Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . present dynasty, and the discovery in a dis-affected district of a man with these distin-guishing marks secures him but a shortshrift before he is called upon to expiate hisdisloyalty on the execution ground. But toreturn to the dress of the oflEicials. The cap 238 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. varies in shape and material according to theseason. In summer it consists of a roundcone ma
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . present dynasty, and the discovery in a dis-affected district of a man with these distin-guishing marks secures him but a shortshrift before he is called upon to expiate hisdisloyalty on the execution ground. But toreturn to the dress of the oflEicials. The cap 238 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. varies in shape and material according to theseason. In summer it consists of a roundcone made of fine straw or bamboo, and iscovered with a tassel of red silken cordswhich radiate from the apex. In winter itis turned up at the brim, and is covered withdark satin, over which falls in the same waya similar tassel. The button is fixed in a gold setting above irrespective of the condition of the theremo-meter. The wives of mandarins render their offi-cial attire as splendid as rich silks, gay colors,and bright embroideries can make them. Inshape they are identical with those worn bywomen of every degree in the Empire, andconsist of a loose tunic reaching to theknees, which buttons at the neck and under. MERCHANTS CLUB AT SHANGHAI. the tassel at the centre of the crown. Thechanges of uniform at the summer and win-ter seasons are carefully regulated by law,and, in obedience to Imperial edicts, pub-lished as the periods approach, every man-darin, from the great wall on the north tothe boundaries on Tonquin on the south,makes his official change of attire on thedays exactly specified by the Emperor, quite the right arm. A pair of trousers drawn inat the ankle completes the attire on ordinaryoccasions, but on high days and holidays anembroidered petticoat, which hangs squareboth before and behind, is worn by ladies. The hair is always carefully dressed andgayly adorned, but in ways and fashionswhich differ in every part of the , both natural and artificial, are
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