ABSTRACT
The Chinese have made a sharp distinction between the duties of men and those of women in supplying clothing. The man cultivates the field, or tends the flocks, and furnishes the raw material in the way of flax, hemp, and skins, while the women spin and weave them into usable form, and make them into garments. The man (the farmer) plants and hoes and harvests, furnishes all the grain and vegetables in their raw state. Housewives may often be seen grinding or hulling a bit of corn or wheat or millet, and preparing it for domestic consumption. The supposition with the Chinese is that "great wealth" comes from the competence of the men, "small wealth" comes through the diligence and economy of the household. A woman can throw more out of the window than a man can bring in at the door; and a man never has good luck who has a bad wife.
