Lecture Vi

SOME CHINESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

Origin of the Queue--Social Life--An Eyeglass--Street Etiquette--Guest and Host--The Position of Women--Infanticide--Training and Education of Women--The Wife's Status--Ancestral Worship--Widows--Foot-binding-- Henpecked Husbands--The Chinaman a Mystery--Customs vary with Places-- Dog's Flesh--Substitutes at Executions--Doctors--Conclusion ... 175