Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-23

The native city of Shanghai is a
walled city and, like other Chinese
ci,ies. is filthy, writes Mrs. A. w. Viii
son 70 the Baltimore Sun. The native
ra,ther sees nor knows it. and 1t mat
tors not to him what the foreigner
thinks.
Well.to-do people live very little bet
ter than the poor peighbor. The very
wealthy often live luxuriously, accord
inc 70 their ideals. Their dishes at
table may please, and do please, the
foreign taste have eaten OF many
Of their soups, stews and sweets and
snd their culinary art is often appetite.
i'm, It is difficult to use chop sticks
hut a., a wedding feast last week
found had improved somewhat In
handling them.
silks and satins, however. look in
eongruous upon floor that was never
scrubbed-no, not since the house was
built,
The streets are very narrow, rarely
wider than three or four feet. | have
not seen "riksha" in the native city;
always Diminishing mine at the gates
Pedestrians stand aside in the narrow
way while the coolie goes by with his
heavy load suspended from his
shoulder-which load is often so OF
fensiye as to be sickening. There Is
no possibility of escaping to the other
side for the coolie occupies the en-
tire space. And yet, passing along Is
the Chinese dandy in his handsome
robes, or a fine-looking boy, whom you
turu to see for second time.
In the Foreign City.
The foreign city is outside the wall
Part of this is no cleaner than the
other. The temples in neither are
cared for. They as all the rest OF
the celestial empire, have been with
out broom or scrubbing brush since
the foundations were laid. But the
largest part of this outside Shanghai
represents the energy of the west
There are rows of European houses
and those facing the river are hand
some. whether used for business or as
residences. Electric lights, carriages
coming and going, hundreds of jinrik
shas, together with junks, yachts
steam launches, ocean vessels and
warships in the harbor, make beau
tiful picture as one traverses the Bund
There are few churches in Shanghai
but China has no Sunday. The mis-
sionares and their followers or con
verts KEEP the day, as we'll as other
foreigners who were well taught al
home, but Chinese business houses
are open on Sunday, and everywhere
can be seen the coolie bearing his
burden, as at other times. The truth
is that many millions of these people
have but one day of rest in the year
their new years day. To cease WORK
on Sunday would mean nothing to eat
for "A hours. Therefore, in Shanghai
shops are open and butness continues
on Sunday as on Monday.
There are foreign stores on the
Bund, the Marking road and in other
parts of the city, where almost any
thing to be found in New York or Bal
umore can be purchased, and at prices
not much greater. To be sure, when
started out to look up Christmas pres
ents | scarcely found thing which
was upon nay list, especially in the
line of books. | remembered the pref
ty little stories furnished us at home
during the past half dozen years, but
neither they nor substitutes were in
Shanghai.
There are not fewer than forty fac
tories in and about the city, giving EN-
poyment to hundreds of men and wo
men
The native population Of the foreign
city Increases rapidly. John China
man lostles the European at every
turn, Notwithstanding that many
streets are wide Chinese women are
ID the wheelbarrow and "riksha'
which winds in and out through the
crowds, with only an occasional upset
Carriages and bicycles increase the
confusion, but somehow order is
brought out of chaos. The English
olcesslon-where have been al
|inter-has a police force OF Sikhs, a
body Of fine looking men from India
They wear a dark blue uniform OF
English cut, with a handsome red tur
ban