Evening journal., 1912-09-10
CHINESE CUTTING
OFF THEIR QUEUES
Everywhere They Are Adopt
ing the Modern Style Of
Hair Cut and Clothes

NEW YORK, Sept 10.--It has been
considered worthy of report to this
Government that in South China
Cinnamon with queues are rapidly dis
appearing, but no one seems to have
observed that the Chinaman with a
queque has almost disappeared from
the face of the earth. A walk through
New Yorks Chinatown would be suf1i-
cient to get a demonstration that the
Chinese do not wear queues now. and
not many of them wear Chinese dress.
The loose jacket, the bulky looking
slippers and the Quaker-like black
soft hat has not entirely gone out
with the queue, but they are going
out fast, as anyone may see for him
self
Il used to be that an Oriental one
would meet in the uptown streets of
the city or on the street cars or sub
ways was at once recognized as q
Japanese If his hair we're short and
his clothes we're of American or Eu-
ropean style. Just now the Oriental
of that appearance who is met here
there and anywhere Is apt to be a
Chinaman, because the Chinese are
more numerous here than the Japan
ese, and most of them dress alike
now.
Look Natty Now.
This has wrought a great change IN
the impressions that are to be gather
ed in Chinatown. The Chinese really
do not seem so strange, persons say,
who visited the quarter frequently in
other days. The young men especially
look keen and alert In natty gray
suits and sailor straw hats and
straight black hair. closely cut where
before they seemed to be dreaming
with the rest and far away from the
white race. It used to be a common
saying that all Chinatown looked
alike. Even in Chinatown now only
a few seem to look alike, and these
are the laundrymen and workers in
the trades, who still adhere 20 the
loose blouse and slippers, though
their queues are cut on.
The robes that the prosperous mer-
chant wore have gone out completely
and with them his skull cap, with the
red button on top. The merchant
wears American shoes and American
clothes cut, in many instances. in the
latest fashion.
What is customary here among the
Chinese has become customary in
every place in the world where they
arc congregating II is the order oi
the Republic of China
Manchu Fashion Gone.
The Chinese got the fashion Of tn,
queue and also the dress that wen
with II from the Manchus, who walk
ed in and stole their country from
them without q half struggle 20I
years ago. The Manchus we're ;
handful in comparison to the TEEN
ing multitudes OF China, but thl
Chinese we're peaceful and non-resist
ing and gave up as easy victims Il
what they considered the inevitable
II seems. however, that in all thes'
years. while they we're APPARENT.
submissively to successive tyrannica
rulers, who we're not of their owl
people nor OF their making, they ha
mental reservations which include
contempt for the forms and proscrip
tons Of the dynasty Non-constitute
government in the world had NOR
established distinctions Of dress 10 in
dictate position and rank and honor
bestowed by a so-called graciou
sovereign.
With one swoop that was all de
stroyed With the coming of the Re
public all distinctions were wiped ou
by an official order that was intends
70 make the citizens OF the Republi
democrats at once without any deco
rations for one OF the other.