SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
—-f HOW WESTERN IDEAS ARE '•*!&. GROWING IN CHINA, * - / Gramophones are at present all the rage with Chinese in China : baby organs cannot be turned out fast enough to meet the demand ; foreign I clothes are being made wholesale for [ Chinese, both ladies and gentlemen, i The black velvet jockey cap has gone forth on its conquering progress ! from the east to the extreme west of China. Knitted shawls tire not only the amusement of the Pal nee ladies, but the wear of all advanced young I women. The German student must ! wear spectacles ami a scar or two upon his checks ; the Chinese men student only clings to Ids spectad ft;,, but the Chinese girl student wear; I her knitted comforter or shawl round i her neck, puts on her foreign bbe k shoes, and is satisfied ! Hhe is lea-e ing to play the piano, die apeak a English, she plays croquet.
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Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 44, 12 June 1906, Page 7
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