The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21
QUEUES DROP
Many PigtaiIs Shed In
, Honolulu.
Chinese Youth Emulates Example Of
Leung Chi-tso Whose Head
The DOSsger Seeks.

II the dream Of certain Chinese resi-
dents Of Honolulu comes true there
will be a queueless Celestial popula-
ton here. a big fight is 10 be made
for the cdoption Of the American Golf
fure. The dropping Of the braid Is 10
be the sign OF progress; the wearing Of
ones hair "allee samee MelieaDan"
is to be considered the mark OF en-
Hghtenment, and OF freedom from ira
dition's chains.
Coupled with the casting away Of the
picturesque pigtail comes the DOMINIC
Of the white mans garb. II is not
merely the fad OF few enthusiasts,
but determined effort by shrewd lead
ers OF the younger generation 10 raise
the flag Of resistance 70 the present
Chinese government. II is troubling
China's representatives here nightly.
In the upper circles OF oficialdom II Is
spoken OF only in whispers.
Ask those who look after the inter-
ests Of the Tartar DOwager Queen in
Hawaii and they will tell you there
IS nothing in the queue business" or
they viii make light OF the facts May
be they fear that recognizing the re-
volt against the Manchu style OF hair
dressing might swell il. Certain II is
that each day in Honolulu, as well as
In other parts Of Hawaii, sees fewer
braids on Chinese heads and more Eu-
rOpean coats upon their backs.
Only yesterday a prominent house
holder stared in establishment at his
Chinese boy" when the latter served
the breakfast minus his queue. Where
once had been a handsome tail" twin
ed with bright silk was a shook head
OF hair whose owners vigorous at
tempts to part il In the middle had
made il much like a lOng-used shoe
brush. 80
For heavens sake, All Sing, ex-
claimed the amazed and not over-pleas-
ed employer. what have you done TO
yourself?"
All Sing was nightly delighted. He
ran his fingers through his hair and re-
piled, me cuttee of alice samee littee
bit. China boy alice makee Mclean
headee. More better China longee."
Gone with his braid were his flowing
trousers and brilliant blouse and in
their stead were coat, vest and trous-
ers Of approved Honolulu fashion.
The householder did not peer fur
Their into the cause for the change. II
he had he would have learned that All
Sing was one OF eleven young men OF
his own age who sacrificed their pecu-
liar race-badge the night before. They
had gathered in a barber shop and
talked advancement to one another as
the queues dropped. The step had been
debated long and had been taken IN
der a unanimous agreement
All Sings employer might have
found, too, that the hand OF Leung
Chi-tso was the one that moved the
scissors. Not that the Reformer with
a price OF S65 900 on his head had ac-
tually piled the sacrifcial shears. but
that it was his philosophy that was
quoted while the pigtails fell, and his
political code that urged on the youths
TO the shearing.
Leung Chi-tsO. who so barely escap-
ed the vengeance OF the empress moth
CT. wears no queue. He lost his be-
tween a night and day and thereby
saved his head Now he breaches the
doctrine Of "taiiless" pates and Ame-f-
can clothes. The clever Ieung knows
that the queue IS the symbol Of servi-
tude TO the Manchu dynasty; that its
absence makes a Chinese the object Of
suspicion in China; that the more
queues gone the greater is the appar-
ent strength Of the party he seeks 20
guide in its battle for reform and for
modern laws and customs.
Question any Chinese storekeeper or
tailor. He will answer you that with
in a few weeks-since Leung Chi-tso
took up his home here-there has been
"A startling discarding Of Chinese dress
by the youths Of the servant and mid
de class. He may not give you the
right reason for this innovation. and
may lay II TO economy or the demands |
OF competition in labor.
He is wrong. Leung Chi-tso IS the I
glass Of fashion and the model for the /
hustling, ambitious Chinese in Ha-
wall
Within a few days the former advi-
ser to the deposed Emperor will sail |
for the other Islands. He will make a /
thorough visit TO every place that holds /
men OF his nation. and wherever thew
are will deliver 70 them his message OF !
opposition 10 the things that are In
China. His followers here say that he |
has with him 5000 Of the 1000 Chinese
in Honolulu already.
mt O4u men VI the flOWery King
dom see evil in Leung Chi-tso's preach |
ments. So do the old men here. They
want no changes. The queueless head
is Ike the Japanese's. and he IS abom- |
inatiOn to the powers that be in China.
They see visions Of revolution I'm the /
shedding OF the blouse and loose meth /
er garment. But Leung Chi-tso has 1
no care for what they want, and Ha- /
Wails Celestial youth seems with him.
Trd;,.-s