Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-13
WEARING TEE QUEUE.
, Cleveland Celestial Explains the
Origin of the Custom.

Origin of the Custom.
Cleveland reporter recently spent some time
Nth q score or more OF Chinese citizens. with a
blew Of obtaining information regarding the
tlueucs worn by Chinese. There are in Cleye-
lard number of the Celestials who are iptelII-
Gsnt and industrious. One of these. who keeps
D laundry, is far more intelligent than the aver
ege Chnaman- He is neat and clean In his
HTess. which is patterned after ours and is more
brGeriy In his habits than most OF his race
from this Intelligent Chinaman and from other
Sources some interesting information regarding
the pig tall was obtained. For many hun
Tired years prior to the year 1874 the native
emperors of the Chinese dynasty COM
peeled the Chinese subjects under them to
wear long hair over the whole head and wear it
Ill tGft or coil. something after the manner In
which ladies wear false HAIR switches at the
present day. The first emperor OF the present
dynasty. who assembled the throne in 1914, de-
tefmined 10 make the tOnsure Of Manchuria
which was his native country. the token of the
submission of the Chinese of the entire country
TO his authority. II was not long after he be-
gan to reign that he issued general order that
parried the greatest CONSERVATION with it
throughout the kingdom. He ordered the
people to shave all the hair from their heads ex-
Cept the crown. and to allow the hair on that
particular part to grow long and dress 1t ac-
eording TO fhe custom of Manchuria. 1t re-
Guired considerable time for Cinnamon
To become fully accustomed to this
Change, but the custom finally prevailed
throughout the length and breadth Of the great
empires. 1t is said at first those who con-
Formed with the new rules were presented with
u tael of silver. After while all the converts
10 the new custom were given half a tael CT
silver Then the present was reduced to only
tenth OF tael, and then only an egg was given
Finally the egg was dispensed with and no
present was given. The law that required the
people to shave their heads and braid the
queue was not often rigidly enforced by the
penalty of immediate death. but 1t was soon an
Established fact all over the empire that those
who did not do as the emperor desired would
never become successful in lawsuit against
Those who did conform. nor would they
succeed in their business or any other en-
terprises and undertakings. About year
ago. when the empress and eo-regent
died, the whole nation went into mourning
and In memory of the deceased the law
forbade the Chinese shaving for month. In
the city of Fooehow. the mayor Of the town
made the discovery that the higher powers were
being disregarded. and he accordingly made a
raid upon the barber shops. and sixty Chinese
were caught in the act of being shaved. They
were arrested, brought before the mayor were
heavily fined, and then severely bastnadoed.
More than this, their beads were painted q
bright blue, which is the color for mourning in
China, and a coat of yarnish was put over the
paint. Every week. while the mourning cere-
present themselves to receive fresh supply of
paint and varnish. In this country the Chinese
who become American citizens. and who accept
the Christian faith as their belief do not hest
tate to cut OIL their queues and dress their hair
In the American fashion. However those who
retain their native religion. and who intended
az some future time TO return to China gener-
eliy retain the queues or ''pig tails" as the
boys sometimes call them. II Chinaman were
ID return to his native land without his Queue
n would n yTnp m
De compelled to leave the country.
Should the Hair be Periodically CUT
Ir- Shoemaker.
1t may be that cutting and shaving may for
the time increase the action of the growth, but
II has no permanent effect either upon the hair
bulb CT the har-sac, and will not In any way
add to the life of the hair. On the contrary.
cutting and shaving will cause the hair to grow
longer for the time being, but in the end will
lnevitably shorten It's term of life by exhausting
lie nutritive action of the hair-forming appar-
atus When the hairs are frequently cut they
will usually become coarser, often losing the
beautiful gloss Of the fine and delicate hairs
The pigment will likewise change-brown, for
instance, becoming chestnut, and black changing
To dark brown. In addition. the ends Of Yery
many VIII be split and ragged, presenting q
trush-like appearance Ii the hairs appear
Etuuted In their growth upon portions of the
scalp or beard. or gray hairs crop up here and
there. the method of clipping off the ends of the
short hairs, ofplucking out the ragged withered,
and gray hairs. will allow them to grow
Stronger, longer and thicker.
Mothers, In rearing their children, should not
cut their hair at certain periods Of the year
Curing the superstitiOus period Of full moon
IN order to increase its length and luxuriance
pa they bloom into womanhood and manhood
This habit Of cutting the hair Of children
brings evil In place of good, and Is also con-
Gemned By the distinguished worker In this de-
partment, Prof. Kaposi, Of Vienna, who states
that II Is well known that the hair Of women
who possess luxuriant locks from the time of
SirihOOd never again attains its original length
after having once been cut.
Pincus has made the same observation by
frequent experiment, and he adds that there
lisa general opinion that frequent cutting Of
the hair Increases its length; but the effect is
INHERENT from that generally supposed. Thus,
upon one occasion he states that he cut off
circles OF hair an inch IN diameter on the heads
OF healthy men, and from week to week COM
pared the Intensity of growth of the shOrn
place with the rest of the hair. The result was
surprising to this close and careful observer
as he found In some cases the numbers were
equal. but generally the growth became slower
after the cutting. and he has never observed
an increase In rapidty.
might also add that / believe many beard
less faces and bald heads in middle and advanc-
Ing age are often due to cutting and shaving In
early life- The young girls and boys seen daily
upon our streets with their CLOSELY cropped
leads and the young men with their clean
shaven faces are year by year by this fashion
having their hair-forming apparatus over
strained.
Why the Play was Interrupted.
Prom the Boston Globe.
Some of the nice children on Commonwealth
avenue recently proposed to surprise their par
ents with dramatic nerformapce with tho dis