What One Chinese Woman Learned in America
MADAM WU, wife of the Chinese minister recently recalled to China, went back with unbound feet. Her residence in this country so convinced her of the superiority of natural feet that she willingly endured the pain necessary to regain their normal shape. The toes that had been pressed back to the heels, and kept tightly bandaged all the time, were gradually allowed to assume the natural position, until finally the bandages were removed entirely, and she could walk with ease. She said, in speaking of her feet: “My feet are quite big now. But I do not care, for I am not in sympathy with the little-foot practice in my country. It is unnatural, and deprives a woman of so much that is beautiful and useful in life.” “There are many American customs which I like and shall introduce in China. The Chinese women are eager to take their places in life along with the women of other nations, and I hope it will not be long before they will be given a reasonable amount of freedom.”—Missionary Review of the World.