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Show CHINA'S BCABON AUTOCRAT. VVb.n Iho rinp.M.r Mf H Naiulner, It la Mummer. The emperor baa soma atrango duties. du-ties. One of these la the ordering of the acaaons, aaya the Youth's Companion Compan-ion It li summer lu America when tha aun warmt the earth, and not till then, but In China It Is summer when the emperor saya It la aummcr. Aa soon aa the emperor declares that aummcr tiai como everybody In China put off winter win-ter clothing and array hlintclf In itim mer garb, no matter what hla feelings say on the subject All I'onicstlo ar raugementa are mado to suit the season, sea-son, as proclaimed by the emperor al- , though they may not suit the Individ- , ual at all. The nearest approach to the I Chinese custom of ordering the seaions Is the practice observed In Prjiue In all public buildings, There It la win ter on and after Oct. 1 Klrcs are then I - ltghtA ln all sovorninoni- orrUow.aucvti the servanta exchange their white itwr mer watstcoata for tho thicker an. darker onra of winter. At that dan the public libraries are closed at I and In the atrecta Iho sellers of roaatcd cheatnula make their appearance. In omclal France It is winter, no matter what tho weather may say |
