Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18
A NATION IN MOURNING r."

amy woman found ON the streets with
L. fcd gown was ordered hnrk nuuc. a
vuunk Chinese lady of thr city dlsre-
garded tho Law and started out 90 call
Wearing n pair Of rcd slippers a police
mau saw hcr as she crossed o. muddy
place n The street ne stopped her
and pulled on her shprF She hegged
Co. Boo allowed fo wear them back homo.
slFlnE that shU would puf un white
slippers thcroancr ne refused. and
ehc trawprd back Boo bier foot wrap
rin0. although the temperature was
thrn anrut frccainr Another regulation
unhhItod thr painting and powdcring
of thr rtOO This Nas severe on She
Naurhu glrls. who plaster Their cont
pieNiona with white lnd tint them vita
rougn. Gee Won nz np1n the Chinese.
most of vhom do likewise.
MA wEuuiNus HELD up
The regulation that abolished mar
ridges for 80 days created great oou-
sierultlon % WAS known about two
days beforehand that such an 'dlct
would bo .ssued ana during that period
There was an epidemic ~ weddings all
over tho empire Every city and town
had sDorcs of thcJu, and although PeHlu
was shrouded Boo gloom ou account of
tho deaths. the other cities we've alive
with weddings and their festivities
Even here there were many marriages.
On the hurry the brides and grooms
were sometimes MIXED up. ana the
wrong rittles found themselves tied to
eether in the bond matrimonial. Ac~
cording 20 chinese custom, the groom
furnishes the clothes for his bride, and
he seldom secs her before the wedding
She always comes veiled 10 the ceic-
mony At wedding whicn occurred
al this time 30 Tientsin, when the
bride unveiled. the groom said These
are not the clothes which diminished.
And that Is not the girl ! chose for
you said tho matchmaker
II was then discovered that two wed
dlngs were slated Tor that night in the
same block and that the wrong brides
had been carried IN their closed chairs
10 the wrong groomH.
This was not discovered until the
ceremonies had been performed, and IL
took considerable money % buy the OF
Gcials To unite the knots and bring
the right couples together
$500 FOR PLAYING THE BANJO.
For a certain time after weddings
were resumed II was prohibited TO use
music I'm connection with them, and
during the period OF deep mourning all
Chinese scholar OF pekin who played
the banjo was fined $500 and given %
lashcs.
In the city Of Wuchang a Greek had
been granted the right to open bio
graph show for a month. He had just
begun TO exhibit his motion pictures
when the imperial deaths occurred.
The officials said the show must close
and the Greek demanded damages He
was paid 81 250 in lieu Of his loss.
In this same town OF Wuchang. which
lies Just opposite Hank0w, the police
were given scissors the day the mourn
ing began and were instructed 10 cut
from the caps Of the men every red
button they saw; they were ordered
also 60 cut into pieces any red clothing
that might be worn. An official ~ this
same region shaved his scalp contrary
TO law he was at once put into a
cangue, that is. "a heavy board frame
work five feet square was fitted around
his neck so that II hung upon his shout
dcrs. extending so far out that he could
not touch his head with his hand. ATT
or that the police smoarcd his scalp
with pitch and turned him loose on the
streets