Show HAIRCUTS HELPED TO CHRiSTIANIZE JAPAN CHICAGO Dec Haircuts 28 Haircuts helped Christianity to gain a comfortable foothold foot foot- hold held in Japan where previous to the tho I Russian Japanese war it had bad been hardly hard hard- hardly ly tolerated tolerate It was through the work of tho the Y M. M C. C A. A that the tho Japan Japanese so changed their opinion of tho the Christian religion to a marked degree according to C. C V. V Hibbard Hibbar who has charge chargo o othe or of orthe the Y M. M r. r C. C A. A work with the tho Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese nose army In an account of how the supply ot Bibles and tracts gave out after the tho battle battlo of Mukden and at at- attention was diverted to the care of the wounded Mr Hibbard says II It It was a little awkward for us at first but we soon got ot so 50 that we wo could cut about fifteen heads of hair bair an hour We devoted dc our on entire tire time to cleaning clenning the wounded soldiers shaving them an and cutting their hair The They used to wake us up in the tho night ni ht begging be in for a trim and finally our skill became so BO r widely ely advertised that w we had bad to give h e out numbered num num- berod tickets and the men would have havo to wait until it was their turn often going oin without meals |