Prince  Su  opened  in  his  own  palace  a  school  for
his    daughters,    his    daughters-in-law,    his    de-


ceased brother's  children,  and  his  concubines,  in
which  they  studied  Japanese,  arithmetic,  draw-
ing, embroidery,  music,  and  calisthenics,  while
they  drilled  to  the  music  of  an  American  organ.
In  all  these  schools  both  Japanese  and  Chinese
teachers  were  employed,  and  during  the  first
year  after  the  edict  appeared  there  were  not  less
than  eight  large  select  schools  for  girls  opened
in  Peking,  with  innumerable  private  schools
like  that  of  Prince  Su,  while  similar  select  and
private  schools  were  opened  in  all  parts  of  the
empire.  A  lady  in  Hangchou  undertook  to
open  such  a  school,  and  appealed  to  the  officials
and  people  for  funds  for  its  support.  These
were  readily  subscribed  the  first  year,  but  the
second  year  her  appeal  met  with  a  less  favorable
response,  and  she  cut  a  great  gash  in  her  arm
and  sat  in  the  temple  court  at  the  fairs  to  arouse
public  sympathy.  Failing  to  secure  sufficient
funds  in  this  way,  she  wrote  to  the  officials,
saying  that  "  When  these  letters  reach  you  I  will
be  a  corpse,  as  I  propose  to  take  my  own  life  in
order  to  arouse  public  sentiment  to  the  impor-
tance of  the  education  of  girls."  This  she
did,  and  memorial  services  were  held,  and
subscriptions  taken  for  her  school  all  over  the
empire.
In  all  these  schools  —  for  boys  as  well  as
girls  —  the  primers  and  readers  which  have
been  substituted  for  those  of  the  old  rdgime
are  prepared  in  a  style  similar  to  our  own.
