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Show I ! WOMEN WEARING HAIR (" j FROM CHINESE CORPSES 1 j By Associated Press. V: I' VICTORIA, 13. C Juno 4. Women In .: iJ the United States who purchase switches - , ,1 of black hair will bo Interested to learn . that a crusade has been begun by the j , ' Chinese government against Chinese who ! : ', supply human hair for shipment to I America, according to reports brought by .' I the Empress of India. It seems that a ; cliarltable inntltutlon of Canton, which buries large numbers of paupers, whose ' . relatives arc unable to provide coffins. ' i found the hair dealers exhuming" corpses H to recover hair, and when this action 1 ! was reported to the authorities steps f were taken against the dealers. In- J stances have also been reported of the i. , hair exporters cutting hair In crowds. ! and the officials arc prosecuting all ap- j prehended. |