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Basketless, stingless, with no honey- 

 sac, and no serviceable nectar-gathering 

 tongue, he is almost as helpless as a Chinese 

 lady. 



Only she is purposely made helpless, and 

 he is born so. 



A Chinese girl baby has as good feet as 

 any baby, and they would grow as large as 

 other people's if it were not the fashion 

 for the mothers to squeeze the poor little 

 tootsie-wootsies into small ugly shoes that 

 hurt the babies terribly and make them as 

 cross as crabs. It serves their mothers right, 

 too, when they are cross. Think of crippling 

 them all their lives so they can neither work 

 nor do anything useful. 



In China the people consider it a disgrace 

 to work, and the rich people cripple their girl 

 babies to show that it is not necessary for 

 them to work. 



It is not considered a disgrace to work in 

 the hive, however, nor in any other really 

 civilized community. 



