And who knows but what the ladies may not be able to awaken in the heart of Chang Hsun and his bequeued soldiers, the avowed champions of the downfallen clan, a spirit of disapproval which may yet inspire the Hsuchowfu heroes to march forth armed capa-pie and demand that unchivalrous and iconoclastic hands be kept off the headpieces of their heroines t In most parts of the world pastionate storms brew and burst when mere men attemp} to dabble arbitrarily in the question of what should and what should nat be worn by the petticoated section of their populace, and in China there is not likely to be any exception; unless, of course, long familiarity with trousers has had a subtly modifying effect upon the mental equipment of the Manchu women. If such a startling psychological phenomenon is really about to be discovered to the world, its far-reaching significance should not be lost upon the opponents of the militant suffragettes in England.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.