The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-03-22

Offering consists of whole pigs, chick
ems, fowls and incense sticks While
| these are burning the parents Join in
offering up their heartfelt thanks, CRATE
fully and with joy acknowledging them
selves the recipients of the choicest
blessing Heaven could bestow. This
part of the ceremony over, the three old
ladies proceed to roll up their great
silken sleeves preparatory to giving the
fortunate youngster his first shave.
which, by the way, is not performed
with razor upon the chin, but with Il
pair OF shears upon the crown of the
head.
We use the word shaving" but it
would be nearer the correct word if we
should call it ''shearing.' The manner
OF performing this shearing, as well a,
the queer figure outlined upon the
baby pate, is really comical. While
the old ladies are busily engaged in
their, to them, very agreeable task.
baby is protesting against the perpetra-
ton OF this outrage upon his crown with
all the strength of his little lungs, sup
plemented by vigorous kicks of his
sturdy little legs, and frantic clutching
OF the chubby hands at anything and
everything within his reach.
AT length the ordeal is ovgr, the CID
ladies having clipped and cropped until
they are satisfied. Baby's head is ~
sight to behold. An American BARRIERS
heart would ache, could he contemplate,
the artistic labors of those venerable
DANES, and the baby himself would bel
low like a young OK could he behold in
glass the terrible looking head he has
had. put on him by those from whom he
has every reason in the world to ex-
pect better treatment. l really think
that if the innocent little one. knew
what those old ladies were about while
fussing around his little head, he would
decide to rest content with his hair in
the shape nature fashioned it, ''bv a,
large maiorityn'
After the hair is cut then come the
three venerable old gentlemen aforesaid.
accompanied by their wives (no widow.
widower, bachelor or old maid being al
lowed to otiiciate), who suggest name
Ornames appropriate, in their estimation,
TO bestOw upon the child. These old
gentlemen generally pretend to know
something about astronomy, and while.
'tlHN uoSlli9 JlC uluOICuU- ut9lLCS suggest
ed, make pretense of, consulting the
noon and stars, as though TO deter
mine astrologically upon the name
which they deem most proper for the
young Celestial to bear
| knew of a boy whose birthday fell
upon a leap year, and on the twenty
third day of the very month that, ac-
cording to Chinese chronology, was the.
extra month of that year. After the
astronomers had studiouSlg searched
the armament for suitable name for
him they decided that the infant should
be called "Yuen S. So that is, '"leap-
year in the fourth moon," for it was
the first moon, or month of that year
that had its additional month
| wonder how one of my readers
would have liked it if parents had
named him ''St Pahick's Day in the
Morning." had his birthday CHANGED to
fall upon the seventeenth day Of March!
What strange fashions the Chinese
have!" you doubtless exclainl, 90 which
| readily give assent, for to You they are
10 doubt both strange and odd.-Edj-
tor Of the g Chinese Anlerisa53" IN
Youth'S Companion.