The Seaforth News, 1928-02-09, Page 3Women "Bob"
Chinese VV"o At Risk of Death or Fines
Shooting of Girls as Reds Recalls Laws Based on View That
Shorn Lacks Imperil Masculine Rule
FEMINISM GAINS SLOWLY
Wives of Interior Continue Virtual Slaves; "Flapper" in '
Rebellion at Ports •
Death by torture is net so popular
in China as it need to be, Medieval
..forms of punishment have not been I
entirely abandoned in the interior, but
along the coast they are gradually
$lying way to the more modern way
of shooting people down in the
streets. . The shooting process, prac
heed by the,Natlonallst troops, makes;
no exception in favor of girls and win!
rak. It is in fact particularly direct-'
ed at women with bobbed hair.
"At least fourteen bobbed -hatred
girls and women," says au Assooiated •
Press, dispatch from Canton, "have
been shot down by anti -Rod troops.
Bobbed hair is considered to be the
sign of a, female :Ooalanll}pitit'in china•'.'
Setting aside the questionable assume.
tion that every Chinese woman' who
bobs her hair must necessarily be a
Communist, it is interesting to eon -
template : the relation of bobbed hair
to ru Mer in the streets,
Shooting woman has a long record
of official atrocity behind it Officials
strained their imaginations to invent
ilendish tortures. Flogging was, and
stili is, a punishment inflicted in a
public place where tho populace may
'be warned of the consequences of
crime. The flogging is performed
with bamboo, rattan or _whip. Its
severity is measured by the number of
blows ordered by a magistrate, and
death may ensue.
Executioner Adjunct of Army
Of all forms or death (a Chinese
•moat abhors decapitation because it
presupposes that ho will appear in Cita
spirit world headless,. 1 have seen in
China ghastly evidence or the prac-
tice of beheading persons in the
streets. A decapitating squad is no
uncommon sight. Tt is a necessary
adjunct to an army and the execution-
or with his broad' blade marches
through the streets and performs his
dr:tles w:ih cynical iudifferonce.
Tho less .bothersome method of
shooting was adopted when the Chine
ese soldiers learned to use foreign
guns. 'Me .average Chinese woman
was always 'sore intelligent than the
average Chinese man, and it there-
fore was nateral that the Chinese sol-
dier did i jet discriminate in favor of
women when he wanted to shoot
sonebody. As women' with bobbed
hair are those"who are not afraid to
defy traditiou and generally ere a' lit-
tle smarter than their sisters, they
arousedthe contempt of the Chinese
men - who are inherently opposed to
any kiird of teminism. '
It is true that raidcal women in
China bob their hair, but it is not true
that every woman with bobbed hair
is radical. When. The Associated
Press say that .any woman with bob-
:ued hair, is considered to be a Coni-.
munist, it is stetter, what the Nation-
.olist army thinks, although the Na-
tionalist army, like the politicians at
Canton . and Peking, cannot be ac-
cused of doing rnuch,thinking.
Sobbing Forbidden by Law.
Masculine indignation against :wo-
men bobbing their hair was aroused
long before the Communists began
fomenting trouble in China. Both
North and South China have officially
prohibited bobbing. The action of the
Canton municipal Legislature is typi-
cal of the underlying tendencies of
Chinese men. The gray -headed wise -
eros of the Legislature convened one
day to take cognizance of the growing
menace .of women. The wise mon' of
the Far ]last believe that bobbed her
is a Western abomination and that In
some mysterious fashion the woman
who bobs her hair becomes forthwith
endowed with the intelectual, prowess
of men,' a thing not to be tolerated, if
the right of -plundering the public is
to be maintained.
"What" asked these Chinese gentle -
mon, is to become of us if these
Westernized women go on bobbing
their hair? What is to become of the
sacred rights of men?"
I1 is moved and seconded and
passed," said the chairman, "that a
law be framed prohibiting the women
of this province from bobbing." And
so in the province of. Kwantung, the
province. from ` which, nationalism
sprang, it is unlisvful for a woman to
bob. Happily tkp Cantonese women
ignorod'the dew.
Fines for Cutting Hair.
It was in the hope of checking
:feminism in north China that a group
of militarists and politicians in Tient-
sin recently had passed by the Chihli
Educational Bureau regulations for-
bidding women and girls to bob their
hal?. It is almost -incredible that in
modern times a group of so-called
leaders should promulgate in the
newspapers a set of regulations' cinch
as these, which now take the form of
law, so far as the the women of Tient.
ein and Peking are concerned:.
"A dine will be imposed on any girl
above the age of fourteen who bobs
Thor hair. Parente of girls under four-
teen'. will be advised by the police
that they, must :not cut the hairof
their daughters.
"From the date of the issuance of
this order, three menthe' will be al -
/owed for bobbed hair to grow. At
the end of that time any biris . found
in the street with bobbed hair will be
subject to a ehe,
"The police will warn women thus
Ins the three menthe that they must
not bob their hair,
"After the expiration of three •
months any girl found' with bobbed
hair will bo arrested and taken tots
,amen (headquarters). Her parents
will be notified and the flee imposed,
The parents must then alga a docu-
ment promising that neither their
daughters nor daughters -In-law will
bo permitted to bob their hair in the
future.
Policemen will not be allowed to
collect the fines. The cases will be
handled at the yamon." That is, the
court officials and not the policemen
pocket the honey.
Feminism Spread Slowly.
Feminism, or the r000gnitfon that
women have' rights equal to those 'of
men, is progressing slowly in China.,
Back in the interior woman is still
abysmally ignorant so tar as book
learning is concerned. She is the slave
of medieval tradition. Her feet are
bound and ;crippled for the same rea-
son that a horse is hobbled—to ham-
per her freedom, When she -marries
she must literally abandon the home
of her youth and become the slave of
her mother-in-law, '
•Regarded as the theories' of every
main in the household, particularly her
husband and her husband's Cather, she
is debarred from participation in any
social event that her husband ar-
ranges. She oats apart from her hus-
band and if she accompanies him oe
the street she inirst walk behind him.
In Shanghai it 18 common to see a wo-
man walking behind her husband with
the humility of a whipped dog: If her
husband chooses tohave a secondary
wife that is none of her business.
But •there are hopeful signs; how-'
ever :meager. Feminism is at work in
the treaty ports and is slowly spread-
ing into the interior. In Shanghai
there are Chinese women pharmacists,
doctors, nurses, superintendents of
hospitals, teachers, lawyers, writers
and stenographers, and there are
banks, clubs, .publications and politi-
cal organizations managed by women.
Recently, the Shanghai Municipal
Council, in deference to ;the demands
of women who wished to share in the
prosperity of the stags,'passsd an or-
dinance permitting Chinese actresses
to perform, which formerly had been
prohibited as unmoral.
"Among Chinese, women the flapper
is the glory of her sex. She has
adopted Western manners without los-
ing her racial characteristics. in
physical appearance she Is slender,
quick in movement, dainty and femin-
ine, and she has a broad forehead' be-
tokening
etokening intelligence, and bright,
mirthful oyes. She bobs her hair,
uses a lipstick, rouges her oheelcs,
dresses smartly in her native costume,
drives an automobile, Charlestons,
smokes cigarettes playe golf and ton•
nig, generally speaks English and
comports herself with a snappiness
and confidence that seems to suggest
she is the intellectual roar of men. In
politics she is defiant oftradition,
roads modern books in preference to
the classics and allies herself with the
movement known as Young China.
Converse with a Chinese flapper and
she will express crier opinions' in im-
peccable English on topics kindred to
to those that interest her Occidental
prototype." -
It'is .not much to the glory of the
Nationalist armies that they should
find it necessary to shoot this type of
women in order to promote democracy
In China. -
The Laborer's Hire
Regina Leader (Lib.): (The highest.
salary paid the Dominion Government
Rust Research Laboratory is $2,800).
f West-
ern
is the arch -enemy o the We-
t
ern farmer, the most serious of his
difficulties. If rust can bo banished
the wheat t fields of the Wear.
.
great benefltswill accrue directly to
the farmer and indirectly to all Can-
adar Tho rust research workers have
been carrying on their work consci-
entiously and capably, but no man
can do proper work if he has financial
worries, and for this reason, and iu
appreciation of the value and import-
ance of their work, those experts.
should be adequately oompensated.
Otherwise Canada is apt to lose the.
services of some of its ablest public
servants:
ST, MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, AT TWILIGHT
The end of the journey for Toronto's Olympic hockey team. When even-
ing starts to enfold the snow-edvered village in the Swiss Alps and dusk steals
over the famous resort, lighted windows and still gleaming snow -clad heights
make a scene of rare beauty.
British Immigration
Manitoba Free Press (Lib.): Mr.
Amery has announced that he is go-
ring to take up with the Government at
Ottawa the matter of extending the
8,000 family project- Canada will
readily welcome an extension of the
project on one consideration. That is
that ouch extension does not involve
the Dominion' 'in having to finance
large purchases of land on behalf of
the newcomers, Admittedly the sums
thus laid out will be repaid, and there
will not in all probability be very
much loss, but inevitably an exten-
aion on the present basis would Mean
the purchase of land if any large num-
ber of families are to be brought out,
and.such a move would involve polifi-'
cal considerations whleb no Govern-
ment would care to face.
"if the countenance is the index.
of the mind a blank page would
cover that item inacme cases."
"Ilex husband owes a lot to her,
Confusing the Issue
--
Toronto Globe (Lite): (Toronto sup-
porters of the St. Lawrence waterway
accuse Montreal interests of mislead-
ing propaganda). The intimation that
Canadian power would be sacrificed to
Americans is 0110 of those ridiculous
statements that are being passed
around to confuse the issue. Any one
who wishes to know the facts can per-
use
eruse the report of the Joint' Engineer-
ing Board which has been published.
It shows that there is an international
stretch of 115 miles in which part of
the power belongs to the United
States and part to Canada, On the
other portions of the waterway the
power generated would be wholly
within Canadian territory. As far as
we are aware, no suggestion has been
made that the United States should
have any -power except that produced'
in its own domain.
Peace River Problems
Toronto Mail and Empire (Cons.):
Coat of construction and maintenance
of new railway' in sparsely settled
territory has been the obstacle in the
way of (Peace River development).
Yet the Peace River district nom -
doesn't he?" "Sure; nobody ever prises a tract of 12,000,000 acres of
heard of him before she 'shot him." " rich agricultural land and has yielded
wheat of high grade. In the southern
The servant of a ship's captain, an.
Irishman, one day let a tea kettle fall
into the sea, upon which he ran to
his master. "Arrah, an' plass your
honor, can anything be said to lie lost
when you knew where it is?" "Cer-
tainly not," repliedthe captain. "Wiry,
thin, by St. Patrick, the tea kettle is
at the bottom of the say.
portion of the district is an extensive
coal field. , Development of these re-
sources of the district is retarded by
leek of sufficient facilities for expor-
tation of goods from the dtetrict.
c_
"Do you know how, to make a peach
cordial?" "Sure; send her some
candy."
GUINEA ` PASTURES !Battery °is Basis of
IV
AL . AL. VALUE . OF MINESCar's Nerve . Systems
•
Arca, Colpitis ecd to Best `in 'Australia, Is Larges—"Golden
Ri yak t Altjtrade of 7000 Feet Defies °Miners
Witli, $trenrth of Its Current
i y ht'•:v, Iwt �=Tf,'. 'SW'hile ;once pros- The climate is very wet. The 1:11g-
ptsort s soittsititta hors swat tiro-hidie gers.'are uP in the mountains 7000
Cis t lthl 1l,:. in New rl•rtliea add feet. Moualtain torrents when in
details to' the • sxtreordi:.ary facts spate tear into the alluvial held, anti
abets gold wining conditions there, one litrcain is literally a golden river:
or:it, . prorp.lrtore eposit of haying ciie- It not yet known how to work it,
cec bred yet greater' riohe•< in that lit owingto the, strength of the current
: U'' r wn land, They ' have touud a oven in normal times, but it is never -
strata of 'beep -country which they Unless pegged out as dredging leases.
pronounce to bo as good as the best Great bowldera require to be removed,
Auctrallarr, Tlsey also describe it as and ft the bed is ever worked it is ex -
being of enormous :extent, pectod that the reek bottoin will yield
The gold from lisle Creek is brought nothing but gold,,the earth and graven
to Sydney, and tho miners hare ap- all being removed by the current
pealed to the Government for a recline The mon working the J die Creek
tion in the dtttY. Tile views of thea deposits do not guard their gold,' It
nriuers may bo understood from ,a is kept in the tents in tea tins or any
statement of conditions surrounding other receptacle that is handy. Some-
one gold alttpnueut to Sydney of ilio times a friend coming into a tent to
value of £23,000,' •.Freight and the borrow the auger tin finds that he has
smelting charges (incurred herd a gold tin instead, and returns it with
totalled £1,335, and the balance 1.-4' annoyance. Sugar is almost as valu-
£30,553, was the amount that was: able and sometimes more esteemed. i
taxed. Thorp are two taxing authorl• Only cue woman was on this field
Cies, the State of New South Rales'during the first six months of Ito his -
and the Federal Government. The tory. Tho ruiners aver that she was
state tax amounted to £72 6s. 9d., and a „super -Florence Nightingale" As
the federal to11166 Se, 25, The dig -
compensation for her many kindness-
gera hope that the foclaral authority!es they passed a resolution that she
will take into consideration the ohs
cumstancoq..uncler which the gold is would have to be given a good claim
won, and, allowing for them, make a and Worked it for her with native la•
great reduction in the tax, bor.
Snobs
London Advertiser (Lib,): There is
a false philosophy of life, which :at-
taches a higher social value to what
aro called white-collar occupations
than to 'mechanical callings. This is
quite a different thing from love of
learning or from respect for scholar-
ship, and it may influence people who
seldom open a book, while it is not
uncommon to find a mechanic or a
working farmer who is a reader and
has a wide range of intellectual in-
terests.
"I like this frock," she told the fam-
ous dress designer, "but St's too tight
here, here, and here. You could alter
it?" ''No, madam; but if you care:
to visit our beauty department on the
second floor they'll gladly alter you
to fit the frock."
•
A man was having a trial run in
one of those very small cars. They
'started off through the streets of
Lo,ndon, Suddenly the light of day
vanished, to reappear a few seconds
later. "hullo,' , said the surprised
passenger, "was that a tunnel we went
under?" "No," replier the demon-
stration expert, carelessly, "that was
a General omnibus;"
Rescued.
A mutual friend recently told an
'amusing story, illustrative of the
ready wit of Mise Nellie Wallace, the
well - known varietty artist. A j
brother "pro' was relating to the oom-
pany a remarkable experience of his
while to America, "It was ,when I
was in New York," he began. "A
skyscraper was in flames. At one of
the windows stood a lady, but none
of the ladders was high enough to
reach her. -We were just beginning
to despair of saving her when one of
the firemen had a bright idea. Ile
dragged the hose close to the build-
ing, and shot a stream of water direct-
ly in front of the window. Summon-
ing up her courage the lady stepped
from the ledge, wrapped her arms. and
legs around the column of water and
slid to the bottom and safety."
"That's nothing;" murmured Mise
Wallace, "i saw an even more excit-
ingrescue than that once. A large
hotel was burning furiously, when, at
a top -storey window, a girl appeared.
stared, the firemen stared, the crowd
stared. In feet, everybody stared so
baled that flually the girl walked down
the stares to safety.'
Power Electric Current is Pro.,
aided From Thee for all
Moveinrients, Even
ito Sounding,
the l;'I.oiru
The tacit nervous **en at the
motor vairlole Includes R nunnber of
electrical devices which get .Blair
source of power from the batten,.
Consequently the battery Is a Vital
organ of the •modern motor car, From
this source of power electric ourrent
Is provided whiob makes it possible
for the driver to sound his horn when
desirabfe. If the Morn falls• to honk
the driven is handicapped in 'his de.
sire to proceed with safety.
The headlights on a car are fed by .
the nervous system and are depend-
ent on electric current to furnish light
for night parking or driving: The self.
starter also requires electric juice.
The motorist employs the carer per
vows system from the stent to finish
when using his machine. While the
engine is running the process of sup,
plying new power to the battery' is
going on to make up for electric cur-
rent
urrent which has been consumed. When
the motorist finds' himself in trouble
•he can often trace the difficulty to
some aspect of the nervous system.
That is, he can trace it if he knows
anything about this phase of 'motor
ing. Usually he does not know what
to do. A few drivers have taken the
trouble to study the car's e'l'ectrical
oguipment. They are fa luck, There
ought to be more who are acquiring
'learning in this field.
FewStudy System
Troubles in the electrical system
'happen seldom, but are Iiable to or.
cur at, any time. In looking for elec-
trical difficulty the first thing to in-
spect is the battery. See that It is
charged. This can be done by using
a voltmeter or a hydrometer. Each
fauecesetve terminal along the line
from the battery should be tested.
For instance, there is a wire to the
lighting switch. It is insulated, and,
the first place to test, after. making
sure the battery is all right, is at the
switch. If no current is tbere the
wire may be broken or the terminal
connections poor. Bat whatever the
trouble may be it most be limited to
the one small stretch of wire.
A test can be made in an emergency
by simply using an additional length
of insulated wire. It is better, how,
ever, to use a wire flth a small Ma-
tfett
iavett bulb connected to it, In testing
the wire from the battery to the
swish the wire on the other terminal
of the battery should be disconnected
and one end of the teat wire connect-
ed 101 the metal terminal of the.
switch, and if the circuit is complete
the test lamp will light. The current
comes from the battery through the
regular wire to the switch, through
the switch to the test wire, over the
test wire through the lamp back to
0g8 the battery. If the lamp does not
light an open circuit is indicated.
In this way each successive step of
the complete wiring .may be tested.
Trouble Easily Traced
"I see you've got a new car. What
sort of bus is it?" "An incubus."
On An Island in the Seine
Is the Valhalla of Pet D
Its Marble Monuments Bear Sentimental Epitaphs in Many
Languages
In the Seine, a little way west of
i'arie, where the river curves between
wooded banks, • giving glimpses of
villages and pretty homes through the
greenery, lies an island-L'Ile des
Betes—dictated to a special senti-
ment. On 1t, behind high triple
gates, le the Cemetery of Dogs, where
people may bury animal pets.
A caretaker sits at the gate exhibit-
ing an indifference that is profound.
The only thing that bestirs him is
the arrival of persons with boxes
under their arms.. He receives 30
francs (a little more than $1) for each
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EXPORTS Of CANADIAN MERG!': AOISE
TO DNITED STATES
Values of Fiscal Tear Ending iYaroh,1097
Agricultural
VeggPablo
Products
Animals
1 Produdts
Wood
and
Pa -er
$59,900,000 $75,300,000: $pA2,000poo
• Bulwark of the Dominion's Trade With the
%'he
Canada's far flung line of forest in -Canada's export trade with her. neigh-
dustries stands out as perhaps the bors to the south. The mounting
mot strikingfeature of the Domin- sales of forest products alone have en-
s abied the'Dominlon in recent' years to
lon'0 industrial landscape: keep her trade with. the United States
Only when one realizes .what an from becoming altogether' lopsided.
:enormous. volume of .commerce these Lastyear Canada sold to the. Malted
forest industries support,and what a States roughly $242,000,00 worth of
dominant role they play in keeping wood and paper products, this class of
Canada's• trade with the United States goods 'representing more than half of
en a fairly oVen keel, can one • clearly the total. vain°. of our :exports to that
appreciate what a huge stake the country. p
Canadian people have in forest prote°. Tiow ion Canada can continue to ex -
tion, g
port forest'prodrtets at such a rate is
-Those littedreds of mills together a question -which' few persons would
form the main supporting pillar of care to try to answer, for there 18 a
Mineral
Products
nnenMeneni
$67,000,000 $22,200,000
plot taken for a year, besides occa- If the current leaves the fuse but
atonal tips for keeping graves clear of does not get into the lamp or other
woods. , heth controls,
In this animal cemetery iaaumera- thendeviceit is certatawhichtthatswithectrouble is
ble paths twist about. She shade
in the wire somewhere. It the cur -
and the form of trees and boxwood rent gets to he lamp but the Iamp
bushes are 'such as to give the place will not light, It is certain that the
an aspect of solemnity. In many dlfficuly Is in the lamp. I1 thecur-
cases photographs of departed pets rent is traced through the lamp but
'are .place above elaborate. marble does not reach the battery, then the
tombstones. One huge tombstone wire leading back to the battery is at
bears the sculptured effigies of two fault. If the juice is carried back
through the frame of the car, as Is,..-
normally the case, the ground connec-
tions may be poor or there may be a
break in the ground wire.
These points illustrate the convent
once which may result to 0810 who has
tions one finds such epitaphs as these; studied the auto's electric system.
"So small, yet every inch a dog. Those who have not yet learned this
important information will find it to
Quisquis;' and "Darling Crammy, their advantages to do so. - In the
1925." e moan time, however, the motorist
A French couple are responsible for will do well to consult a specialist in
the following: My dog, yeas t, mar auto nervous systems when any dia.
ears
good dog. . fourteeny i order arises in this connection:
lived my life. Owing to your kind -
United: States
pretty unanimous agreement that the
Dominions forest resources are being
steadily and rapidly. dsnleted. In the
light of this situation, efficient forest
protection and management must
take rank as one of anada's comtirand-
tng problems. It is a question which
commands the active concern not
merely of timer: who ilnd employment
In forest industry, or of those whose
capital is invested in that field, bat; of
every individual and institution •in-
terested in eeetng that the Dominion's
commercial position is maintained on
an even keel•—Courtesy "National
Resources, Canada."
dogs that belonged to a Russian
Princess.
Inscrtptlons on the monuments
are in Russian, Japanese, Greek, Ger-
man, Spanish, italian, English. One
large Rat slab Ihas a Japanese inscrip-
tion, Among the English tnsci ip-
and your Intelligence encs we were as
ness!g
h could separ-
ate.
teat
two souls that only ep
ate. I cannot be consoled. Your
master and I weep over you and will
neved forget you."
The grave is surmoumtod by an than fewer. In [act !t is not at all
iron trellis from which depend flower out of the realm of sane thinking to
pots filled wtIS artificial violets: A vision Inost.of the motor vehicles DM.photograph of a mongrel Is surround- pelIed by thta sort of power instead of
ded by a beaded wreath. On the gasoline, There are'many care that
trellis are hung metal plates bearing use electric fere es the main soured
the following tributes: "Hie birth of ,power. With the future develop•
day. We will never forget 7051," "An menti of waterdaower resources for
affectionate souventu" "These flow.
making cheap current no one can pre -
ere we place, weeping, on his grave, diet the extent of electricity's use
to show how profound is our grief....,....
rief." in the automotive frond
pre -
Many lonely persons centre their an-
"Little
fectlone in dogs. Here is an example
of the tributes they pay: "Little Ho
Zouka, you Mona were my real friend.
The best and most faithful compan-
ion of my life,"
One largo grave entirely covered.
with a thick growth of perlwlnklee is
dedicated to the memory of Trceetown,
a horse that was killed at Auteuil at a
Prix de Drags. A list of hie .victoriesis given his pedigree is recorded.
This is a very dignified memom1al, 31
must be noted that not all the Insertp-
tlons are ridiculous. Many of the
epitaphs tent an honest and simple
story of years of comradeship and
appreciation, On a slab of marble
six foot high is inscribed:,
"Dash,
"Come on, old mon."
This is an age of electricity. It .is
very possible that electricity will be-
come an increasingly important fac-
tor In the automobile world, that there
will be more . electrical devices used
In connection with motoring rather
bbs—"I understand you've got
rid 01 your loud speaker." Dobbs—.
"Well, not exactly. I'm still paying.
her alimony."
O -
An Englishman, a Scotsmen and an
Irishman were arguing 'which had
seen the tallest policeman of his coun.
try. The Englishman said: "We have
got ono so tali that he can look over
a haystack and see whe is on the
'other side." The Scotsman stated:
"We have got ono tall enough to look
over a Ws' of houses' and see who 16
on the other side." "That's nothing,"
responded the Irishman, "we have one
se tall that the barber bas to lower
him down a colliery stun bel re he
can out hie hair,"