"How I did it," ([c1922])

Page scan 00093 from "How I did it,"

Record Details:

Title:
"How I did it,"
Date:
[c1922]
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Whittingham press
Volume:
"How I did it,"
Leaf #:
00093
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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How I Did It" "This is positively scandalous to the people of the East and any woman, white or other- wise, attempting this in one of their temples, would be torn to pieces. We will pass over the crocodiles and the incident of the lady throwing her glove into their den. That inci- dent is doubtless suggested by history and not bad—as it goes, but the temple scene is atro- cious and worse—it is impossible. "We Americans spend millions to Chris- tianize the Orient, and permit ourselves to be depicted before the gaze of millions of Orient- als in anything but desirable way. I have often wondered why the Federation of Ameri- can Club Women did not investigate and through the War Department, or the State Department, curb this ever growing evil. "In the Orient, I have seen the branding of a white woman, on the screen, by a Japan- ese Prince. The entire audience sat dumb- founded as well they might. I have seen the awful fights of gangsters, the housebreaking, safe-cracking, woman throttling acts, happily somewhat barred, by public demand, in our theatres. In such wise, and merely to make 56