Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
TORTH CHINA STANDARD, Pei
ping.-The anti-queue and anti
bound-feet crusaders of the bu-
reau Of social welfare and the

ping.-The anti-Queue and anti
NJ bound-feet crusaders of the bu-
4 reau OF social welfare and the
police started recently to take
census Jointly. The crusaders are
empowered to cut the queues from man
given 10 days to unbind their feet.
Handbills were distributed by the
bureau of public safety to the local
residents announcing the purpose of
the taking of the census. The residents
are instructed not to make false reports
to the police, as the authorities are also
attempting to weed out thieves, BAN
dts, reactionaries and undesirable char
acters from the city by means of the
forthcoming census. The bulletins add
that the poor and needy should be To-
distributed more effectively. The mat
ter cannot be delayed, since six per-
sons have already been found frozen
TO death on local streets.
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Young Princess
WOrShipS Her Ancestors.
Japan Advertiser, Tokio.--Princess
Kazuko Taxa, third and youngest
daughter of the Emperor, worshiped at
the Kashikodokoro Shrine, In the COM
pound Of the imperial palace, on q re-
cent morning. The ceremony was In
accordance with q Japanese custom
which specifies that a princess shall
worship the spirits Of her ancestors
on the fiftieth day after her birth.
The visit to the shrine was made
IN the arms Of the chief court lady,
Lazy Takeya. The little princess was
c!ao In colored Japanese dress of pink
ana yellow silk and seemed to take
much interest in the rites, which were
conducted by the chief ritualist, Prince
huyo. After the dignitary read q mes
sage OF congratulation from the altar
lLtie Princess Kazuko was supposed to
nave performed her infantile worship.
atOer which all the princes and prin-
cesses OF the blood did likewise.
AFTER the ceremonies the Emperor and
empress gave q luncheon in honor of
Gne sound health Of their youngest
daughter. and dolls, toys, candies and
other gifts were presented to the i'm
perlal baby. She was born September
~ ana has been growing satisfactorily.
according to the imperial household de-
partment. An official announcement,
informed the interested public that her
nelght Is 81 centimeters and her weight
5,440 grams.
BritOnS are Told
Gambling Greatest Evil.
Manchester Guardian.-"A gamble ia
transaction whereby the transfer Of
something of value is made wholly de-
pendent upon chance" So Canon Peter
Green said recently when giving an
omcial definition of gambling at the an
nual meeting Of the anti-gamblinr com
mittee of the Manchester and Stafford
Council Of the Christian ConRreSations
The gambling spirit is the desire to GET
something for nothing and has been de.
scribed by the chancellor OF the ex
cnequer, Mr.. Snowden, as more of a
vice OF our age than drink and licen-
tiousneSs. What little progress has been
made in combating this evil was de-
stroyed by the last government when
" introduced the taxation of betting.
What is the good of saying 10 anv
young man that gambling IS wrong
when he can turn right around and
show the national stamp on the bet
ting ticket? Women are gambling as
much as the men. There are streets In
Manchester and Stafford where, on the
day OF q big race, nearly every woman
Is at her door waiting to buy the i
o'clock edition.
Some contend that gambling is a nat