The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

which rises over her crown like the comb of a rooster, and about this she twists her black locks in a gorgeous creation. The marcel wave or the pompadour would be Puritanli1e in Mukden. Some of the women have plates of sil- yer, gold or other metal ten inches long and two or three inches wide, which they fasten on the back of the head. They wrap their hair round it so that 1t stands out like great wings on each side. They go out upon the streets without hats and seem proud of their clothes.
 These women have shoes of various kinds. Some wear footgear of silk and satin with thick fiat soles like those of the men. Others have beautiful shoes built upon soles three times as high as the spool-heels used by our ladies, and such shoes are even more inconvenient for walking. The soles themselves are quite thin, but attached to them are , wooden supports. which extend down from the center of the shoe, much like a French heel. Such shoe Is the badge of a lady for no working woman could wear them. Another badge of high blood is the long finger nail, protected by sheath of silver or gold to keep it from breaking.
 The Stores of Mukden. No one can go through the streets of Mukden and not be impressed by its bus mess. There are miles of one-story booths, back of which are warehouses filled with fine goods There are streets of fur stores and streets devoted to the making and selling of silver, copper and brass There are innumerable ped dlers, who go along crying their wares and places where the goods are put out in the open during the day and taken l in at night Some of the latter are odd, i as. for instance, the peddlers selling false | pigtails. Each of thess nas white cot ! ton sheet stretched taught over frame | work of bamboo. This Is leaned against l the wall of a house where the crowd | is the thickest. Upon it are pinned many i long black switches of human hair of the length of ones arm. Each switch Is divided into three strands, so that they can easily be braided together, forming b 'itful queue. Many Chinese men are .clined to badness and they buy this hair to braid into their few remain ing locks, thus making a false pigtail of luxuriant growth. Sometimes black silk is used for this purpose.
 Caps and Shoes.
 Mukden has a large trade in hats caps and shoes There are winter shoes and summer shoes, shoes for workingmen and shoes for officials. There are mems boots of leather, mems boots of felt, and crea- tions of all sorts in silks atin and fine leather for women. The felt shoes have SOleS an men or more lHlCh, With uPPSiS whose thickness will average quarter or an inch. They look clumsy and heavy, but are wonderfully light and remarkably cheap. The coolies wear shoes of leather, much like moccassins, and the officials have high boots of black silk and velvet.
 The shoe merchants display their wares on the sidewalks, and there the cobbler sits and mends your boots while you wait. Near my hotel wooden boot is hung out as sign. It Is painted white, green and red and is quite as big as the shoe in which the old woman lived with all Of her children.
 And then the caps of Mukden! They are of all kinds, and can be seen by the hum dreds on any main street. They are stacked up outside upon shelves, which are laid up along the walls of the build ings. They are made of fur, silk and felt, with rolls which can be turned down to cover the ears. There are also hat and cap stores, and places where fur ear-tabs are sold.
 One of the queerest of the Mukden street sounds is shrill whistle which