Ihavetakenthismiddlecourseinordertosatisfybothsides；
foritwouldbedifficulttoinduceParliamenttoabolishoralterwhathasbeensorecentlyfixedbythem。TheChinesedress，asiswellknownallovertheworld，issuperiortothatwornbycivilizedpeopleintheWest，andtherecentchangefavoredbytheChineseisdeploredbymostforeignersinChina。Thefollowingparagraph，writtenbyaforeignmerchantandpublishedinoneoftheShanghaipapers，expressestheopinionofalmostallintelligentforeignersonthissubject:
\"SometimebacktheworldwasjubilantoverthenewsthatamongthegreatreformsadoptedinChinawasthediscardingoftheChinesetunic，thatgreattypicalnationalcostume。`Theyareindeedgettingcivilized，\'
saidthegossip；andoneandalladmiredtheenergydisplayedbytheresoluteYoungChinaincomingintolinewiththeCIVILIZEDworld，adoptingevenouruncomfortable，anti-hygienicandanti-estheticcostume。
\"Foreign`fashioned\'tailorshops，hatstores，shoemakers，etc。，sprangupalloverthecountry。WhenIpassedthroughCantoninSeptemberlast，Icouldnothelpnoticingalsothatthosetypicalstreetslinedwithboat-shaped，high-soledshoes，hadbeenreplacedbyforeign-stylebootandshoemakers。