| Show t THE CHINESE QUEUE A why it Is Is I 1 berdd with aeh NOI NO I 7 by 11 V fad 11 its I ts everyone knows how acred sacred S quedo cr or pintail I 1 Is to john chinaman to 4 los lose his hl queue te Is almost as bad as to lose life itself should a chinaman ref rex turn tum to china without bla queue he h would become became an object of scorn and derision dress ilka alk 11 a t lugs under undergoes if its chance in china out taa tn sty etyle 0 of 0 the baa has atis the ame same for centuries and Is handell down from parent to child without n tear fear a 0 change for many year years prior to 1144 the native arora at 0 the chloese dynasty compelled their subjects to if wear wr lone long hair aver over the whole head bead aad and to twist it into a tun tuft or coil the first emperor of 1114 th brount manchu dynasty dy natty who ascended ended he h throne in 1914 1 determined to make the consul of manchuria the token of the ati submission of the chinese of the attro country to hta his authority shortly after hit his to the throne he ordered his subjects to ahta ah the hair from their betl heads except on the crown and to allow the bair hair on that particular part to grow long and dru it according to the th traditional custom of manchuria this fro pro clama uon u received rec elred with universal die dis approval except in dut but it bad had to be obeyed the cu cus to too prevailed throughout troug hOUt 11 tle e length and mid breadth of china anil and ie style then adopted as an a duty it worn now by choice bo so much a long IOB comm ulon tend tends to meke make ui us what we ne ire As A a reward for punctuality and obed obedience leuce abo abow who what wro and to con fora with ath the nev nor capillary rule were war aw awarded crded a tai ot of ally tir in luch such rever lice ha bas the piew came to be hid hold hu ma certain sects belleve 11 that thit they I 1 cannot be b savea 1 without the aid of the th pigtail they bellere believe that after death confucius rill will lift thorn them br their pit pig tall tails into the regions of celestial bliss 1 consequently no pigtails no salvation la Is it any wonder then that john chinaman tifka sticks to tia lis queue it to I 1 the jacob a ladder br which he b will loik snake hia his ascent into hearen |
