Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-11 | Page 4 | The Chinaman's New Year

THE CHINAMAN'S NEW YEARA YEARA YEAR A week eek ago the Chinese of ot San Si Francisco were celebrating cel their thel new car ear which was the first da of the thirteenth ear of the republIc tic lie of ot China Dealing with the custom of ot the Chinese in la Ing the da dab a 1 i coast paper sass sas I Chinese were ere busy pacing ing their the debts for none must enter the new nev I ear or Ill luck Juck will pursue the debtor Wives u e e busy cleaning house foi floors must be scrubbed walls alls wiped biped and all made spick and anc span pan b by l ew Years Year's eve Also it if ita ifa a Chinese la ma in Jail at New Years Year's Q than bad luck nIh will follow bun the year through and for tor that If for no other reason the friends of t about twenty Chinese bailed them out so they could start the tho thirteenth year as luckily as pos pos- possIble pos possible sible They had been rounded up ur on oil several of the recent police raids In Chinatown Once a ear ear the Chinese amid anet forget and then when hen the pe- pe pe period nod of ot good will vill is ended the tongs once more sharpen their es and load their guns I The Chinaman's New sear ear amen amen- amenities hips do not differ much munch from that ot of the American with his good resolutions so quickly broken The around human buman Is much the same I