Show QUEUE IS SIGN OF BONDAGE Remarkable That Chinese Have Come Cometo to Look Upon It With a Degree Degree Degree De De- gree of Pride If the Germans ha had won the war Would they have made us wear pigtails pig pig- tails in tails in order that they might have something to yank us around by And would they have applied their efficiency effi- effi m- m to a n new s system stem of punishment perhaps with a n different number of yanks for each offense against our our conquering con- con masters The zeal with which patriotic Chinn men cultivate the queues that thc they consider a sort of national national national na na- na- na distinction and und the time fact that those in other countries who discard them are forever considered outcasts is indeed paradoxical For Forthe Forthe Forthe the pigtail is a sign of bondage the time earmark of a conquered race Centuries Centuries Centuries Cen Cen- ago ancient China had a n civilization civilization civili civili- all its own But nut on every side she was surrounded by warrior hordes that coveted the riches and luxuries of the more advanced people and harassed them continually Finally overcome by a barbarian host the Chinese were reduced to a state of servility One of the exactions of the conquerors was that the men grow grow- long queues by which as they flew by on their horses they actually took hold of the helpless creatures to swing them theta before them to the saddle or to cut ot off their heads |