A Mr. Hsu even offered free haircuts "with a bowl of noodles and the return of your pigtail as a souvenir." Looking at the news of the day, we can see that the first New Year's Day of the Republic was truly a time of great change.
一位徐志棠先生想出一條妙計，他在英租界的暢園茶樓舉辦三天「剃髮義務會」，「非但分文不取，且贈肉麵一碗，其髮仍歸各人紀念」，使剪髮風波歡歡喜喜落幕。綜觀當時新聞，中華民國第一個元旦，確實是在草創時期，百廢待舉。