The Difference [pp. 475]

THE DIFFERENCCEF
the breadth of view, the solidity of character, and the intellectual amplitude, that
mark the man of achievement.
Associated with his name in the best
work of the Chinese colony are those of
Wong Kwai, and Ah Lo, who has a son
at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, L. Aseu,
John Dow, of Chinese and Hawaiian
parentage, Li Cheong, Ah Leong,
Ahana, Ahlo, Akima, Akona, L. Ahin,
and such firm names as Wing Wo Chan,
Wing Wo Tai, Wing Mow Chan,
Wing Cheong Leung, Quong Sam Kee.
Wo Sing, Kwong Hip Lung, and
Kwong Lee Yuen. These names all represent great enterprises, in mercantile
lines, or as rice planters, and in commercial affairs.
While the intermarriage of the Chinese with the native Hawaiians has undoubtedly had much influence in making
the Chinese in Hawaii what they are, it
is interesting also on the side of ethnology. The cross is a good one, intellectually and physically. The angularities of the Chinese physique are softened in the children of suchi marriages
bv the ampler and plumper form of the
Hawaiian; while the somewhat frail vitality of the Hawaiian is strengthened.
In temperament and intellectual qualities, the keenness and constancy of the
Chinese modifies for the better the lightness and want of seriousness of the Ha
waiian character. Almost without exception, the chil(lren of these mixed marriages are handsome. They average well
in all those qualities essential to the
highest civilization.
Under the environment which has surrounded thel in Hawaii, the Chinese
have developed many of those companionable qualities vlwhich to the American seem laclking- in the Chinese in
America. They take their part in athletics and sports, and(l those forms of life
)botlh physical and(l mental which require
activity and are the zest of life. Many
of the Chinese have developed as athletes, carrying, off lhonlors in athletic contests, especially in the public schools and
colleges.
To Sulll lul): The Chillese il Hawaii,
are a part of the communitv. While they
are not yet tlhoroughlyt assimilated, there
has not been time for that. Tihe- retain
many of their national customs, some in
their entirc-t, 1),.t others, just as the
customs of the fatherlacnd are retained
by immigrants in the tnlited States from
Europe, as p)leasant reminders of the associations of former (lays or of family affiliation. There is the ihome life, without
lhichl to the Occidental mind there cannot be civilization or progress.
The study of the Chinese in Hawaii is
bound to shatter much of race prejudice.
THE DIFFERENCE
HEN a woman defies the world for her love,
With unthinking courage she throws down her glove.
Her sword-blade dazzles her enemies' eyes,
The scabbard?-Behind her, forgotten, it lies.
But a man when challenged in Love's court to tilt
May loosen the sword-blade, may grasp at the hilt,
And though willing to shield whatever he loves,
In encountering the world, does his fighting with gloves.
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