The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-01-14
CHINESE WOMEN
TO WEAR SKIRTS
Ordered BY Edict To Forsake
PantaIoons lust AS Carrie
Gait Suggests Adoption.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 4.-Just
when Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cats an
nonncen cnt has gone forth that women
of the Occident who would keep up
with the women s movement must
adopt trousers, an edict has come from
the cabinet of China iorbidding Chit
nese wmen to wear pantalons any
longer.
The odict ordering Chinese women
TO adopt the skirts of the women
of the Occident was received few
days ago by Consul Young Yew of the
Chinese Republic.
The consul turned over the edict and
the pictures showing the kind of cloth.
ing to be worn in the future by the
subjects of the newest republic to
Wong Buck You, publisher of "Young
China,' yesterday, and they will APP
pear in that paper this morning.
Who's Going Back Now7
All of which leads. the layman to
wonder if the boasts of the Chinese
that they had all our civilization thou.
sands of years ago and that they drop.
ped it is worthy of serious considera.
| ton.
Also it is to wonder whether the Orient
is going back or going ahead. Sure it
If that when Mrs. Gait hears of this
| latest "reform - she will say the Chi
nese are going back.
The Chinese women have worn panta-
looms for centuries and the skirt is con.
sldered by their sisters of the Oceident
to be the badge of slavery.
The women ara mt o,,I.. q
fected by this sweeping dress reform.
The change in the Is CLOTHING is
| just MS drastic.
No moro will the Chinese man with
ms picturesque costume, be n feature
OF our cosmopolitan city. No more
VIII he parade ON week days in his
sohner black, loose-fitting cotton garb.
the future he will wear a sack or
cutaway coat. Incidentally. the trou.
| GERS TO be worn are also set forth in
| the edict, ~
Where formerly Chinese wore
Ioose-httlng, vari.colored silk garments
Tor social functions, in the future he
must wear full evening dress and n
irock coat for official banquets mr. din.
lomatic affairs. VI UP
Derby and Tile Au Fait
| only two forms of hat are provided
Tor the men. For ordinary Business
wear ne Is instructed to procure n derby
hat. u pug
| 1t would seem from this that tbe soft
ielt nat and cloth caps so much affected
the future. Vu'ie III
Only one kind of shirt is nfovided
Tor. From the picture one wMId he
led to believe it is the ordinary conven.
tlonal stitf.bosomed white shirt. N
Two kinds of shoes are allowed b;ob
calfskins and low tans, for the men Rnt
one kind is ordered for the women
conventional high shoes of anv stvle
desirable to the feminine taste.
| II the Chinese woman is comnelled
to adhere strictly to the edict. her
dress viii be somewhat stilted and far
lacking in the variety of her sisters of
the Occident.
| Besides her shoes, only three forms of
dress are prescribed for her.
| One is a loose fitting dress for every
| day wear much resembling the ola
Mother Hubbard"
| me other two garments are for
SKIRT
of extreme conventional lines and the
other is shirt waist, that follows
strictly straight lines.
1t is not specified what color they
shall be, but presumably that is left 70
the taste of the wearer.
Bnt one detail is lacking in the dress
and that detail to woman of the Oc-
cident is the most important. No pro-
vision is made for headwear.
Silent on Willow Plunes.
In the past the only thing a Chinese
woman has worn on her head was some
leweled combs or string of beads.
Whether she is expected to adhere
to these adornments or NAV wear
aigrettes, willow plumes, picture hats
and such what-nots only the future can
tell.
1t was the wish of President Yuan
Shih'Kai of the new republic that the
edict covering dress reform should be
held by the consul until New Year g
Day, when it was to be given for publi
cation to the official organ in this city
OF the new government. This wish was