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Show LT7CK OF A CHINESE GIRL. During the current celebration of the festival of ths Spinning Maiden and the Cowherd (the stars known to us an I,vra and Aqullla) one girl, 16 years of aire with a needle In one hand and the thread In the other, kneeling before the shrine of the star goddess, managed to thread the needle behind her head, unmistakable evidence that she had been endowed with special skill. She has since been inundated with offers of marriage from enthusiastic youths through the offices of regular go-betweens. -Canton Times. |