So Is
foot binding. They are both for the
benefit of men. Foot binding does not do
as much harm as waist tightening.
"When so many of your men have writ
ten against the harm of waist tightening
and not succeeded, how can a few or
your women think to put a stop to our
ancient custom? Tou have many medi
cal ladles. Why do they not loosen their
waists before they ask our ladles to
loosen their feet? Tour enlightened Chris
tian ladles should begin at home by form
ing an antl-waist-tlghtenlng society, then
we Chinese may follow your example."
In this connection I would say that
there is no woman more modest than a
Chinese. The women usually remain in
the backs of their houses. They are not
at all forward. They never expose any
part of the person except the face and
hands. Such things as low necks and
short sleeves are not known, and they
even tie In the breasts In order that they
may not be over-prominent In many
parts of the country the usual dress ror
a.Ch'nese woman Is a pair of trousers
or wide pantaloons which come to the
feet and above this a sort of a jacket
or close coat which falls to the knees or
below. They usually wear good clothes,
bright-colored satins and silks, beauti
fully embroidered, being much more com
mon with them than with us.
In the above I have referred to the
terrible character of the Chinese mother-in-law.
She Is the worst of her kind,
and when her son's wife is a foreigner
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CHINESE WOMAN'S FOOT, ALMOST LIFE SIZE (CRACK BETWEEN SOLE
AND HEEL IS TWO INCHES DEEP).
she often becomes a demon. The close
of this war will inaugurate a new re-,i
glme for China. There will be openings
for foreigners in hundreds of ways. The
probability Is that some of our soldiers
will stay here, and some may bring
their families to settle In the -Celestial
Empire. The new Chinaman will become
more popular abroad after a time, and
there will be a temptation now and then
for an American girl to marry a Chinese
and go home with him. The fate of the
woman who does this will be horrible in
the extreme. She will be treated hfre as
the slave 6f her Chinese mother-in-law
Bm-
and will be subject to all kinds of indig
nities. Timely Wnming.
A number of the missionaries and the
foreign merchants out here have asked
me to warn American girls to have noth
ing to do with Chinese lovers and to say
to those who have married Chinese that
they had better remain lnv the United
States. There have been numerous in
stances in which such wives have found
in China a fate equal to death or worse.
One was that of a Very pretty American
girl who married the Chinese interpreter
of one of the New Tork courts. The Chi
nese had gone to the United States at
14 and had been educated '.there. He
was well paid, and after his marriage
he and his wife lived happily and in good
stylo for some time In New Tork. They
had a little boy, and when the child was
4 years old Its father proposed to go back
to China with his wife, expecting that-the
knowledge of English would give him a
good position here. He came of a good
family, and one of his uncles was phy
sician to 1A Hung Chang.
The two came out to China first class
and were apparently happy on the voy
age. When they arrived the man took
his wife to his mother's house. She re
fused to receive her as his wife, and
laughed at the Idea of a foreign mar
riage being binding. She made the Amer
ican girl the slave of the family and
gave her a good beating dally. She
threatened! to poison her, and so terrified
her that she lived. for a time on raw
jegga, breaking the shells herself so that,
she could be sure that poison had not
affected them. Her mother-in-law took
her clothes from her and gave her a lot
of Chinese rags to wear. This was In
Tien Tsln.
After a time the foreigners discovered
her condition andi persuaded her husband
to go to Shanghai, where they got a placb
for him. with the Standard Oil Company.
They raised some money for him and paid
his rent He proved of no value as a
clerk, and the fact that he had a foreign
wife prevented his getting work among
the Chinese. His mother followed him to
Shanghai and again attempted to mal
treat the American girl, but was pre
vented froni doing so 'by a warning from
the foreigners that she would be ar
rested If her daughter-in-law was Injured.
The old mother-in-law said the girl couul
be nothing but a concubine, and all the
family agreed in this opinion.
The head of the American Bible Society
who told mq the above described how he
called with his wife one day on this Amer
ican woman, whom he had been helping.
Said he:
StarvinBT and Freezing:.
"As soon as I entered I noticed she was
starving, and upon Investigation found
that she had been living all Winter upon
one hot meal a day, eating the rest cold,
for she had not the fuel to cook It
Shanghai, you know, Is almost as cold as
New Tork In the Winter, and for months
she had had one half-ton of coal. She
had but one dress and no underclothing
to speak of. I presented the matter to
others of the foreigners In Shanghai, and
we collected some money together and
sent the family back to New Tork. The
woman, when I last saw her said:
"I loved my husband very much before
he brought me here, and I shall do my
duty by him when we get back, but I fear
that I can never separate him from his
horrible people: From, now on he will be
more of a Chinese than a husband to
ma."
I have seen our American girls in
Washington making much of the at
taches of the Chinese Legation. I would
"X-RAY" PHOTOGRAPH OF GOLDEN LILY
SHOES.
advise them neither to flirt with them
nor marry them. If they do they will
regret It, when brought home to China.
This has been the case with other glrjs
In the past. A year or so ago one of
the Chinese attaches of the Legation at
London brought back with him a flne
looklng, well-educated English girl. He
had been legally married to her In Lon
don, . and until he reached Shanghai he
treated her as his wife. He lived with
her here but a short time, and when he
deserted her he took with him all of her
money and every stitch of her clothing.
The result was she was ruined.
A similar instance was that of an Eng
lish girl who married one of the " secre
taries of the Chinese Legation In London.
At the close of his service there he
brought her to Nanking. For some rea
ion or other he lost.hls position. He had
cM little money, and he Insisted that his
wife should go out and work for him.
She was a proud girl, and appealed to her
Consul, who told her that she had lost
her nationality by her marriage, and he
could do nothing for her. She wefTt away
crying. The next day she was seen wad
ing through the mud of the rice fields,
setting out plants for a few cents per
day. Within a week after that she killed
herself.
While I was at Canton a few week3 ago
I found the foreign settlement there
much stirred up because one of the medi
cal missionaries, a female doctor, had
married her Chinese cook. The woman
was about 35, and the cook, not more than
23. She had fallen In loye with him and
had taken him Into herf office where she
was fixing the medicines; When she told
her friends that she proposed to marry
him they protested, .'but In her old malu
enhood she probably thought a Chinese
husband better than nothusband, and per
sisted In her determination. Before the
war broke out she was living at Canton,
but whether she Is there now or not I
cannot say. She left the mission upon
her marriage. Her husband will .un
doubtedly take an extra -wife sooner or
later and she will probably have the
place of a servant , ,
This Is Just the situation of an Amer
ican girl who married a Chinese merchant
In the United States and came home with
him. Soon after he arrived, his father
and mother picked out a second wife for
A GOLDEN LILY BEAUTY.
him, and he married her. The Chinese
wife became the favorite, and the Ameri
can girl was substantially a slave. She
was too ashamed to complain or run
away, and In two years she died.
Just one more instance, one which re
lates to a leading General of the Chinese
Army, a man who was recently high In
the diplomatic circle of Paris. While
there he fell in love with a French girl
and married her. He was wealthy, and
when he returned to China he Installed
his wife in a fine house on Bubbling
Well road, and she paid her visits In a
cdach and pair.
One day when out walking she saw her
own carriage standing before ,a door In
another part. of the city. She went up
FOOT CHINESE WOMEN'S
to the coachman, and In pigeon English
said:
"Mafoo! what thing you do thla side?"
The coachman, pointing to the house,
replied:
"Master have go In there. Master's
other missy belong this side!"
The French wlfo was quite angry, and
she stepped Into the carriage, saying:
"If that Is so, my take carriage! Sup
pose master come out, master can wallf."
'She then went home, and upon investiga
tion found that her husband had another
French wife and three children.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
A STATESMAN'S VIEWS.
A statesman of the silver type,
"Who smoked a noisome wooden pipe
Whose odor, like Miasma's breath,
Was laden with diseaso and death.
Stopped on the , street, as statesmen do,
To tell the people what he knew.
His hair was coarse and short and red.
An old slouch hat adorned his head.
His vest lacked buttons, three or four.
And failed to reach tho pants he wore.
"Last, but not least." the smell of beei
Proclaimed the silver financier.
At times, to emphasize his talk.
He spat with vlcor on the walk.
And whon some loungers gathered 'round
Ho struck an attitude profound,
And, Interspersed with whuffs of smoke.
Thus to his audience ho spoke:
"There's goln' to be a change this year,
It's plainer as the time, draws near
That these Republicans must go
And give the Bryan men a show.
"These trust3 are growln every day.
They'll soon have everything their way.
If we should fall to win this Kail
They'll drive us poor folks to the wall.
"They're workln' schemes to override
The rights for which our fathers died.
And In tholr schemes without a doubt
The Gold Bug party helps them out.
To these thlng3 Bryan is opposed.
And he Is just the man who know3
The way to check the money power.
That's growln stronger every hour.
"And If we Democrats succeed
We'll change this policy of greed;
Bring back our flag across the sea
And leave the Filipinos free;
For Agulnaldo, as we know, ,
Has earned his freedom long ago.
"These thlnss we'll do, and more, for we
Are champions of Liberty.
That's why I think we'll win the fight
It's time to make these errors right."
Here, having nothing more to say.
He filled his pipe and went his way.
His speech was crude, yet in the main
Was just as logical and plain.
And won as many voters, too,
As Bryan's speeches ever do.
Bellwood, Or. . Chas. K. Burnslde.
SPOUTS IN PIONEER DAYS
HOW OREGON BOYS ENJOYED
THEMSELVES 50 YEARS AGO.
Torraball, Three-Cornered Cat, Shin
ny and Coho Favorite Recrea
tionsToys "Were Scarce.
PORTLAND, Oct 12. (To the Editor.)
Complying with The Oregonlan's request
for a contribution upon the subject of
sports and pastimes of the boys In pioneer
days, I will begin by saying that I have
been a pioneer boy since September 27,
1S48. The sports and pastimes of the boys
50 years ago and those of the boys of
today are very different In many respects.
In the first place, our sports and the
games we played were comparatively few
In number and Innocent In character.
The country was sparsely settled when
our parents visited with others. The
horses would be hitched up to tho wagon,
the whole family loaded Ih, and we would
go and spend the day, sometimes the day
and night, with some neighbor several
miles away. If this happened to be the
Summer time or In good weather, we
boys would be allowed the barn or barn
yard, or both, for our playground. Many
"a happy day we spent in breaking tho
young calves to work or to be ridden.
The calf would be small and the hoya
smaller, and we were not In much danger
of getting hurt. Thl3 was a kind of
sport that stayed with tho boys until
they were nearly grown. We would put
a rope or string on the calf to learn him
to lead; perhaps have two at the same
time, and after awhile we would Impro
vise an ox yoke on a small scale. Next
we would hitch them to a small, rough
sled, the boy's wagon being unknown to
us at that time. A good joke has often
been told on the writer of this sketch
being hitched up with a slx-months'-old
calf, the barnyard gate opened and the
team turned out In tho pasture. Of
course, the animals ran away, and when,
after a good deal of trouble, they were
caught by father and playmates, the boy
Insisted that ho was perfectly willing to
stand if they would only untie the other
calf first.
Toys and. playthings of every descrip
tion were unknown to the boys on the
farms In this Western country B0 years
ago, unless our fathers would take the
time to make a rough wagon, with solid
wood wheelB, and sometimes a rude sled.
The boy In the neighborhood who had any
kind of a wagon with four wheels on It
was a wonder to his playfellows.
It took but little to satisfy and please
a boy In those days. In the Winter time
we used to enjoy ourselves a great deal
with what we called a "figure-four trap."
,We would catch birds, sometimes a chick,
en, sometimes a pig. 'I doubt if one boy
in a hundred nowadays ever saw or knows
what a figure-four trap is. I will here
endeavor to describe It The trap Is made
with slats like laths. Take two laths, lay
them on the floor parallel with each other
and nfbbut two or three feet apart, oivfng
to the size you want the trap. Lay twe
laths across the first ones near the ends
parallel with each other. Thus you have
a square. Continue to build on this foun
dation, putting on two laths at a time,
but each time you draw the lath Its width
nearer the center, so as you build it up
the square will grow' smaller, until at the
SOLES OF A CHINESE WOMAN'S FEET GIRL KNEELING ON CHAIR, WITH
BACK TO CAMERA.
top the laths come together. Tou then
take a springy stick, tie a string to each
end and bend It across the top of your
trap. Tie each end to the first laths you
laid down ' and draw It tight, and there
you have .your 'trap. Now the trigger Is
made with three pieces of wood In the
styape of the figure "i," with notches cut
in them In such a way that a weight on
the top will hold It In place. Raise one
side of the trap and set your trigger under
it: then sprinkle some bread crumbs on
the snow or ground, as the case may be.
The quail, or other birds in picking up
tho crumbs will touch the end of the trig
ger, and the trap will fall, catching what
ever happens to bo under It.
In the Winter time we played In the
house a great deal of the time. The long
Winter evenings we spent by a fire In a
large, old-fashioned fireplace, our father
reading, perhaps aloud; mother sitting ln
the corner knitting, sewing or mendings
The bQys had to keep a little quiet but
they were often allowed a few apples or
pears to cat, though apples were worth
$6 and $7 per bushel In those days. Some
times we would roast corn .on the cob on
the hearth near the hot coals, which we
thought a great treat. By this time we
were old enough to learn our A B Cs
in the old blue-backed Elementary Spell
ing Book. It was hard work, to which
fact, no doubt, the boy of today will
agree, that the hardest work he ever did
was to study his A B Cs an hour a day
and half an hour In the evening, but our
parents kept U3 at it, though we might
complain that we were tired or sleepy or
both, until we were far enough advanced
to go to school. Then our troubles in
this life "did really begin. The school
house was nearly two miles away. We
often rode our stick horses to school,
which was a great deal easier than walk
ing. When we got to school we would
tie our horses securely somewhere near
the house, where they would be safe and
where the other boys would not bother
them. Mother say3 we used to back our
horses up to the creek to let them drink
L instead of taking them up head first
We soon became acquainted with other
boys and learned new sports and games,
of which we had never heard before going
to school. One of the principal games
we played was town ball, which answers
to our baseball of today, though played
very differently. All the boys In tho
school who wanted to play, and seldom
any refused, would go to the playground.
At town ball the fastest runners and
surest batters were always In demand.
Usually the two best players would take
the lead and act as captains, though we
did not know them by any title, and they
would determine who should have the
first choice. One captain would tako the
ball bat, which, by the way, would be
be from three to six Inches wide at the
upper end and whittled down toward the
other end for a hand-hold; spit on one side
and toss it up In the air with a twirl,
at the same time saying "wet or dry-"
His opponent, perhaps, would say "wet,"
and if, when the bat or paddle struck
the ground, the wet side came up, he
would have the first choice of the play
ers, and the captains would choose alter
nately until all the boys were chosen.
Then, we were ready for the game.
Sometimes we had another way of as
certaining which should go to the bat
first. One captain would toss the bat to
the other captain, who would grasp it In
his hand near the middle. The first cap
tain would grasp It above, but close down
to the other captain's hand, then move
one hand above the other until they
reached the top of the bat The one who
got the last hold, and that strong enough
to toss the bat over his head, was entitled
to go to the bat first. This must be done
fairly, no fudging allowed, or there would
be trouble and sometimes a bloody nose.
One side went to the bat and the other
scattered out over the field. The ball
ground had four corners, similar to Our
baseball ground, with, a pitcher and a
catcher. We did not know anything about
curves, but threw the ball over-hand right
from the shoulder. We did not stand or.
the bases as in the modern game. The
striker had to run the bases, and If we
could catch the ball on the fly or on the
first bound the striker was out If, when
he ran from one base to the next, we
could throw the ball In front of him,
that Is, between him and the base he
was trying to reach, he was out If we
could hit him with the ball while he was
running from one base to the next, he
was out It would be surprising how
quickly one side could be caught out anJ
the other side let In.
Now about the ball with which we
played. It was many years after the
time described before we saw a ball that
was bought out of the store. First, we
would persuade mother to let U3 have
an old sock or stocking, which we would
unravel and be careful to save all the
pieces. We wrapped this yarn around
a piece of leather until we got It the
right size, then we would carry in the
wood and do all kinds of chores to get
mother to cover It with a piece
of old pants leg or coat sleeve.
I think a few tlnies I have seen a ball
made with a piece of rubber instead of
leather, which would make It bound bet
ter.. The smaller boys used to play "three
cornered cat" The choosing of partners
would be the same as described. There
were three bases In the shape of a tri
angle and a boy on each base with a
catcher behind him. If the striker missed
the ball and the catcher caught It either
on the fly or on the first bound he was
entitled to strike. The boy who was
caught out would have to catch. Every
time a striker hit the ball they all ha,
to run to the next base. If the ball was
caught or was thrown In front of one
while he was running he was out
Then we played what we called base.
The sides were chosen as described. Th
bases were about 100 yards apart One
side would send one of their men out who
would go as near as ho dared to the
other base without being caught If he
was touched by any member of the op
posite side he had to go and play on that
side. If a boy from one side could run
around the other base without being
touched he had a right to choose two
players from the opposite side. Thus,
you see, the best runners and the best
dodgers were always In demand.
There were not many other games In
vogue In the early days. We played
"shinny" or "coho," which was purely
an Indian game, and Is played by many
Indians on the reservations to this day.
We chose sides the same as before. Wa
all provided ourselves with a coho club,
a strong stick with a curve or a knot
at one end. The bases would be 200 or
300 yards apart and we would start from
a point half way between the two. The
two captains would stand over the ball
at a given point and when all was ready
would put their coho clubs down near
each other w'th the ball close between
them. One of the boys would count one.
two, three, slowly. When the last word
was spoken the boy that could hit the
ball first had the advantage, and his side
helped him to knock It to the home base.
We all liked this game because It was
hard and dangerous. Often we would
miss the ball and hit a boy.
But we were going to school and were
growing older, and soon learned to swim j
&M
and ride a pony. The writer remembers)
well when his father promised him a
boy's saddle and bridle when he could
repeat correctly the multiplication ta
bles. It is needless to say .hat the sad
dle and bridle were earned and the pony
soon followed. But more jeople cams
to the country and they haa boys who
knew things that we did not know and
we fell Into the new ways and soon for
got the old ones. However. I can call to
mind men well up In the city, state and
national affairs who 40 and 45 yeaxs jo
and even more ' played the games her
described. J. W. M5INTO.
Jones Have a good time on your vaca
tion? Smith Yes. indeed. T found a pUcs
where you didn't hear a word about goli
or yatchlng or automobiles.
Jones Great Scott! What were you
jailed for? Smart Set.
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