Show QUEUE COSTLY TO CHINESE figures show how much money would be saved if it should be abolished the present movement in china for tho the abolition of tho the queue la Is encouraging the statisticians to show the me chinese what a saying saving it will be to t thorn them it seems the combing and braiding of the queue takes every day fifteen minutes ot the bet best hours of 01 every man in china and ana perhaps twice that much of the barbers time although time Is cheap in it Is worth on the average at least 6 pence a day and so every mans queue costs him about a halt penny a day multiply this by the number of males malea above 15 in the country say sav and by tho the number of days daya in the year and you get about 1 besides this cash value of time saved bayed the actual cost of the material used must also be taken into account A moderate estimate of the sum spent every year by each individual on quedo cords etc is per annum for or the whole country it Is also reckoned that the quedo shortens the life of a mans coat or gown by about one tenth and another 24 t would bo be saved on this head head there would be other economies economics too but these alone would mean a saying saving of a year it seen the wearing of the queue Is quite a n modern thins thing it was insisted on oa in 1644 by the blancha conquerors and was waa resisted to the death by many chinese patriots just as many now probably would resist its abolition |