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Show Chinese Etlautte. It Strangers reetlng In China may J freely ask one another their names, J1 provinces and tholr business pros- ? pects. It Is always con dered a com- Ij pllment to an old Chinaman to ask J him his age, but tho middle aged do not as n rulo care for tho question, and Ihelr nns, 3rs can rarely bo do- : ponded upon. It Is also good form In China to ask tho numtcr and sex of j n man's children, also if his father ! and mother aro still living. His wife, however, must not bo mentlonod, even In tho most Indirect manner. Friends meeting, cither or both In so-dan so-dan chnlrs, stop their bearers at onco ( and got out with all posslblo expedition. expedi-tion. Tho same rule applies to acquaintances ac-quaintances meeting on horseback. |