To the Editor of the Norrn-Ciua Datty News"
SIR—At the present moment the ignor is being much misrepres ented in Chima, But by what pros portion of the vast population of this Jand? A southern Chinese paper has it that at least 307,000,000 of the estimated 370,000,000 (naw be ea ful with the figures, Mr, Printer!) inhabitants of China have no chanco whatever to exercise any recognized political power, We are being mise represented by a large portion the fifth (say) of the Chinese who a force in political matters; but what of the preponderating four-fifths? What think they of 1 don't believe they bear us much will, and certainly we don't hem, for the ordinary Chinese is lo chap, Among these, houseboy of the—foreign They come into very close with the foreigners, spread throughout this land. Do we give them occasion to think well, o ill, of us? Reading abed last night, currie across the followin "The Chinese boy' is much the same compound of human nature as servants in other coune tries, Given sensible oversight, Freedom from nagging, with a certain amount of confidence shown in him, he will generally become sincerely attached to his master. This attachment—does wiot necessarily prevent kim from obtaining his ten per cent. squeeze.' Are not perquisites ever the portion of the personal servant? But he will stand. by you in a ight corner when leave you means safety for hima self. Well for you when the time comes if you have remem ered that your boy' is more than a machine to be hired and retained at the market rate, that he is after all a fellow creature, with fears and hopes and proper human feelings similar to your dom from nagging"! Please note that, busy: housewives. Let us see to it that we give cur house servants (they who are content to Judge us for what we are, rather than by considerations of polities) tne occasion to think ill of us. And ie that very difficult? For Heaven knows, 1 find them as as I expect, patient, hard: and. loyal withal. We can ce a great service to the foreign case in China—or a great ill.
Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.