El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06
Few Chinese Wear Queques
Automobiles Are Now in Common
Use and Picture show Is
No Novelty.
by Frederic J. Has<in-


ASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
M China and the Chinese are
w changing so rapidly that only
a battery OF moving picture machines
/ working day and night could catch the
/ constant movement from old to new.
! The things which were once regarded
/ with zuperstitious disdain. then rf0f-
cUIe and finally grudsing interest, are
/ being taken over bag and baggage by
Z the Chinese. The new things which
| the foreigner observes on the streets
| Of a Chinese city are the surface evil
/ denCes Of the deeper changes which
| are going on below. The government
/ has been turned upside down within
! year The ancient system of ethics is
/ hard hit and all the modes and pre-
. cedents by which the people were
! guided for centuries are being modified
( and sometimes abolished altogether
I Even the old men testify in countless
ways that they hold the ancient good
uncOuth- Not even the women, guard
/ ians of conservatism the world over,
/ have succeeded in resisting the chance
Few Wear Cues Now.
| Following the cue line in China IS a
most interesting sport Just now. 1t IS
/ like a game Of hide and seek Going
from province to province the traveller
notes that the time hOnOred appendGge
( is still IN favor, or is yielding to the
altered order and hangs on by single
hair so to speak. or has surrendered
Internationally to the progress Of the
age and is CONSPICUOUS by its absence
I One Of the things Chinese which the
globe trOtter always wants to see on
its native heath is the cue Great IS
his disappointment upon landing at
HOngkOng- Look as he may he viii not
lind single cue Every man and boy
has chopped It off and the once
shaved part Of the head is covered with
suite VigOr OF the wearer- The same
condition prevails in Canton and ali
other parts Of South China
It cannot be said that cutting the cue
has added to the beauty Of our good
natured Chinese friends An old boy
who now Wags a two inch relic on the
back Of his head where once a glossy
rope suspended, can have no cause 10
thank the new style Then there are
the bald headed males In the days o.
the cue a Chinaman always had some
hair, even If IL was mostly braid on
the other hand, the young fellows wei
CCme the modern way. 1t enables them
to display a shock Of luXuriant raven
locks that put a Hungarian orchestra
leader out OF the running.
stand pafers Wear Cues
Travelling north in search OF the
shrinking erania1 appendage the tour
lst may catch a glimpse OF one in the
heart Of the native city Of Shanghai
But 1t viii be like looking for the
proverbial needle in a hay stack, and
whenever such a one is run to earth
the owner will lose no time in declar-
ing that, nevertheless, he is Just as ar
dent republican as the next man. IN
CEefOO a number Of standpaters still
wear the cue When the tourist
reaches Tientsin and Pekiu his passion
for elongated hair is satisfied for the
first time Here very other male still
carries his cue around. although most
Of the young men have dispensed with
It This is not out Of fear for the
nHrw~ 1HmH O.
ated in behalf Of the cue during the
revolution, but because o. the innate
conservatism CT the nOrthsrc Chinese. /
they favor tnc incoming era OF pr
6less just as heartily as d. the snIth-
erners, but Ions usage has accustomed
them 20 the cue and the Ogher good OiG I
ways Of daily life Sc why change,
even though the cue was originally
forced upon them as a sign of humility
by the cOnquering Manchus IA Ine sew
enteenth centu=yS President Yuan
Shih X al and other leaders. whether /
northern OF southern have cut OF
Adopt American Dres.
1t must be true that clothes make [
the man the world over. as China has
swung in line with great alacrity. The
western mode is quite in vogue and
doubtless viii stay at the top Of the
heap thereafter. All over China for
eign clothes are very popular among,
the men, and the women nowadays
Ne@9N FIAI inter leu A414CtS IN the a.
rection Of their occidental sisters. A
Chinese woman in foreign clothes is
still a rarity. however. but il will not
be lonS before those with the requisite
cash viii discard their loose jacket and I
long trousers, harmonious in deep col
Ors and modest in the extreme, a Teri-
table symphony in silk and satin, for
the more conspicuous but less attractive
and sensible attire Of the American and
European women
Autos in Common Use.
Comfortable carriages and big tour
ing automobiles are also diverting the
attention Of the Chinese. 1t is no
longer a strange sight TO see q Chinese /
man giving his family an airing in
motor car, with native "mafOO7 at
the wheel AS a rule, the owner does
not run his car That would smack !
too much OF cOOlie labor, and il viii
BE- a long time before the high class
Chinese gets to the hand sOilfng stage. /
Carriage rides and walks where even
the rude foreigner may stare. are now
enjoyed by the women. and the day
when @ group Of pretty Manchu prin-
OF the famous Wagons-Lit hotel in Pc
gaping crowd is already ancient hts
tory In south and central China a
young woman who elects to walk By /
me side OF an interesting young man /
Tor piece down the road no longer
risks her reputation by doing So
Picture show No Novelty.
The moving picture show is not a
novelty in China Conventional white