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The Oregon Sta tesman - Ine Daily Ezeept Monde? by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 815 South. Commercial Street, Salem. Oregon . Jt J. Hendrieha lri 3. MeSnerry KaJpfe. C. Cnttis - rtor P. CarUe Jtoseila Baack Manafer i Ralph H. Klctaiar, AdTarUaiag- Maaaasr Vaaan( Editor i Lloyi E. BtittUt - - Sapertatendent - City Editor I W.. H. Henderson, Ci reflation Menage Sparta Editor E. i. Raotea ; LJveatock Editor Society Editor w. CL Conner . J . Paaltry Editor ' " , MTafTtTg OT THB ASSOCIATED PJtESS 1 - f -w -, KIT. "dBilwly .nutUd to the , for paaliesUoa at an ' 1UBDHU OmfTE9. : .1 ' SelectoA Oraftm Vawapapers Pac'tta Coat Represent tit s.JTZ. '"j?' t7 Bid.; Baa JVaneUeo, Sn.ro. mw naw iora lza-isa w i . e m. ... nu. - - . w. va'awi I S It &JWS &naiasac Offie 3i or IIS eiay Vlit o TEXXPBOBXS -STaws Iept2a a 108 J oh Department ' '-' CirenUUja Office Efrod! a laa Pot Otttea hi Salons, OnfH. aa soma. d-claM aaatter. a And he husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed uubu iBomer. .Again He sent other senrants more ua mej aia onto them likewise. Matthew 21:35-36 STOP THE TWADDLE; GET TO WORK lie to the south.7 It is soxnethinsr of an achlev Aaent to snaD a good, sharp close-up of a waterfall from a distance of SOO a . m St ' - J " "' m m j . . . aa mues, but it is doubly an achievement when the gifted photographer succeeds in doing it through the bulk of one of the bulkiest mountain ranges in America. , We have always known that these Calif ornians are re sourceful cusses, but at that we have underrated them cruelly. ? It must be true that California is the greatest state in the Union. A commonwealth whose citizens can do the impossible in this easy, offhand manner just simply can't be stopped. 4 1 ' The people of Salem have decided upon an incinerator. It is needed. The noisome dump should go into the discard And the incinerator must have a location. Wherever it is located, the city's refuse must be hauled to it, and the talk about, this hauling being objectionable to this section or that section, or some other, is twaddle t I . , v And the incinerator itself will not be objectionable. It will give off no bad odors s 1 t; So why even waste time in twaddle about this location or that, either on account of the idea that the hauling of the refuse will injure or annoy anybody, or that the incinerator itself ;will be a nuisance? ' ? ; But there is another thing. - Salem will have to build a sewage disposal plant The federal and j state authorities will not long allow the city sewage to be poured into the Willamette river. Should not allow it. j And the incinerator and the sewage disposal plant should be close together, for obvious economic reasons. And the sewage disposal plant must be below the! level of .the city. So there is no suitable place excepting north of the city. And the best place is the one being considered, on the old Oregon -Electric gravel pit. ! - Stop the twaddle; get to work. ? , FEEBLE MINDED ABOUT THE FEEBLE MINDED The Oregon state institution for the feeble minded is an outstanding institution, in its up to date methods in treating the handicapped people coming under its care - And students from other states and countries come to get information hereof rom Dr. J. N. Smith and his assistants. But every, little while some feeble minded brother or sister gets feeble minded plus in excitement over the treatment here of the feeble minded; ' .They are worth attention only as objects of pity for their density. They should be given only the consideration they And no one must be allowed to I hamper the wonderful work that is being done at this institution. It is calculated t& give the best of care and treatment to those kept at the institution v ' ; - And it is calculated to finally stamp out the breeding of feeble minded children in this state, without harming any one.: There is nothing more important than this. It will largely dry up the' source of defectives of all kinds,, and. of criminals of every degree. It is making progress towards the breeding of a superior race, free from loathesome dis eases and stripped of the morons and under developed that are the sources of most of the crime and pauperism and sexual perversion and debauchery. YET IN THE WILDERNESS (Market Agent Bulletin) The movement started last June to unite the prune grow rs and'the packers in a co-operative organization for the marketing of .the fruit was abandoned last week after months of effort by a committee to formulate some plan satisfactory to all interests involved. The committee of nine growers and packers, appointed by the general meeting in June, met last Wednesday and decided that there appeared eo possibility of presenting a plan with a certainty of "being acceptable, effective and beneficial Similar efforts in Cali foma also failed. The prune industry; is still without 'a Hoses, It is now up to the growers themselves to find a way and a means forx the adjustment of their difficulties, v. ithout depending' on or expecting active cooperation from the packers. JThis deparlmenl will be found ready and anx ious to assist,the growers at all times and in any way that An"be advantageous. . - . J The above from the .current .news bulletin of the state market agent gives the situation up to date, notwithstand ing its references to ancient times - j But even yet the situation is not without hope. If there is a real leader whom the growers will follow, wining to take up thejvork, now is the best time that there has beei for several years for getting a near 100 per cenri cooperative organization of the growers into shape, wno shall it be? . - ' - " ' . v The Oregon prune industry represents too good a product, and one too much wanted and needed in wide markets', to be allowed to languish. '' 1 . : I ' : IIAEL TO CALIFORNIA :" A ; t (Eugene Register) ; The January number of the American magazine pays a iHr ntoundin2r tribute to the ingenuity of Oregon's neigh Lcrs fcelow the Siskiyous. It prints a picture of Multnomah fall: and underneath ' the 'picture appears this striking statement : : "One of the many beautiful scenes along the Columbia Taver highwaya picture taken In v California Now it wDl be apparent to all that here is indeed a feat to stir the most slussrlsh to vociferous admiration. The falls c f Hdtnonuh arc a good SOO miles from California, and.it rniriT SOO-euIo stretch at that : The picture is r- ifestlv a close-up. It will be conceded by the most cap- -.f. , c?t.-- f t it tales' real photographic skin to stand SOO ' - J- av:-:y and to a clcr, close-up picture -of a VtLat ! -t' th3 hlf cf it. As every capable student of i I r " ct' 3 rcific coast know3, the Multnomah fall ' i : 'Z .:t "v;I.;r :r, z ths zvzir.y strands "cf California TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO O : -O (From columns of The States man, Dec 27, 1902) Roseburg Contractor " Pred Erlxson has completed work on the DoolaS county bank buUd- ing. The city is infested with the worst sans; of crooks In years. Police are working; hard to rid the city of the unwelcome intrud ers..; , . r ; - w. H. Dancy found a man stretched out on a diran in his home when he came in last night. The man told Dancy he had been drunk and not responsible for his deeds. Dancy let him so. Later. Dancy found his back door: had been broken into. Te then noti fied the police. : Nothing was stolen. p o- Sits For Breakfsust Let's be, thankful , That the world of rood might be accomplished if such first page space could be devoted to develop ment news v and . articles for ' the improvement of the conditions of the people in variou ways. Tonight's meeting ought to con clude the hot air period of the preliminaries looking to the loca tion and actual construction of the incinerator. S Were it not for the fact that Salem must have a sewage dispo sal plant soon, and the two must be together, any location sugges ted would be a good one for the incinerator. But that being the condition, there Is no location suit able that should be 'thought of excepting one' to the north of the city, i Copies of the Ella McMunn book, "Seven Mii.li Out." are sell ing every day, at the Patton book store, at 50c a copy. b If you expect to be represented in the big New Year Edition o,f The Statesman, and ' have not made the connection yet, you will have to hurry. Phone the office. -w .: The University of Cork is con ducting experiments to determine the possibility of producing essen tial oils ' from plants in Ireland. We are already doing this In the Salem district, to the tunes of ISO 0,0 00 for our peppermint oil crop for this year; and there will be 58 other varieties In good time, with a whole flock of drug garden plants besides. . ; - ( : 1 ' An Englishman has invented window glass panes that are trans parent only to persons looking through them from the Inside of ahouse. LINDBERGH FLIES Orr SOUTH THIS MORNING - (Coatinuad from pace 1) . disappear - Into the cabin of the tri-motored l Ford - plane, f which brought her . here, for the; return Journey to Detroit. .The mother and son wUl wing along in almost opposite- directions. The first stop of the Ford plane probably will be Tampico, and Mrs. Lind bergh should reach Detroit Fri day evening. Colonel Lindbergh will spend about two , days in each i of the Central American capitals, pro ceeding from Guatemala City to Belize, San Salvador, -Tegucigalpa, Managua.' San Jose and Panama. and thence to Havana.: ;; I Last touches -were -put; on the famous ' Lindbergh - plane today, the flier himself supervising the job. Like Its pilot, the plane now stands forth as the most famous in the world and when it returns to the United States, It will vhave gone on Its latest good-wlllvtour not much short of ',000 miles. SAN SALVADOR, Dec 27. (AP) Colonel Lindbergh, ft was announced today wUl remain here three days. . - - Colonel Lindbergh-said -in Mex ico City he probably would remain two days in each Central Ameri can capital, but might stay-long er in some cities. Preparations are being hastily made to receive ' the American "good win ambassador" at the Ilopango flying field.; A program of festivities .has! been' arranged, Including a reception at the pres idential mansion and another re ception at the Red HaU of the national palace where' a gold med al commemorating the flight wiU be pinned . on the colonel. Social - events In honor of then flying visitor, will include a ball at the country club and a tea dance at the International club. ; I LISTEN IN o I WEDXESSAY MOBjmfO , T:1S-T:0 KOW 493). Haalth axareiMS. S:OO-S:00 JULU (220). KarLr Siaar pra- : 00-10 :00 KXU FoxtUa4 Early BirAa. w :w-lo :so KTBBL Wmumi'i x i cnaaca. . 10 :00-ll :S0 KGW. Hooackold halp maale. 10:00-12 :00 KOlH (81t). Hoaaawifa'a prograatv ; . a-, 10:00-12:00 KXX. Ut Win and eoar- WnSKSSSAT ATTSSVOOV 13:00-1:00 1CFEO (14). Waathar ra- part aaa aaaata. -12:80-1:10 KXX. Xi dab laaebaea. 12:00-1:00 KOIX. Orgaa.eoaeart. 13:30-4:30 KXU Aftaraooa program, 1:00-1:15 KOIK. Tmrm flaaaaa. 1 :SO4 :00 KEX. Baeerdias. . -S:OO-4:O0 KOIK. Naira aod arnale. 4:80-5:00 KXL. Tvaeh lesaoa. 5:00-8:00 KWJJ. TwillrU snute. S:00-8:00 Ifoiie and narkat r porta. 5:1S 6:00 KOIN. Topay Turry Tina. WEDVESBAT HZORT :00-T:00 KIEI (214). Coaeart. :00-7:00 KTBR (283). Coaeart and road report a. :00-T:00 KOIN (819). Orr eoaeart. :00-T:00 KOW (493). Coneart. 8:00-8:00 KXl, (220). Mnaie and mar kets. - 6:00-8:00 KWJJ (229). Ifoiie. 8:80-7:00 KEX, Caildraa's boax. 7:00-8:00 KEX. Dance orchestra. 7:80-8 :00 KOW. Utility aarriea and Metnra. 8:00-8:80 KTBR. Semi-elasiical pao- tram, 8 :00-9 :0O KEX. Studio procraav 8:00-9:00 KOW. Orchestra. 8 .00-9 :00 KXU Tenor. . 8:00-10:00KOIN. Staff artUta. 9:00-10:00 KXJU Old Uata daaea pra- rram. 9:00-10:00 KGW. "Tha Vacaboada." 10:00-11:00 KTBR. Varied program. 10:00-11:00 KOW. Bereiera. 10:00-11:80 KOIN. , Daaea band. 10:00-13:00 KEX. Da pea frolto. 10:30-12 :00-CWJJT. Theater frolic 11:00-12:00 KTBR. Daaea made, 13:00-1:00 KWJJ. Pipe orraa. 13:00-13:80 KTBR. Tent proaraaa. KBO 9 ta 10, Tha Vara bonds ia a Pawaabap." KPO San rranciuo (422). 6, narketi; 6:80. daaea notie; 8. ereaaatra; 9, atriar aaartat; 10-12, dance maiie. KLX Oakland (509). :80, concert ; 1, , eaneatieatai; , via Tlmars. KOO Oakland (C84). . concert: 8:30. weether ; 8:85, fam prograai; 8, raada- Ktt Ijo Aagelea (468). 8:15, radiotor ial; 6:80, orchestra; T:30, toriea; T:45, Scotch entertainer; 8, stria or chestra : 0. NBC: 10. KJR Seattle (843). 8, news; 6:80, con cert: 7:30, orchestra; 8:30, 9, lO.danee KFOA Seattle (447). 6. 6:30, trto; 7:80, mens eiao; s:is, featnre; 9, NBC; 10, rerelers. KFRC San Fraaeiseo (454). , 6:80. aaaee orcoeitra; 8, orcbeatra; 9, string quarwi; iu-iz. aaaeo orchestra. KTA San Fraaeiseo (809). 6. T, Wo men's elnb; 8-10, program. KOMO Seattle (806). , masle; 7-9, Baaic; 9. NBC; 10-12 :i3, Taried ao sical program. ' KPLA Los Angeles (252). 6. qaartet and orchestra; 7, 8, ribraphone; 9:t0, 9, vocal; 10. mnsicai keys. CNRV Vancouver. B. O. (201). 10-11. Tha Nightcaps." KOAC CorraniS, (270). 7:15. reporter; 7:25, "Do To Know Oregon t"; 7:80, farm ntilitv A KHQ Spokane (870). 7, 8, orchestra; 9, w, reTeierm, HOW HOT IS A FIRE The temperature of a' bnrnlne building is 1,700 degrees Fahren heit. This was found by observ ing that brass which melts at that temperature is always either not meuea or just on the verge of melting. -Farm it Fireside. I General Markets POKIXAXD OSJLtH PORTLAND, Doe. 27. (AP). Wheat bids : BBB hard whit. jr.. v.w !i -f ; Ba- Baart. aU -aeaUi -' , leiieraiioB, aois watsa, - Weetera white all fl.23; hard winter aU l.l; northern spring aU 81.22; westera red all 81.204. OatS. No. 2. SS Mini W v .-J j:h. gray ail 829.50. Corn, No. 2, E. T. shipment Jan., Feb, 834 00" " Doc 834.50, Jan., Pab, f bii sV 28'si Ja-. HAT - - - " w. - i. ajt. nay baying prices : Eastern Oregon timothy win. Taney ttiuQis; al falfa 911 1 oat hay 314 14.50; straw 89 SAXXT PORTLAND. . Dee. 2 7. (API D.iV, Exchange, net prices; Batter, extras 46e; atandarda 45e: prime firsts 4Ke; firsts 44c. Kggs. extras 85e: firite S5e: medinm extras 81e; mediant flrsu 80c; ander-j tata soo. ' EGYPT HAS SWEET-TOOTIX CAIRO Egypt spends about 11,060,000 a year for imported candy, consuming nearly 2,500, 000 pounds of imported choco late and 1,500,000 , pounds of other confectionery. Only well-to-do- natives and foreigneri can afford to buy the Imported candy. The natives say they like better the- cheaper EgTFtlanmade candy, anyway, - - PXODUOB P02TLAXD. Uui. 17 iip Vitv 1 steady; bntterfat 48c sUtioa, 4e track, 5056 fob PortUad. x-iu-y aieaay; eeary bees 18y21e; Iirkt 1 0 (2 1 4. r inrinr.. auf ! . 29 ffl 25c; pekin white decks 80c; colored nvmiaaj; raraey tors X3& Z7c unions steaay; local f 1.20 1.60: poU toea 7icwUS sack. - - - XXTXSTOCX . PORTLAND. Dm. 9.7, 4PlUn. racaiots. aaS mIm. OS. - -.J stock 25e higher; ealvea' and vealers 50c omn iiwuini ponnas lifts 11-75 ; ditto mediom 95O-1100 pavnda 811.25 11.75; ditto medium 00 pounds up 61911.2S; ditto all weights common 38.60 10.00. Heifers, food 850 pounds eowa $8.75 9,50; ditto eommoa W me dinm 26.75a8.75; eowa, rood $7.50 8.50; bails (yearlings excepted) beef. sooa ao.70VTO.Z3: aitto eommoa and m down a.dhiM i. .h.iH taaiA en. : caiia so eommoa fys.so; veaiera (milk t c no tee eiu.aocu; 12. so; ettto medinm 9.50 10.50; ditto calls te eommoa 87.80 9.50. .;.;.'. - V Hogs, receipU 1620; 25 to 50c higher; top 810; heavyweight 250-700 pounds me dium to choice 83 9.25; medinm weicht 20O-S50 poonds medium to choice 88.75 $9.50; lightweight 160-200 pounds me dians to choice 39 0 10.00; tight lia-hta 130-160 poands madiam te choice 39. OO 9.85; packing bega roagh and smooth 86.00 7.50; slanghter , pigs 90-180 Don a 4s medinm to choira IRtnaaf!. feedtr sad stocker pigs 70-180 peaads - ( Soft or oily boas and roast ins; pigs excraeea in aoeve quotations.; ipg 282 through. Lambs 84 paaads down, good te choice $11.00012.25; ditto me- amm 91 ponaae down . glO.OO H.OO; ditto calls to common, alt weights, $7.50 CFiu.vu; yearung wetnera te choice $8 to to 10.00: awes. 120 ansss jfnwa sm;mm enoiea 5.towb.; ditto medi eboiee 120-150 poaade $4.oOS.OO; ditto calls to common, all weigate $3.O04.O0. 1. CmCAGO OKA IK - CHICAGO, Dee. 27. (AP). Suddenly making -a 'tT tarn after . reaching aew low prices for be aeaaoa. eora scored a sabatntial adrasee today at tbe last. AU day, corn was maea mora active Uisa other grain and the late switch te the haying side was da to the disclosure last for at least the time bemr the com market was oversold aad had become al most hare ef offerlng-a. Closing quota tions or eora -were firm at the day'e top f iruree V to 7-e net his her. tVosat fia ished an chanced to 7-flo p aad eeta at e oceans to aa equal adraace, ; TE1IBLESLHY G IS C I Chief Petty Officer of U. S, Navy Writes to States man From Shanghai Editor Statesman: Just a little bit of news for the folks at home. Most of us nave beard at differ ent times of the terrible punish meats griven to crimlnala In China. but there are homes here that can tell of glrla with bodies that are scarred or scorched by vicious bites, hot Irons, flogging, and pin pricks. The rice in Shanghai gives one an insight into one of the most shocking things that any country could account for; frail slave chll dren suffer at time at the hands of some fiendish mistress, fated by poverty, by kidnaping, by all the pitiable circumstance that gen erally surrounds their birth, these little girls who are not much re moved front the babe age are the victims of an existence that for eigners In other lands could scarcely credit. F -V The Majority Good - Let it be said at once that of the average Chinese women 95 per cent of them are mothers In every sense of the -world, mothers who fight tooth and nail for such chil dren. They have brought to Jus tice hundreds of slave girl beaters and at times have taken these children away from homes where their lives have been known to be ones of extreme misery and 111 treatment. But they and the po lice can not reach all the dens .of torture as some Chinese homes In Shanghai have been proved to be. and most pathetic of it all is that these shockingly 111 treated girls often possess names that sing with poignant beauty, names like drooping flower, heart of the moon, whispering love, rose frag rance, weeping hands, and others that suggest nothing but a life of happiness or a symbol of sad lov Ingness of grace. What they are called by some of their mistresses is another thing; they can be guessed when one looks at their pinched faces and starved bodies that some times tremble at a mere sound. The Door of Hope But let the Door of Hope tell their -tale. Here and there Is a child In bed, frail and helpless thing with a wan smile, wistful and penetrating; they have long learned to Judge quickly for their own protection every one of your moods. These poor children glance up at you quickly, allowing a fleet ing look of appreciation to dawn in their eyesv They wmtch. you walking about the ward wonder ing why you are here, for very few foreigners apparently have found time to visit this most pathetic of all hospitals In the world, most pathetic because nearly all the In mates htve come their either from beds of vice or horrible whipping posts., Horrible Scars A sister In charge will say to you, "Look at this child and count the scars." as she turns the bed clothes down to disclose the child's limbs for inspection; across the child's chest are 18 deep "scars from some lash. They are criss crossed as If the mistress had wearied of one position and changed to another to relieve, the strain on her wrist. Some are faint, but they - bum into your memory. On the tnroat are scars also where the lash has dwelt sometimes by mistake and often by Intention. The finger tips even have not escaped the attention of the woman who beat this child with a fiendish delight. Many of them are not blue, but jet black under the nails. - -More Horrors The small, head with the mass of tumbled, dark hafr hides cuts that took weeks to heal; some of these cutai had been reopened 'by further punishments on the child's back. Another little girl who for seven long years was a slave girl to look at her gives vou a sudden catch in the throat, for she never mllee or says anything. ,Her eyes were - not as big as those of the other girls In the hospital, for the pain of her past existence has not yet left her body, and the small circular Scars on her face, her back. Iter head, and on her piti ably discolored arm are the marks from lighted cigarettes held close to the skin and pressed deep in by a mistress with the heart of a devil. After many beatings the slave girl bae fallen asleep tn some corner and has failed to hear the call of the mistress out of her troubled dreams; she wakes with a scream as the- red ash Is pressed on her neck or on her tiny breast to wake her up. " Does the punish ment end there? No, a heavy stick falls on the child body, panic stricken with fear, eren more ter rible than the pain she is suffering.-from the biting burn. The child fle-s hither and 'thither un til she is entrapped in some cor ner and has fallen in a dead faint on the stairway. The mistress, Sow ' fearful that the child's screams may have attracted the attention of the neighbors, calms down again and probably throw a bucket of water on the prostrate form. When the child recovers she Is Jerked to her feet and pushed Into a , place where she lies wounded and moaning. Worse Than This - Some of the children have told with trembling lips that they have themselves seen others literally baten to death. There are a few who escape this merciful treat ment," but how many no one knows or ever will know, and it Is a mys tery how so many do survive the treatment they receive. Their bo dies bear the marks of constant vi cious bites administered as a pun ishraent for some slight or fancied misbehavior. They have been thrown into icy water on winter mornings, locked : for hours In rooms purposely made hot by stoves until they swooned and have been dragged by the hair until consciousness left them." How many have "died by such chastise ment one dare not think,, and to see this Just visit that Tefuge, the Door of Hope, on the Paoshan road just over the end of Szechuen road tram route. An j One May See V Any one can see the sight for himself or herself, and become mute with horror. Again let any one visit the various police sta tions in the settlement and ask the officials there if that Is true. Bet ter still let anyone interview some of the mixed courts assessors. Judges who have seen with their own eyes these wee victims of the shocking cruelty never known to exist In a civilized country. These judges have not only seen but had the satisfaction of punishing these child beaters In many Instances. When these brutal mistresses are brought In to the court room for trial they lie themselves black ana blue to save their facea, aa well as their reputation, for It Is not only the poorer class of mistresses who form this criminal type but often women of -good social standing. In the court room the child site on the lap of an officer while the case proceeds. She Is terrified and fears should the woman In the box get off by justice that sometimes something has blinded. The child tells its version as though that were necessary and its appearance not sufficient evidence to damn anyone, but the law of fair trial runs Its course . and the child Is placed on the bench right beside the judge. Its Hmba are Inspected almost briefly, for one glimpse is enough, sentence is- passed and the child is turned over to the safety of the Door of Hope. Shameful Cruelties Have you ever seen the perfect impress of a hot iron on the leg of a girl?. This little girl was only nine years old. This sight to look at would turn your hair gray at one glance. The leg was a mess and naturally it was paralyzed, for the iron had played its part more than once on the same spot. On one slave girl's back and shoul ders were numberless bruises and ugly welts where the child had been unmercifully beaten with anything from a poker to a broom, tiny pin pricks scar the body, marks made by the scalp scratch er of a brutal mistress whose only defense was that the child had told lies. ' There was another child in the hospital who had come from a house of 111 fame, which many of them do, having either run away or been found there by the police. This sad girl used to be fastened to the wall by a cord around her neck ana this torture was repeat ed until the child's stomach had become permanently dlstensed. What this child sufffednoone will ever be able to tell. This, lit tle youngster was no; more than seven years old. It sounds ghast ly and Incredible, but the wold little know what goes on some times behind the doors of an ap parently respectable house or in the confines of many a Chines place of ill fame.; THE MORNING ARGUMENT AUNT HET Br Dobssri QsvQlea "It ain't no trick to keep a man faithful an' happy If a woman will just let him think he's boss anj POOR PA By Claude Callaa i u-iuj. wucu un wov.ou. Dm uui ilia price mars: than sht spells.' I did on the others." (Copyright, 12T. rabtishers Syndicate) ((Copyright, 1927. Pahliahcrs Syndicate) Sleepless Slaves Some of the children that th Door of Hope had taken to its care never did know what a good sound sleep meant.' From early dawn until the early hours of the following morning-they are kept constantly on the. mara. : Knm mistresses take hours over the mere doing of their hahv A slave girl will kneel beside a young wo man who was evidently preparing herself for a party. That child will sit on her knees for hours, all the time in one position except for a sudden dive, with out-stretched hands to the dressing table for something the amah wanted. The amah does the combing, brushing, and platting. Sitting like that must be a strain on the poor child's physique; always on the go. Many of - these children never know a day's peace, for they never are allowed time to think of hap piness. Sometimes they snatch a few hours of sleep whenever the opportunity occurs, generally fear ful of a sudden brutal awakening to sink into a deep slumber, but sometimes they do. and then the tragedy begins. - Certainly many of these children are probably lit tle terrors at times, and a mis tress' temper Is hard to control, but there Is no excuse existing or conceivable that could ever con done the shocking cruelty that tabes place. Some XJgbt Spots On the other hand, many a slave girl has' married her mistress's younger son and lived happily ever afterwards. So far as that is pos sible, others have been treated with every kindness by those they have served, while not a small number have been given the op portunity to, start in business for themselves. Some of these chil dren have possessed great beauty. and, where it has not been batter ed out of them, have often devel oped into women whose attractive ness and womanliness won for them rich or , devoted husbands. Many of them, as has been said, have been anything but angelic either In appearance or in nature and have given their mistresses such a time as to create an oppor tunity for the girl to escape from the compasatlce thralldon of bouse work into 'the high lights of Immorality. Selling Girls In Slavery Every day" and every hour in China little girls are sold into the bondage of slavery or vice from poor decent homes in obscure vil lages. Children are generally sold because the hand of poverty has more than gauntly threatened. One day in the settlementan old man. obviously of the peasant type, wandered down the street carting two tiny girls in a basket slung on a poie. it was during the ; war scare outside the settlement when villagers streamed inside the boun dary for safety. There children were offered for sale to passersby. These child sellers only get a few Mexican dollars. A Mexican dol lar is worth about 45 cents lit TJ, S. money. The father goes on his way wondering and thinking what will become of his two sweet faced chubby girls who appeared to be twins. In the interior such sights .are common far too common when black despair or f amine stalks the earth, Chinese are 'gen erally kind to their children, and the instances quoted in this art! cie are supplied by a very small percentage of the county's 4opu latlon, but an exception to the rule never makes a case less damnable In these instances, and while the Chinese themselves are doing much to combat this horriwt cruelty to slave children the law Is anything but severe on sn.s occasions. i Women the Worst , Bat It is the mistresses of cer tain homes who supply the moi cases of child torture . under the guise of awful whipping. There have been cases of men beinr tha beaters of these slave children, but they . are nothing in number like the women who seem to possess as much heart as a wolf with Its teeth deep in the throat of a fawn. Many a bedraggled child acamn ering across the street In Shang hai could tell you a lot of sad tales about misery and torture bo in. conveivable as to cause one to be lieve that the child was either an inveterate liar or else possessed of a distorted , imagination. Never doubt such a child until you have closely inspected its frail, weaken ed body and peered deeply into iu eyes. The truth will not take long in dawning on vou then, oven though it has to penetrate a mind numbed with horror and disgust. All .children scream, but there are some sounds that escape like fire from the child, which can never be forgotten or conceived unless vou have seen such things as are com mon daily sights. More than yon know, bat the ones who know, and know, are the kindly souls who work at the Door of Hope, an in stitution whose work would set American charity aflame with ap preciation were it more widely known. 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