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Show China Grants Widows Right to Remarry Peking. Young widows are being encouraged to -marry again by the authorities. au-thorities. In the old days, when the Son of Heaven sat ou his dragon throne, widows were rewarded for their vows of celibacy by seeing their names in stone tablets sanctioned by the emperor. em-peror. That is entirely too old-fashioned to suit the young Chinese of today. Superstitious acts of filial piety, In the hope of curing the sickness of n parent, will not earn the commendation commenda-tion of the Nationalist regime, such practices being classed as unworlliy along with the ancient custom by which young widows refused to re marry. Neither will the acts of a gir! do dining to marry after the death of her fiance he regarded as commend able virtue, all of which has been sel forth In a draft of regulations gov erning awards and oflicial commenda tlon of meritorious services submitted to the Nationalist government council coun-cil by the ministry of the interior. |