FOOT-BINDING IN CHINA.
In hh annual report on the Territory of Wei-hai-wei, Mr «T. H. Stewart Lockhart, the British Commissioner, after mentioning that the efforts of the Anti-Foot-binding Society have not met with much success, remarks: — "The main resistance to the introduction of this reform is said to come from the women, who, apart from the fear of appearing ridiculously out of fashion, probably in their hearts fear the handicap that na-tural-footed girls would suffer in tlie matrimonial market so long as men appear to prefer wives with bound font. If males could be persuaded to marry ouly natural-footed females, it would not be long before foot-binding would become a custom of the past."
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 112, 14 January 1915, Page 7
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114FOOT-BINDING IN CHINA. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 112, 14 January 1915, Page 7
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