Millard County Chronicle | 1912-04-04 | Page 8 | The Actor in China.

The Actor In China. If the new regime In China sue- 1 ceeds In ahollxblnjc class distinction 1 In civil administration It will have ac- t comptlshed a difficult task, littnerto three classes of tbe population have t been esteemed by the Chinese "low- , est of the low," these being actors, barbers and chiropodists. These and 1 their children are barred from becom- Ing Mandarins. Their grandsons, ao- 1 cording to the letter of the law, are permitted to hold bovernment posts, t but this permltirion has seldom been granted Some years ago a grandson Of Cheng Chang Keng. the most famous Pekln aitor of his day. was appoltitrd one of the secretaries of tbe ' Chinese legation In Herlin. The ap- I pointmeiit aroused a storm of protest I among official lrcles In China, and i but for the support of the empress , dowager would have been revoked. ,