Chinese Require Ostentatious
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iriOTT MANTHU niRW-LAWB PnOVTDE THAT THFSR WOMEN ML' ST TAKE
OFF THEIR ORNAMENTS DURING THE MOURNING PERIOD.
(Copyright. 1900. by Frank O. Cirpntr.) ber of men nd boy. ech of whom ha dliregarded the law and atarted out to Diial death orrnrred Th rt 4 1
, EKINO, China -(Special Cor- hla head trone over with a razor about call, wearing a pair of red allpper. A the .how must eloe .ml 1 th. nl-.w m! . A" ' ,h entry' MlUon k oloth out them, and I aBked who a tin cup. and with a aquare hole In the
Pre.Pondence of The Bee.)-Th. twlc. a week. The Chlne.e gentlemen policeman aaw her aa ah. crowed a muddv manded damage, .1. w. .w f t, 2v ,n 1 V" he;d"' br"d'd b'U th'y m"ht be They w're the e"'n" cen'"- 11 fathered up by the coolie.
Chinese are .till mourning the would rather go unwashed than un.haved. piBce In ,h, Klrttt Ha .topp,,, ner an(1 ,, f nj . p ln an'1 h,te cords lnt0 thelr nd Immediately connected with the baby em- who followed the procession, and .old by
lT;j' mPror and the great em- Now, when one ha shaved his head from pulled off hfr h0f,j Sh h - d , b. ... . ... "'. J , . wl mogt of the government clerk went about peror. who had Jut com. to th. throne; them for 20 cent a bag.
j..: if. Pre" dowager. Th. emperor hi babyhood the hair grow. Ilk. a bam- lowe1 t , tn , " ii ( " . , Wuchang which with .ack-cloth gown over their ordinary and It henc wa. Improper for th.m to PP" money of thla kind 1 to b. found
V" Wthiy had tW0 funer18' b0 ,prout- The rMult w" th,t w'elt that b. would put Tn whU. Z.r. there' erven llr ,hlT 'e .1 "f dr'M' "" "me Wlth whlU we'r emblem" of rlef "Pn uch "event. very Chinese city. There are .core, of
and h. will hav. a third befor. h. I. or .0 after th. mourning period began f He refu.ed and .h. h. f . day of the mournln "ahe- Indeed, for th. la.t year th. moat At th. time of th. crowning of th. em- "ore. In Peking which .ell nothing else,
finally laid away In th. great w..tern th... million, of Chine., .calp. were cov- . ' ',, 1T. L wtre '""ructed to cut from th. common co.tume worn by th. official ha peror all th. official .u.pended their Th mon"y ' ""ver and gold paper,
tomb.. HI. monument th.r. I now build- .r.d with brl.tle. Ilk. thoa. of a .ho. Der' f' Ihen n!t , CP' f th "d bUtton they b'Pn whlt- M hv off th.lr p.a- mourning and cam. out in ' 7y clothing mda the hP " or of .hoe.
Ing. and It will cost 11.000.000 b.for. It I. bru.h. They .tood out on all aide, except !"Ur' W" thn bUt 're'n- An- aw; they were ordered al.o to cut Into cock feather, and the. who wt.IV to ao- whn. h! ce.bratZ took nl.ee ill, lmll "vr tael. used a. Chines,
completed, two year, from now. Th. r.- wher. th. qu.u. grew forth from the poXlnof Z XT tm Cl,h'n' that m'Bht b ln"lt hv covered up th.r- It. y theraft.r be, moTnta. CUrrency- Th" " p,rlt m"n "
main, of th. great dowaer He ln a lao- crown. Th. barb.r.. who are numbered by and PwJ'rlng of th. face. Thla wa. .e- worn. An official of this .ame region broidery, removed .very bit of red from ther"Ur btT pUt n mournln al.o buy spirit clothing, consisting of
quered coffin her. In Peking, and prepara- millions, had nothin. to ltd: unit in .omA vere on the Manchu girl, who plaster shaved hi acln tfintrmw t a mm ... a . u . , . . ffnwn. mini. rt nrtr .n.i Atn
lion ar. making to carry her to her last
resting place. Hr tomb will co.t mora
than that of Kwang 8u, and her funeral
expense, will run high Into th. million.
t
A Hat Ion In Mourning.
ji is now aimost a year since the deaths
of these monarch, but th. period of
mourning la Just at Its beginning. It will
last for three years, and during that time
th. highest of the Imperial clan will keep
on their sackcloth and will hav. their
rcKuiar penoas 01 waning. Many or the
high official still wear mourning buttons,
mi j-u 11, toe uany nnperor, is fie- ca
quenlly reported as giving a wall for his
grandma, the dowager. In filial style. be
The tleath of a monarch mean much to
the great Chinese empire. No one who
does not understand the reverence these
peopl. hav. for their rulera and their holy
feeling for ancetral worship can appreel-
at. what has been going on here during the
last nine or ten month. 1 was In Muk-
don. Manchuria, at the time of the 1m-
perlal deaths, and when I reached Peking
th. capital waa atlll undergoing It. twenty-
seven day. of deep mourning. I can de-
scriDe It beet by supposing similar condi- with my head half shaved."
tlons to exist In the United States. "a. to that," replied the Judge, "you may
What would our people think If the gov- have the Job completed, but a second of-
ernment at Washington should send niirf.... r ihi. ii-. .m n i
an edict that for 100 day. every man In our
whole country should go about unshaved
that every woman hould take off her
finger rings, earring and all other Jewelry,
: : '
lay away all bright color. Suppose the
proclamation should provide that during
that time not a face should be touched by
th. raior, not a lock of hair cut, not a
finger nail pared. Suppose all feastlnc and
love making should be forbidden, and mar-
rlaxe. absolutely prohibited within twenty
even daya. Thla waa th. condition of
China at the first of the year, and the
police were Instructed to see that the regu
lations were kept They did so; and all
who broke tho
new law were fined or
ent to th. prison.
200.000,000 I nah.red Head..
Th. nuinrilno was .nn.rl.llv hi-rf nn th.
, 1" " . " '
barber.. M.pposlng China to have a pipu-
latlon of 400.W0.W0. there are half that nun,-
Short Stories That
Just In Time.
...n...-..- o..uT-..,a. r
turned on in hla shop one nlglii.
aiid upon uriivlng In the morn,
Ing struck a match to light It.
There was a terrific explosion
and the ahoemaker wa. b!on
,li the door almost to the middle
01 ir.e street.
A passerby rushed to his assistance, and
after helping him to rle Inquired If he
wa Injured.
Th. tlitl. German ga..d In at hla place
or bukinesa. which was now burning quite
briskly, and Laid:
"No, 1 aindt hurt. But I got out shust In
time. Eh?" Llpplncott.
Why the Bl.hof Played Marbles.
"Many Interesting stories are told of the
'When Bishop Wllmer waa rector of thi
little Protestant Kpiocopal church at I'pper
vllle, Va ,' said ha, 'ha was much worried
by th. nonatiendance at at i vice on Sunday,
of the majority of the ycung men of th.
:ommunlty. On Inquiry he found that In-
iad of going to church they were In the
habit of playing marble, for stakes-
:ommunlty. On inquiry he found that In
marble, ln those days, It must be reuiem
bcred, wa a much more serious game than
uch the .ame po.l-
It la now, occupying m
timt ln the realm ot sport a.
-s pool in these day..
" 'Bishop Wllm.r, then a person not well
known, determined to break up this prao-
lie H. himaelf had been an .xpert marbl.
to go to th. store, to replenish their .lock.
Toward the close of the afternoon Mr. Vtli-
raer. had won every marble In the town of
I'ppervllle. Putting hi. "winnings" In a
oag ne remarked, a. h. walked away,
Now. gentlemen, alnce " you can't play
marble tomorrow. I hop to see you all at
church." And he did.' "Washington lJot.
Hard mUl4 It Dawn.
There lives an editor In Interior Penn
sylvania, "Jim" eny by name, who
hat a keen sen of humor. Seeking to
increase his fortune. Sweeney once wrote
to a prospective advertiser, setting forth ln
u v f.r
ua a mudium of publicity.
The advertiser waa captivated by Bwee-
ney'a letter, but desirous of more specific
assuranore befor. h. Invested hla money,
h WfJie W hw.eit.y. easing Uiat b. hadn't
3
Intimate Gossip Characteristic of Personality of Some Noted Peoole
"A .tory which Is considered c.iai aclerUuo The Fighting; Mcf ook.. ' narily have been an ante-room. HI room rive l.nnresxlons from the talk of other wh. h 1"
of the man wa told by a Virginia mlnisie. e . .NOTHEit one of the famou. wa alway full of people. The crowd madj It may be owing to his own limitation, as in I ! . . " v, aC,'V' by Urg,nr to tne am "Rurally. In 1S59 th. bril-
at a private dinner 111 Richmond not I A 1 ""nhtlng McCook." of Ohio ha no confusion; hi caller, might be excited a talker that he attache, so much lmu.,r arnw Z?Z v. . ,r (1,'nar,mnt th.t Hant young lawyer waa elected to the
very long ago. I J I been mustered out. report, th. and irritable, but h. wa. calm. He talked ta.ee to tho .ir. f w! , ' TS " b? forblddn to marry befor. .tat. Ugl.latur.. where he wa. one of the
nivtr In hla hnvhnl lftM?nfu n.. .
Saturday h. cam. acros. a number of the f"lliar a touching letter written by the did not. In a large number of In.iancea, at "rl,um " 'eisure com. the latest book. Ro e M ..r - to th. senate, wher. he served until ISA, the chair of mathematics at that Instl-
young men engaged ln a game Th. good tender-hearted war president to a Mr., lea.t. find hlm.elf misquoted ln cme- m t-0000" He is very much Inter- i th i T"'u Ballder. when ne irea to th. practice of the tutlon adds to the gavety of nation, by hi.
bishop asked several queetion. and flnall niby of Massachusetts when th. adjutant quence. In fine, h. built up hi. power In e"'ed 111 Pn"lcal n'lence and In the lUera- Huma" J"f. , y " hM"'' r"a"" Iaw tn Cor.lcana. During hi. legislative Idiosyncracles both of speech and manner,
challenged the lot to play him for "keeps." "en'ral told him that ahe was the mother no small degree by hi. capacity for ex- Jure of Pfc'',"c research, but he has no namfl ..M"11Ia'.. ln U " men,lon ,ha career he was one of the party's strongest Is constantly the unconscious author of
I'ney readily consented ' r fWe "ona ho ban ln battle a they plaining satisfactorily through the nv ,ac"' ro tendency to absorb himself In any natv woi,, ,al(P )t . ' A,Y't "y champion. In the tariff fights that fol- atorle. that delight hi. many friend, and
"'Much to their a.tonl.hment th. young rr "htlng for their country. Her. wa paper, what he was doing, aid the motive rnovemtnt unconnected with the politic. m,ant Uen.,.al UogM. , MU ex" lowea ,h clv" war and w're ,0 materlal .Indents,
minister won teadily. and soon they had no the only family wher. the boy all that led to the varioua choice, which b. ot Africa. His reading lnclud.-s member of the state legl-lature ' ex- ,n tha conomlc rehabilitation of the coun- miring the last year Prof Schwatt had
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place they cam. o near starving that
th. government advanced them money until
the mourning period was over,
Her. and there a man broke the laws
and had hi head shaved. All aiicn who
were discovered were punished. In Tlen-
mm a cicrk in on. ot tn. banks l:avei
hi head three day after the death of
th. empres dowager. He was arrested
as soon as ho came out on the street and
waa fined J2C0 In, silver. This is equal to
over $100 gold, and it was, I venture on.
or the costliest shave upon earth.
Th
promised that ha would atand all the fines
The barber consented. The man took a
sett on the stool, and hla head wa Just
half shaved when a policeman came In
and took both barber and cuatomer off to
the court. The Judge heard the complaint,
and at Its close lmDosed a fine of 130 uDon
each. The dandv oald the fines, but. as he
did so he pointed to hi head and asked
the ludee:
, "But what am I to do? I can't go about
Thla custom of stoDUlnn shavina on the
death of th. emperor goes back to the
day of Chlen Lung, the eecond great em-
to have Inaugurated It when his favorite
aa i. ...k v.-
..... .. .. . ..... ....v
u.uerru inn. mu 10 .nave meir
head, for 100 day.; and thereafter a similar
ururr w.. -mi lorm upon me aeam 01
an emPeror
now it Aiieeiea me women
The Imperial death had a serious effect
upon the women of the empire. The laws
provided that they must take off their
Jw"ry within threo day ana to lay aside
their silks and satins for three months.
" ' " .... ' "
to wear red. nd nv wnn-i.n f..linrt nn thn
. ' " " ,
.treet. with a red gown was ordered back
home. A young Chinese lady of this city
heird of The Trumptown S-ntlnel. "Where
11 civuiaier ne asKa.
And, In his illuminating way,
wrote hack:
Sweeney
"Titu Trumptown Sentinel circulates In
Eir.ne. Asia. Africa. North .xi K.tw
America, and If. Just about all I can do
to Keep it from going to hell."-Phlladel-
phla p.lCo.d
Not Bird to Imitate.
Much has been said of the modesty and
reticence of the Wright brothers, of aero-
pl.ne fame. That they are able'to give a
clever reason for their reserve is Indl-
cated by this story, told by Maximilian
Foster In Otttlng:
"Vou iet(- aid th. financial agent of
nuu..-. uemcn .n
a Chicago hospital recall, aga n
mis tamous tamlly. who.e mil-
ifrv, ... i mm a .
n-h Lr."r.' .I"
.. ......... vu ui . ouuic-ii-tri.ii
i. 1 . . . .
o c.me 10 i-ennsyivania just
" the revolutionary war closed. Daniel and
Juhn McCook, saw fourteen boys grow up
in thetr two homes to become stanch de-
fender of the union In the civil war. Their
Prlotlc enthusiasm was accompanied by
Her. In Peking a young Chinese dandy In gloom on account of the deaths, the - 7? 1 -WT"' nd h 'T, n, 7. - Z. 7.7 ZZ." " !.. L "
me to a barber and begged for a shave, other cities were -llv. u, ,..n -v " are me ........ n.uc wnno - .
e barber replied that he feared he would their festivities jr. - h . emblem, of rejoicing. The day after the band around his left arm, and for a few t on their knee, and bumped their heads
arrested, and the dandv thereupon " death of the emperor an edict was sent out .days after that every merchant put a table on th. floor a. they screeched out a
I
r,v. 1 .. 1 rr 1 . . , . ... ., . .. " - - - . . . ..s Ma , i v . - met I rni iim i no r 'i , w .
' St. nte pOfll- r ...v. EittitwmoK. t mm nvvuuiiJaiiicu uy ivi a.-., ins. Ii W il icil Ullieuuuy, miHl III w . . " ' " uuwvi tins iu
do blil.ard. utlve .kill w hich brought them shoulder amount of trouble Into which they get by , , au,nol"y "the real back-ytld .upport of a wlf. and family on that In
atrapa. uearly every on. in the two fam- auch chanc. utterance, a. they ar. be- ,, ... yu.amt "Imllea and of back- come meant financial worry which de-
.ir.pa, ue.riy every on. in tne two ram-
"les' tne fathers Included, becoming offl-
ctr ,n ,ne "nlon army and winning fam.
bX their deeds of bravery.
Th. L,lncu.n centennial celebration made
wrnl " ar orae OI lne recoras mow
"tonlahfhg devotion on the part of Amer-
,oan " there is no family whose
military aistinction -reacnea that or the
McCooks. The sure march of time Is again
ln"cated by the announcement of the death
of another of the boys at the age of 76.
Nearly all have heard the last rollcall.
Maw Corbln Did III. Work.
On. peculiarity of the late General Corbln
as an administrator, relates a Washington
correspondent, wa hi unvarying acc.ssl-
bility. This is often a sign of greatness,
In all the strain and stress of th. Spanish
war. with aeeker. for patronage pursuing
r,ira relentlessly day and night, and with a
Cf detail, which can hardly be over-
estimated, there was never a doorkuntr
at the adjutant general', office. Anybody
could walk In. There wa. no ante-room;
his own desk stood In what would ordl.
TIIE OMAIIA
1 " "' 11 " 1 '- L ' - ---- , .
"MOVRNINO
" "" "n nue ana tint intra
with rouge, a well aa upon th. Chinese,
uivai ml wnom ao imewise.
All Wedding. Held I'd.
The regulation that abolished marriages
iwemy-aeven aays created great con-
eternation. It wa known about two days
beforehand that such an edict would be
Issued, and during that period there wag
an epidemic of weddings all over the em-
plre. Every city and town had scores of
m. nurry the bride and groom were
omeumes mixed up. and the wrong par-
ties round themselve. tied together In th.
Dona matrimonial. According to Chinese
custom, th. groom furnlshe the clothe
for hi bride and he seldom see. h.r be-
Iore tn wedding. She alway come veiled
10 tne ceremony. At a wedding which 00-
curred at this time ln Tlen-Tsln, when the
bride unveiled, the groom said: "These
ar not the clothe which I furnished."
"And that Is not the girl I choose for
you." said tho matchmaker.
t. .... .v, a, .
dines were .ltrt fnr ,h.. , .v-
same block and that the wrong bride, had
been carried In their closed chair to the
closed chair to the
Thl waa not discovered n.i ,h
, r
.,cs ,,a 0 penormea, ana it took
consiaerame money to buy the officials
to unite the knot and bring the right
couples together.
fSOO for Playing the Banjo.
For a certain time after weddings wer.
umed it was prohibited to use music ln
retu
connection with them, and during the
period of deep mourning all noisy festivity
was punished. A high Chinese scholar of
Peking who played the banjo wa. fined
...w .1 uLiiaun vjirrn 1 1 HM
h.n o-rnnlo.l th. rlirht tn . ki...ni,
J ""' "
how for a month. He had Just begun to
exhibit his motion picture, when the Im-
them, and although Peking was ahmudert "n.nese me aeepeat - " ,", ' ..J'" "
Are Being Peddled Through the Public Prints
the two Dayton sky-flyers, "the Wrights
are what you liilght call too shy and ton
irmdtst. I taid so one. to Wilbur, and do
y.iu know what ho answered?
Mr. Fl'nt paused long enough to chuckle.
Wliour saia to me: Jlr. t lint. tho
best talker and the wor.t flier among the
b.rds U the parrot.1"
Dooglns Jerrold'. Wit.
On th. first night of the presentation of
on. of Jerrold' piece a successful adapter
from th. French rallied him on hla nerv-
ou.ness,
"I," .aid th. adapter, "never feel nervou.
on the first night of my pieces."
"Ah. my boy," Jerrold replied, "you ar.
.reny .na tranaiy to practically ail comer..
There wa. littl, , his replle. of th. cau-
tious. hedging, balancing attitude which i,
. ...
X; Z. :' ..."! m" .PU.D"C 09,,lon.
miuimy oiiiccra, uecause or in. .ecurity ot
.... ...... .
mni tenure, ar. more apt than anybody
els. to hold themselves aloof from the more
popular channels of affecting opinion. They
are afraid of the newsDaDera: thev hesitate
to amy anything definite to a congr.at gian
for fear that he will tell aomebody. and tn.
aucn cnanc. utterance, a. they
gulled Into making, probably Justifies them
ln thi. course. Dewey afford, an example
of thla. But for some reason Corbln woull
always talk In a man-to-man fashion, ai.d
wa maaiiig.
The Conciliator of Soath Africa.
Without that mlracl. of eoncil.tory
ie v iiji 1 1 1 v jtr i ruiiKiit j ui litiuie .viiii
fcouth Africa, would not today. In th.
opinion of Current Literature have put to
gether the machinery of that fedeial
government which Is soon to provide her
wilh a governor general, a sti.at. and an V)
as.emoiy.
Louis Botha h.s. In th. main, literary
end tcholany tastes, notwithstanding hi.
love of fray ln It. political and .porting
forma. He 1. fluent In both English and
the Jargon of the Boers. He I. not a
conventlonallat In the brilliant sens of the
t.rm. Ui. conversation do, not
aa interlocutor with subtleties. HI. delight
la to talk with men of Idea., for unllk
soma r.ttant naturaa h. ta mm .
SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 19, 1909.
Official Mourning: for the Late
r u k i. . . . , ! . T 'V - "V I
WA8 ESPECIALLY HARD ON THESE
at one. put Into a cangue; that Is. a heavy
board framework fiv. feet square waa
mtea around his neck so that It hung
upon his shoulders, extending so far out
that he could not touch his head with his
hand. After that the police smeared his
scalp with pitch and turned him loose on
th. street.
q
Sad Color. Are White and Blue.
In our country black Is the color for
that th YttA KiiMaii. . . V.
the caps of all men and boys and that
white or blue buttons should take their
places. During my stay In Mukden I had
an official acting as my interpreter. He
had been wearing a bright yellow atin
Kown with a black cap, on which waa a
red button. On the day of the emperor's
eath he appeared in blue button and a
' cotton gown. At the .ame time the
ofi:iclaIa there came out In white sack-
doth, and many In gowns of white sheep-
Bkln' wltn tn W00' on the outside. The
police put white bands on their sleeves,
and all college students dressed Ukewt.e
Shortly thereafter an edict wa. tent forth
L.LA.l. yeara "Kfura cPt the
T , -V, . ' . lno
officials. This seriously affected the fur
""'. ,u "ln" tu'uy
market, sables and other cos
aow" a "not. roaay most
drug on the market, and som
chant, have been ruined by
death. I am acquainted with
who bought a sable robe worth
1320. He got a tiger skin for
kin for almost nothing. Nearly
11 tho
officiala hav. winter custumes of silk and
satin lined with choice furs. They are
buying none now. and the only furs in
demand are lambskins and sheepskins.
The mourning period has also affected
the trader In Bilks and satins. The offi-
uuiiui hid yriiuu VJ . urrjrBV gun lUffl 1113
f tv,- H .,nii,.j .11 ....v.
........ . . . . . ,.......-.,ru .v..i.
Four of the government officers who wore
gold watches at the time were arrested
always certain of success. Your pieces have
all been tried before."
He was sorely disappointed with a cer-
tain book written by one of hl friends.
This friend heard that Jerrold had ex-
m eKFed his rtlMBnniilntmnf and rni.rlntit
him: "I hear you said was the worst
book i evFr wrote."
"No I didn't," came the answer, "I said
It wa the worst book anybody ever wrote."
Of a mistaken philanthropist Jerrold said
!? " b'nvolent. so merciful a man-
he would have held an umbrella over
duck ln a shower of rain." Argonaut.
N,
Aa Itoebottom M'orked.
W. Ayer. the advertising agent, at the
i,ed wllh tlie ob,ervatlon tnat to t
UIk. rB of the ,vol , '"(. I 4 un
. . . .. "
Vl iiiiiurnce o w i ii if io tne reat
effect of rlau.H,i:ity. Hi, own eonver..-
n,,n i .. j . .
l,on 1" lartfly carried on In t ie idiom nf
the Boers He m k i
KnnlUh m ,7 W , V'0 . U"e
most h.nniiv in , 7 C"'C. ,al1"'
" ..-iiij in i.ie language ot tne lana
... n.3 .enra so wen ana so long. The
,Kernacu,ar he knows has-been described
veld Idiom.." No gramm of th. Dutch
tongue has any room for this mysterious
,libb""sn' 01 which Hotha 1. past master,
great houte
which Botha
more current fiction than even Clemen
ceau could digest and Clemenceau la
known to be an Inveterate reader in nov
el., ftr.th.'. ..,..(,. I. i a . ..
he fJick(.n, , Hhl """'J" ' ' " " .,
aceordmg to a writer In Truth. Is Words-
worth His library Is a huge apartment,
with Immense windows overlooking the
landfcupe for miles. Ho Is prone to bury
" twr uuura, no one venuiring:
disturb him when he Is absorbed ln
aonie work fresh from London. The
generil's memory for what he has read
seems maivrious If It be true, as reported
thut he has never been found at fault In a
quota. Ion from a favorite author.
Preferred Arms. Bachelors.
General Henry C. Corbln. who died ln
New York recently, ore. ted something like
. t,.rrm in . ... ..
v.A..HnlM A r,. 1 . 1 . . ClOth. nvpr thA rri .(irna tn t Vi a f I 1 ma ODDOBlt. sine. In front nf thorn warm t U a
BARBERS."
" . inni Kuwiis Mini n.vn avn nnnnM upk b.du a k' ii k k
cloth
Bloe tore Sign.
The putting on of mourning has not been
confined to the people. Many things ma-
terlal, ordinarily red and gold, have been
covered with blue or white. At the rail-
road stations the baggage carta had blu.
paper pasted over them; the trolley cars
of Tlen-Tsln have used white flags instead
of red, and for a time they had whit.
MAtArl t.l a n.kli. .t.w a.
In front of his shop. This table contained
two mourning candlestick of white pew-
ter and a pewter bowl, In which sticks of
incense were burned. All of the store signs
f .. ... ki...
pap.ri on wnlch new Mgna were palnteJi
th. n.h... .h. m,. a
piat(.g were made Whlte and "blue. Thl
wft g0 not onlv of Peklng, but of ' placeg
like Mukden, Hankow and Canton. It was
so everywhere. The carts hav. blu. cush
ions and the passenger wheelbarrows,
which usually have red blanket, were
covered with blue.
MoarnlnaTitthe Palace.
There were many queer things about th.
yellow faced shosts. It was the same with
the official. Thev' came to the palace In
chairs covered with blue, or ln carriages
with blue wraonlni-s. The hi.hest officers
wore sackcloth, their face and heads were
unshaven and their finger nails uncut.
Amonr the mourners however there
mat mallV OT
th. u..c'u Ml a n n rffrttia
. ... .., .....
naa on me nrigmesi or joyrui reo gowns
and that ihelr scalps were shaved clean,
They were in striking con.ra.t with the
dinner in Philadelphia In honor of his
firm's fortieth unnUerpmv uih th.t t,.
succeed In advertising required hard work.
"The successes In this business are stu-
pendoua," he aid, "but tome folka think
that w..t-Wln n. nh..,,r.m
worked a man can build up a great adve
tialng fortune.
"Itoebottom was a roofer. He was en-
gaged on a Mlckle street house. One day.
as he was lunching, he waa heard to givo
a yell of pain.
nent.r cucii
! r,t . n.n i ,. , .
1 got a nail in my foot.' the roofer an-
awered
.w.'n a ,
Well, why dont you pull It out?' .aid
thev could ahnw ...hT .v. "ul"",n' unle"
me.na" ..,de fTom Se J i T "
. " "- lne,T aaiariea or that
inelr DruHitetiv hri. ,a . .
' fur going "lourring bi ine paince. x upriii uiut.il . niciiiun w ins imperial iiy na memoer put on sacKCIOtn or Whlt. (
fr. ar. . tlme around the galea of the Forbidden family muat continue to mourn for three clothes, braid white into their queue and ,
e of th. mer- cl'y. ana nsa consiaeraDie to ao wiin me ' ""r -" rngage wear white button, on their cap.. They 1
the emoeror'a h'Kh officials. For many day after the " '" '""x win noi oe ai- Bmi out mourning card of whit, paper.
an American empress dowager's death her 8.000 eunuch. '"oa cnnaren it is a disgrace to At the cnd of Blx moniha or th,y g0 !
$2,000 for went dressed in white. The buttons were 1.... t a . I? nto half-mournlng. They change their!
. ' . ,. .... mourning period lasts. Indeed, one of the ... . .. . . I
with worldlv , "uv'a'n.th. fighting year, that followed, the leg
,
Umrri I'nrhin
." n ""vereiy cru.cisea
,"r, recommendation, but he .upported
L ' u"'0"8 arK,"nen,a' ch'ef "f hlch was
mat lieutenants found It very difficult to
support themselves
alone in the position
they occupy, and that to undertake th.
tracted from their military efficiency and
some times brouaht dlnerertit tn th. i..
through the Inability of some young.ter. to
P"y their bill.
ea
I'nlifd States reiiresentativ an
1'r.ited States senator. lie Is the one Mills
known to everyone from the Rio Clrande
to the Arkansas line, for he la the grand
o.d man uf Texas. To th. eonntrv .t
large he Is remembered as a wheel-horse
, ,he democratic parly, through the lean
yeara and ,he Ut fr mor, than a Quarter
of a t.,n,ury of .1Alc. at Washington, and
aa th. iii.at.... u
name has been em-
balmed In the Mill. bill. But first, la.t
and all the time he is. In everything but
tne matter ot birthplace, a Texan product.
... . . . ... . ...
When he was a thin, wiry lad of seven-
teen his parents moved from their back-
woods horn In Todd county, Kentucky,
. , "
down to Palestine
Texas. That was th.
of '49 and Tex.,
' u ieane.
gold-fraught year
scarcely four year.
member of the
union, wa. bubbling over with political
nlM r,.t mum., uim v.,. Kfin. ...
. .4 ' ' t . .
fj :'':
CHINE8K COLLKQE STTTENTS WHITE BANDS ON ARMS INDICATE MOURN
ING FOR THE EMPEROR.
Walling for th. Dowager.
An Important part of th. official celebra-
tlon wa th. walling. Thla wa don. by
th. officials all over th. empire. While I
' Mukden they oame to the palace at
about half past 4 ln th. morning, dressed
white, with girdles of sackcloth. They
were then divided Into two parties, the
military and th. civilian, on. atandlng on
on. side of th. room and the other on th.
m A I r-A mtlA wall A . na... 1 1
rose to their feet, and at a third went
down again and again walled. This was
one for three days succeeding the death
of the emperor and the empress dowager,
Similar nrop.,iin-. of.-,,--- , ,
flclal yamen throughout the empire, and
ln some nine, th. .nin. ,,., a
lner. There waa also walling In the
villages; and th especially devout Chinese
grew hysterical under It. and some went
Into fit. ..
Th. grieving of th. Imperial clan will
continue long after that of the common
people has passed away. The lowest "ervtce. were such that the empress dow
classea of the Chinese gave up their mourn- 8er begged him to omit th. custom for
Ing at the end of 100 day, and some even the sako of th. state.
Put on half-mournlng at th. and of twenty-
reason for the Boxer uprising is said to
h'v b'n the raf?t f theD pPIe aalnst
mPeror' Kwang Su, because he
waa born at auch a time.
During the long funeral procession which
accompanied the remains of the late m
peroi to the western tombs, funeral money
was thrown Into the air, and I am told
. . ,r n .
J K ' " u eVJriirn
untn he was consigned to his grave. This
money was in the shape of disks of white
p.p.reach about a. big a. the bottom of
the carpenter.
" 'What! In my dinner hour? yelled Roe
bottom, reproachfully." Philadelphia Rec
ord. pi. covered
The Rev. Father Morrlssey, for years in
charge of a Catholic church In Highland
Park,
pt.i.. 1 . . . .
.iiuasu, dui now siaiioneo at a
Par,"n ln l"8 wt Side, told this story
" roup 01 ullaaen tour autolsts. hut
he did not aay whether It waa a personal
priest went to a barber shop con-
ducted by on. of his Irl.h parishioner, to
. .,-. . . '
.have. H. observed the barber waa
"""In from a recent celebration, but
oactle(i t0 tak, a chanc, Jn a few mJ.
mo.t artlve of the .mall majority by
Wh0" votM T" from th
., ,h. ...v, i, ,
" Vg ...v.. tb. . ,H
lslature knew him no more; he was In
the field from the beginning to the end.
nearly always a a cavalryman. He wa
no, carpet knight and took part ln all the
fortune and misfortune of war, and
"nally v-ted to th. rank of brigadier-
general.
A. on. of the bravest soldier. Texa.
ave to the confederacy, hla friend, wer.
not slow to honor him. In 187S thev sent
him to congress and continued to re-elect
him year after year until ln VU2 h. went
try. Although he Is now Hearing the octo-
genarlan mark he la today one ot the active
and earnest men who are serving Texas
ln thousand ethical and material ways.
tsidled I.e w leaaneaa.
Prohibition ln the south is forcing a
variety of evasive developments, ln Ten
nessee an odorless drink called beerelte,
which leaves no trace of Its prestnee In
the breath of the drinker, has appeared,
but ,t. mtoxlcatlng effect's are described
as tremendous If not deadly. In Georgia
i"v ooi.uia ui iuivin unuainn
place. In the names of employed neKioe
ttho serve the prison sentence at a stated f
compensation, while the real owm-rs con-
L"'"" 'i? b.u,"ne,,'! ""d, f"jC"1 ,,he p ro(lU; ,
eom parts of Oeorgla report a revival t
Darta or li.orirla r.n.irt a r.vlv.l
of Ku Klux Klaus, or night-riding group,
which deal strenuously with suspected
nt,r.,.r. . ..,.,,. ., .. Th .t.n.
uory poii0)- iown that way is certainly
piovlng Droductlve of" a vast ' amoun 'of
studl
uruauctive VI a v. si amount ot
Iisnesa.srringri14 lo-vuhll-
Emperor
- mm tat
trunks, which ar. paper boxes. Such thing
ar. burned at th. graves, the Idea being
that they will aerv. for the wants ot the
departed. Another theory la that they
Propitiate the ghosts, which hover about
,ne apaa and Probably charge for their
ervlc'-
hV ,0"n,"I Cnom"-
. lnflp" the J1""1 and mourning cu-
"""" """"e "range mat
n. vuuiii iimr a duiik 10 oescriD. mem.
There are five degrees of mourning, each
of which has lis own regulations. Ther.
1h a certain kind of mourning for parent,
another for grandparents and great
grandparents, another for brother, and
sisters and others for uncles and aunt
and for dear friends. There la deep
mourning and half-mournlng. In th.
deepest sackcloth la worn without ham
or horded. In the next grade on. may
have blue clothes with a sackcloth belt.
and In others he may wear plain clothe.
urh 88 whlt ray antl black. During
three ,ea"' after ,he dratn of
a parent
no sllks shou,a be worn; and the man. If
an official, should retire to private life to
wail- ThlB was required of LI Hung
a.ng wnen ni mouier ciea Dut hi
When a death occura ln a Chin... fam-
ones,
button on their cap and braid blue
threads Into tholr queues. Then end out
blue cards, and on them are printed the
characters which state "Grief not o bit
ter as before." Thla means that the mem
bers of the family are ready to resume
tneir relations with the world, and that
. . i ... . . v ....
...r.... .nil lllBy aroBl
the blue and come out In the a-orceoua
silks and satins common tn th.lr .m
Ufe fanT CARPENTER
ments the barber' razor had nicked the
father's cheek.
"Tlwre. Pat, you have cut me," said
the priest as he raised his hand and ca
ressed the wound.
'Yls, y'r riv-rance.'
her
answered the bar-
"That shows v..n
continued th. priest.
n a
ton. of censuia, "what the us. of
liquor will do.
"YiH, yr riv-rance." replied the barber
humbly;
it make. th. akin tender."
Chicago Post,
A Sacrifice In Vain.
Apropos of examinatlona and their terrttfe,
A. 12. Palmer, secretary of the department
of education of New York, told at a recent
dinner an old atory of a young African
prince.
"This prince," said Mr. Palmer, "entered
Tale or Harvard I forget which and
amused himself with motorcar and bull
dog, till examination time drew near.
"Examination time frightened the young
prince horribly. He began to tudy and he
cabled home to the king, hi. father:
" 'Examination next week. Most difficult.
Implore aid of gods ln my behalf.'
"A few daya later thla reply came back
from the barbarous we.t coa.t monarch:
" 'Rite, performed. Fourteen picked
youth., all .on. of nobles, have been sac
rificed. Omens propitious.'
"Tet, would you believe It?" Mr. Palmer
concluded, "the young prince flunked."
Washington fitar.
fin Place for Etiquette.
Isaac Bchwatt of the University
prof.
of Pennsylvania, who, besldea occupying
a class In higher mathematics In which all
the students with a few exceptions were
men. It Is the professor's custom to lecture
with a large ham sandwich In one hand
from which, to puctuate his flowing
periods of eloquence, he takes a large hite.
On thla day a particularly warm one
the professor had covered two large black
boards with numerals and was starting on
a third, when he paused and, after remaj k-
Ing. "Vlmmin eggscuse me,"' pulled off hul
guffa.
ng and. wiping hi. steaming brow,
ooked reproachfully at his girl students In
trie iriillt rfkW Mi M.lrtrt t v h. Innlf a.
desperate determination,
..
imm In or no viminln." ha shnutad.
"Isaac Hchwatt takes off his coat. To de
r,ur. .ll .Int,, vaa n.ir. "Phllalalnkta.
p "ng va pure. -Pbild.lilil .
have blue !
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