. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . re taken of it, the material, isstill very perfect, and the colours of the silk embroideryare very little faded. I expect this dress once belongedto a mandarin of high rank, for red denotes the firstdegree of official rank; it also is a symbol of virtue.Yellow is the imperial colour; purple is for grandsons;green for the furniture of princesses; blue denotesofficial rank of the third or fourth degree; black de-notes guilt and vice; and white, moral purity, and isalso worn as mourning. The artists of the needle ar
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. The land of the pigtail : its people and customs : from a boy's point of view . re taken of it, the material, isstill very perfect, and the colours of the silk embroideryare very little faded. I expect this dress once belongedto a mandarin of high rank, for red denotes the firstdegree of official rank; it also is a symbol of virtue.Yellow is the imperial colour; purple is for grandsons;green for the furniture of princesses; blue denotesofficial rank of the third or fourth degree; black de-notes guilt and vice; and white, moral purity, and isalso worn as mourning. The artists of the needle are mostly men; they makegarments for both the sexes. Chinese tailoring is likeany other Chinese accomplishment, clever and unique 118 THE LAND OF THE PIGTAIL. One is not measured by a tape, but by a stick placedagainst the body, and an approximate measurementguessed at. The tailor sits at his table, and not on it, with his legs doubled under him, as ours do; he there-by avoids the injuries which ours incur. His hot ironis an original affair, being little else than an open sauce-. TAILOB AT -WOKK. pan, filled with burning charcoal to keep it warm. Thesnake-like scissors are used very dexterously, and nodoubt the shape of the handle answers some goodpurpose. There are no large clothing or tailors shops, as with us, but the tailor is hired out by the day, asmany people here hire dressmakers. NATURAL PRODUCTIONS, 119 Wages generally are low, but those of the tailor areunusually so, because he is always supposed to helphimself to some of the material he is working at. Asit is taken for granted that he is dishonest, and ispaid accordingly, there is no inducement for him to beotherwise. Eumour does say that Chinese tailors are not theonly ones fond of cabbage; but without venturingto assert so much of our tradesmen, I may relate anincident that happened some years ago at a countryhouse. The wife of the worthy man who needed somenew garments engaged a tailor to come and make upsome materi