Theatre, its origin in China, 54; little understood by foreigners, 55; the stage and its equipment, 55, 56; the theatre an investment, 56, 57; costumes, 57; classes of players, 58; amateurs, 58; child apprentices, 58, 59; plays a public benefit, 60, 65; occasions for giving a play, 60, 61; cost of presenting it, 61; the "program bearer," 62; transporting stage properties, 62; preparations for a theatre, 62; used as a device for attracting customers for fairs, 62; impression made by a play, 63; plays as a social factor, 63, 64; a drain upon hosts, 64; subjects of plays, 66; synopsis of one, 66-68; the theatre an index of the Chinese theory of life, 68, 69. Thieves' action at theatres, 65; use temples as resorts, 139. "Thousand Character Classic," 84. Title deeds often lost, 27. Torture as a means of raising temple funds, 136. "Trimetrical Classic" quoted, 78; origin, 82; epitomised, 82-84; its allusions often not understood, 100. Village hunt, why possible in populous China, 174; the bald annunciator of the hare-hunt, 175, 176; the hunt described, 176; resulting quarrels, 176-178. Villages, number of in India, 15; the residence of most Chinese, 15; irregularly laid out, 21; how first settled, 21; streets and alleys, 21; overcrowding, 21; village walls and their use, 29; nearness of one to another, 146, 147; each village a principality, 226. "Vinegar sipping," 300. Wages of farm labourers, 247; of boys, 247. Washington and the cherry tree in Chinese, 333-335. Weddings: a "joyful event," 179; wedding contributions, 179; bride's arrival the essence of the wedding, 180; exposition of the "share" principle, 180; account-keeping at weddings, 181; duties of the wedding committee, 182; city and village caterers, 182, 183; three "wedding committees," 183; "borrowing" provisions, 184; opium smoking stewards, 184; poor relatives at weddings, 185; "drawing friends," 191; pranks at, 251. Week, unique survival of the, 192. Wells, manner of digging, 44, 45; driven wells, 45; occasions of feuds, 45; unpopular people forbidden to use, 45; Western ideas needed for Chinese well-diggers, 46; how a force pump was refused by a village, 46-48. Western Learning Edict, 134, 135. Wife of Tao-t'ai envying a dog, 262, note. Woman (See Girls and women). Women have no name, 241; terms used, 241. Writing Chinese very difficult, 87, 88. Yellow River, "China's Sorrow," 172, 173. Footnotes: