| Show f i J Tim THIS I SI hlll has for tor or some coinS mis boon busy butty h t with affairs and nilI It has hns been bean beanI I lilted doted d that It If the l Dowager t j should mile illo an nn event that can ha he h ox to 10 at lit any time nor ear earI I 3 V lou FiU complications would en ensue enI I ti 1 sue SUC It lice haa even bean been bitt bittI I tin tilt military activity of or Japan and thu hi hii i tv widely WIlle lOVO of ot our Atlantic I squadron are arc evidences fit of time I with viti which the th ot lit the tho lie world are nrc viewing vl tilts Ilia j ln lilia ton Dut now lIoW report liMe Itu It II t that tho tile tiler thoI r I Abdication ot lit the thu l will luH 4 lilacs lla on n the IliA New N w Y wr If It I f lint IH is l founded II on ml tiet the tho thea of or us po to a tho thu thai linn When a hen to 10 expect lu Is elimInated I j and steps teji to moot the situation run be betaken b betaken taken accordingly However end Japan have havo re recently reo signed h an agreement are Ing lag the hr Independence and territorial In Integrity of the Iho Chinese empire all an anlie n well lie JIB the tho principle of ot equal IUnI opportunities In commerce antI Industry for tor nil na nn nations in t eld empire They IIno pled pledged ed themselves to o the tho maintenance of or the tho status n quo o and the tho respect of ot this principle with all tho the peaceable means nt itt their disposal The abdication of ot tho the ruling power of u the empire should therefore pot not endanger tho time pence neace ot of tho the world worl 1 whatever Internal contests may arise arlo orl o between claimants for or recognition recognitiOn tion or aspirants for tor power The Tho Chinese Empress l Is perhaps th tim the most mot remarkable In III tho world today Think of or tho the remarkable career of or n II poor DOOr girl sold ns liS ii a it slave during a time of DC famine to save lIae the family from sIn In rising to 10 the tho position of or favorite timid Ili concubine in the thu pal neo UlC of ot the and finally b com ing the ruling power powel behind thu lie throne over oer the destinIes of ot s mils If It she Rhe really hits has decided to retire from toni the scene ceno now she proves her wisdom and her ability to read the signs of nt tho times time correctly for forthe forthe the new China taking lessons ot of th western westen world lorld In government has no use uie for or the policy ot of exclusiveness ss or ot at a II representative of ot tho the ancient regime She Sh has ruled for tOr tit fit ty t years In hi her relations with for tor foreign eign diplomats she has become famous for tOI her hor skilful evasion of ot troublesome Questions flu A contributor to 11 n t French Journal hint has recently told tho the public something about the time ladys personal habits being well advanced In n age she rime he Is rouged every ovary morning regularly after alter breakfast until her cheeks flame delicately against the creamy composition tion ion with which tho the rest of or her face nce has hutt been ben coated coaled A A huge hugo mirror Is then rolled to 10 the tho couch upon which tho the source of all power In tn China Chinn reclines Tel Td Hsu Him studies the effect of ot tho the la Ia labors harms bors of or her hel young oung ladies ladles so critically critical that It Is said to be necessary occa occasionally to rougo rouge he twice or thrice before the of ot the operation o quite realizes the Imperial Ideal No attack of ot Illness cOUld be w too to justify the tho slightest omission of ot detail by the tho several ladles ladies concerned COli cern Id with the time Empress Impress Dowagers toilet Though Tel Hsu be xo so Ill III that her day duy must bo 00 b spent In bed she Rhe Is 18 roughed penciled panelled and massaged on the lInt lat of ot her back She emerges emeres from hOI her iel toilet perfectly natural Her ap fly appearance even In the severe severo stage tage of ot the recent paralytic spell apell was that of at atthe the he blooming matron In an on autum autumnal nal na aI glory of ot enchanting womanhood |
