Show i I Chin Chinese se Peasants Resist Changes t Stick to Old Religious Habits I Prepare to to Celebrate Old Old F Festival estival SHANGHAI Oct 26 AP AP Chinas China's s nation nationalist list government govern- govern ment is encountering n more ore difficulty than titan it bargained for in enforcing reforms calculated to abolish certain anci indent n customs customs' which it considers drags drag's on the modernization movement In lii the cities except for sporadic instances people pe are giving giving n up up tip old s superstition women n are bob O O o bing their hair unwrapping the bandages from their feet reet and discarding discarding dis dis- c carding the tho old old tight fitting styles of ot dress In Canton the Society for tor the Changing of ot Old Customs Is 1 making mak iii ing headway particularly pa In a cam campaign cain cain- against the yearly custom of ot having m married women pay expensive sive sl homage with food ornaments and dress dres to seven Bevon fairies for seven Beven full lull days das Thc Th authorities there bare o warned shopkeepers not to tostock tostock stock stockS up for this festival next year car But tho peasant population unable unable un un- un- un able ablo to understand why they should discard habits and religious practices tlc tices s that w were ro good enough for their forefathers since time Immemorial Imme Imme- Jno morial la are aro to taking t things Into their own hands lit il many instances Instance much to the tho sorrow gorrow of ot tho the police Ono One of the th latest country revolts occurred a 3 f few w weeks ago ao In In a Shanghai l suburb known as aa as Yang ang lJ Hang I nS' nS a a. email maU town In the tho agricultural ul- ul tural section of Paoshan district Tho The dISo disorder resulted from an nit order or 0 der b by the tho nationalist government Io that all temples temples' and amid idols In the tho district should bo be destroyed le The Tho order w was carried out by the police poUce until they arrived at nt the temple tern ten l ille 10 An Tsal Sz a place of ot worship used by Yang Yani for tot centuries It It happened too that the tho police arrived Just as tho thu populace lace laco W was S celebrating the repair of ot the temple and the tho Installation of ot new liew Idols Money for tor this had been furnished f by a wealthy wealth woman of ot Canton When tho the police reached the scene the they marched into the temple tem tern pIe seized tho the Idols both new and old and arrested those responsible for repairing tho the place Before the peasants fully comprehended what had happened the tho temple officials and the tho Idols 1 were locked up In n the police station Bedlam f followed A general al alarm rm was sent out i to the thie surrounding countr countryside that tIU t. th the t temple r lff had bad been looted and hundreds of ot t farmers farmers farm farm- ers cre Joined the tho villagers There was Wu wasa a h hurried confer conference n e then the mob mob moved on trio tHe police station broke open th tho cells released tho the t temple officials and r retrieved their precious idols After the he images lma cs had been put lut back In the templo temple th the mob tried to storm the tho residence of ot th the towns town's l leading citizen an n official who Vh owed I his place to the tho nationalist political party part the tho Help elp had hod to come como from neighboring villages s before the police could dI the mob and save ave the official from froni ven yen Aside from religious S observances observance there are arc arc other old old customs to which the Chinese are clinging de- de e. e spite official edicts from Tho The ancient lunar calendar is 18 still In iii use although ordered abolished In favor of ot tho the Western calendar several l months ago igo Many rany vernacular ular newspapers still sWI use uto the old calendar arid and in Canton tho customs customs customs cus- cus cus cus- toms changing society has started a n. campaign against such uch S Nevertheless scarcely I a week passes without some fresh tresh evidence e of ot the tile awakening of ot the ancl ancient nt land hand of ot the lotus This is especially especial especial- ly noticeable of ot course In t the ports and railroad centers where western civilization has mado its greatest Inroads For FOl example In Canton the sign Specialists in Women's Haircuts has become so BO common that one of ot the largest establishments establishments establish establish- ments tried to Vary It and put putout out a anew anew new signboard which proclaimed in letters two feet high 1 Mere l Females Females' Hair Hahn Dressing Parlor lulor |