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MA-On 30th July, 1838, at bis toon, Samuel Ma Sam-yucu, aged 71 years. Funeral will leave residence at 2.30 p.m. io-morrow for the Catholic Cemetery. (Van- couver papers please copy).

residence, 86 Tulpo Road, Kow-

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

The Chinese

are Superstitious

About Birth

H

BY

T. PAUL GREGORY

UMAN life in all its various stages has been a most potent subject for the development of innumerable curious beliefs. Some of these notions seem to be current in all countries, both East

of her offspring as any Western and West, and can thus be parent, is accustomed to place regarded ag a sort of great reliance on talismanie in- universal heritage in which fluences.

all nations have more or less equally shared. commencement

of

This is perhaps due to the fact The that Oriental people as a whole are imbued with a deep sense of life fatalism, or ching-ting as the rather than its close has Cantonese term it, and accept been the phase which has with more seeming acquiescence the alleged fate in store for in-

This Stubbs Rd. been regarded as the most dividuals.

psychologic intriguing; for it has ever state of mind is well illustrated been the wont of mankind by the popularity of certain charts supposedly capable of to look forward in anticipa- showing at a glance the future tion rather than to waste of every child. One of the

Conse-

tables representing the Sci-kw'ai} time in retrospect.

Wong-tai, or the "Yellow Em- quently, the birth of a child perers of the Four Seasons" is has always been a most reproduced in this article. It the will be noted that the picture dramatised event, and

depicts four masculine figures, Spring, Summer, day and the hour of its typifying.

Winter, and the) coming into the work have Autumn and

main portions of the anatomy of everywhere been deemed of each are marked with various especial importance. These symbols. These stand for the data, moreover, have even twelve Horary Characters and been made the topic of the these and their significance are

given below: most minute study, and until quite recent times, it has been fashionable to have the new-born infant's horo- Shanghai is warned that as a

scope carefully drawn up. result of the establishment of

This custom, whilst it has refugee camps where men and

been long out of favour in are given shelter and

the West, still retains food free of charge, the

considerable following cipients are becoming spoiled by

the advertisements charity. That danger always

modern astrologers attest. exists where benevolence i8 allowed to become an accepted What is more, there still part of a community's or a nu- prevails a widely current the ratio of tion's duty to the impoverished idea that

SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1938,

BENEVOLENCE OVERDONE

women

re-

1. Ts, the hour of the Rat, 11 p.m.

to 1 ..

2. Ch'an, the hour of the Ox, I am.

to 3 a.m.

3. Yan, the hour of the Tiger, 3 a.m.

to 5 a.m.

4. Masu, the hour of the Hare,

5 nm. to 7 a.m.

5. Shan, the hour of the Dragon,

7 a.m. to D a.m.

а

6. Tsz, the hour of the Serpent,

8 a.m. to li a.m.

as

of

7. Ny, the hour of the Horse, 11 a.m.

to: p.m.

or habitual indigents. A too individual success or failure free distribution of largess will is pre-determined by the certainly undermine the morals day of the week on

8. Mel, the hour of the Sheep, 1 p.m.

to 3 p.m.

9.

Shan, the hour of the Monkey,

3 p.m. to 3 p.m.

10.

Yau, the hour of the Cock, 5 p.m.

to 7 p.m.

11.

Sut, the hour of the Dog, 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

to 11 pm.

12. Hot, the hour of the Boar, 9 p.m. which Thus, during the Ch'un

the hotary "Spring character for the hours between

"Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of

1000,

Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and

of the average man and cause one is born. This is suc- the complete degeneration of cinctly stated in the antique the weak. That is a recognised rhyme which is familiar to fact in sociology. It was one of us all: CHATER ROAD. the strongest arguments against the dole in Britain. There are many people who, lacking pride for self-respect, are not ashamed to become burdens upon their fellows; and once the responsi- bility for their welfare is cepted, they are apt to become confirmed in the vice of an un- grateful eleemosynary. The fault is more easily tumbled in- to by the simple or ignorant. The safeguards against it are work and discipline.

ac-

giving, Saturday'a child works hard

for a living, But the child that is born on

the Sabbath day,

quarter"

or

11 pan, and 1 o'clock am. appears on the forehead; that for from 9

to 11 o'clock on the shoulder; that from 1 to 3 o'clock upon the abdomen, etc. (See illustration). Consequently, when a child is born these diagrams are consult- cd, and according as the hour mark occurs on the forehend, shoulders, hands, legs, or other portion of the anatomy, so they nre believed to betoken the future destiny of the individual.

季

【秋季

春

冬季

MR. PEPYS in

Furthermore, it is alleged that "title and degree will be the lot of him who is born at nooh." The child who comes into the world Is blythe and bonny, and good between the hours of 9 and 11 o'clock will experience a youth of and pay."

considerable hardship, but in old The Chinese on the other age will be assured of the roward of hand place peculiar emphasis comfort and independence. Fate,|--

however, does not augur kindly

not

HONGKONG

III

Old age brings fields and farms

with it; If kith and kin at first were cold

Bitter, then sweet, is truth of olc.

IV

When in the belly falls the sign, Shalt have enough, as I divine,

Awa

Of clothes and food, of acts or arme, Of music and the pageant's charmanullah which falls out before Old age with peace and joy shati

crown

July 21st-Up betimes and to my office where I read in the newes~ sheete that the Kau Sing bee sold. The Emperor's shoulders mean, I

But Lord to think what a bad in- trow.

vestment she was. First a com- An heir to goodly gifts that growmittee of experts did say that sho To more and more an years draw

must have but a single screw for the oit,

greater case of management in heavy Grandsons and sons to honour come, weather. And so she was con- Rank comes too when the time is

structed, and forthwith other ex- bad fit,

perts did say she should have two and what a pother arose, they

the lie until

it did giving the others the lie

mee in mind of expert medical evidence! So now all is finished, and the Government to get $50,000 out of the wreck and no more. To the Clubbe where Creed fella me a man was but

woshed down the yesterday

the Victorin Clubbe, there having been a sudden spate after rain. And I doe call to mind that this nullah is well known for its danger in this respect and also for the cruel murder when of a little child by a Chinese," he throws two or more children into it when it was nigh a quarter full

with and himselfe follows,

divers others who doe secke to save the children. chil This too Creed recalls and gives thanks the villain did hang in spite of certain mawdlin efforts to

After save him.

wee fall to Mr. talking with

of the

Rents Povy Restrictions which wee all are agreed has worked preity, well, though, from the number of complaynts in the howes sheetes before, it had been thought there had been more. But, says Creed, it seems probable that the most of these were from tenants in arrears, of which all know there were many.

Mid-ape's office and renown, And a delightsome halo spread, Increasing, round thy honoured

head.

V

If on the loins the sign be found, Then rank with wealth and years is

crowned

With honour when life's prime is

toid

And eldy-blessed with yellow gold, Yes, though arisen from low degree His fute la true nobility;

His scions, en illustrious band Who make a name within the land.

VI

But on the leg--the meaning there Is toll and sorrow, want and care, Nor clothes nor food enough shall

be

May all thy kin be kind to thee! Who day by day must drudge and

toll

Nor be content for all they coll Yet, when thy bitter youth is past, Old age shall bring thee bliss at

last.

Vil

The Emperor's foot means this-ot

last

Peace comes, from vigil and from

fast,

A life-time of tranquillity! Havé nought to do with rent or fee; Widowed renew not married life; Widower-seek no second wife; Thy path a wilderness unblest, Flee to a cell and be at rest!"

this

22nd. This day I read that the Jost day's count of cholera cases was nine and I doo sadly fear that it will be

upon us in August and Sher. Reading in the Newes Sheete, I doe find strange that the City Watch opprchend 30 many burglars in the low levels and none upon the Peake,

in

23rd. This day I read of the Frontier Incident. Manchukuo and though at first big words bee spoken, yet, it being Russia and not Chinu, I doubt that nothing will come of it. Nowes too of a burglary (Continued on Page 9.)

on the day of a person's for the babe which has the ill for GRIN AND BEAR IT birth, but on the exact hour of tune to be born under the sign of Hongkong is establishing free. its occurrence. Indeed, this either the Tiger or the Monkey (be- camps for the destitute, and factor is considered of such im- tween 3 and 5 am or p.m.); for liko Wednesday's child, its life- they are to be within the urban portance that it assumes a time will be full of woe. Such in limits of the Colony where there formidable role in determining substanco are the fundamentals will not be suflicient room for many of the curious beliefs of of this unique Chinese system of foretelling one's future from the the inmates to farm even a little the people. The Chinese mother, hour of birth.

moreover, whilst she is every

There is moreover,

a sort of piece of ground. Moreover, the whit as solicitous over the future rhyme in seven verses which ac- companies the chart in the Chi- been Reso original. This has Hongkong, by embarking upon rendered into more or less English sufficiently spacious, it appears. this praiseworthy charity, is doggerel as follows:, And if these people are not going to store up trouble for the given an opportunity to help future. The fears that Hong- themselves, and it does not secu kong will become known as the Mecca would that they are going to be, it down-and-outs"

sites are not suitable for agri- culture even if they were

will be a pity. There is no ren- then have some foundation and son why a colony for the home- the Colony might attract an un- less and penniless should not be desirable element which it would very nearly self-supporting. It bo very difficult to control or was that sort of assisted enter keep, beyond these borders.

There is an object lesson for

prise the Telegraph originally local authorities in the Shang- suggested when the over-crowd hai situation. It will he neces- ing problem first was brought Bary to make those for whom to the attention of the public this Government provides homea and the authorities through and food work for their living. THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD. these columns. Unless some over if they do not do anything

thing of the sort is attempted but help themselves.

i

I

"In birth, the Emperor's forehead

nhous

A fate that never sorrow knows, Plebian shall rich and honoured be And rise to title and degree, The rank they seek is still bestowed; Nobles that follow a worthy tord And women, chasic und well-

beloved,

Wed and breed scholars true and

proved.

The Emperor's hands in bath

portend The gains that handicraft fttend Abroad,

a welcome rich and free. At home, a well-found family; 'One year shall field a plonteous

store.

Next year shall make the plenty

inore:

Wealths shall flow in on every side, Virtue with old age shall still abide.

By Lichty

by Undied Tusiwes Kendioala, Insh

"So I says to her: What? Me tied down to a home?1go Z: ups and leaude hor, flat!!?