Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-28
DEsERET EVENING NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST % 1907

OF arranging the hair and ono who Is
! wise to their ways can tell an unmar-
| rlcd from a married woman by the
number or size of her hair puffs.
| Kohl was visited, then down TO Hong
kong. China at last-~China just awak-
enlng from dream centuries old, to
see and adopt and improve upon west
ern Ideas and customs. Here the par
ty were entertained by wealthy Chinese
mandnrlns IN their elegant homes.
These men were well educated. spoke
English perfectly, and were graduates
of Yale and Edinburgh universities,
respectively. One dinner Of 20 courses
contained such danties as stewed ger
apium leaves, sharks Ans and birds
nests done In best eastern style al
though the guests heard no mention Of
the canine famlly--if so, Il was whis-
pcTed in 1.-The most unpronounccohle
Chinese The only thing that saved the
day was the champagne.
From Hongkong to Canton where one
really sees China. There the hate for
the foreign deyil" is most evident and
the natives show comparatively little
of the influence of western peoples.
Here the guide was depended upon
more, n large party would 20 about
together and no straylng off alone or In
couples was considered safe. In Can
ton the wonderful tiVe-story pagoda is
always one of the attractions, although
the Flower pagpda,' the whole build
Ing done In tints OF pink, is more beau
tiful IT is only half n day from Can
ton to Markow. the Monte Carlo of the
orient, and nobody can afford to miss
seeing that
Then Pekin the beautiful, with its
great surrounding wall wider even
than the great wall OF china upon
which the travellers had their pic
lures taken. In Pelin may be seen
the exquisite Temple of Heaven by
far the grandcst poem In stone seen
in the east. This immense building
stands in n large grove OF trees; II IS
of white marble, grown yellow with
age, its gigantic figures and delicate
lacelilee carvings against the back
ground of green forming n picture
which fully lives UP to Its name
At Manila, with Mai and Mrs
Styer who are located at Fort NcKin-
ley. they spent a day on the Pasis
river Journ aying to its source which IL
formed by small lakes. Manila with
its surrounding backgrounds on
which so many Utah boys did such
gallant service and which served as
execution grounds for some, was visit
ed with people from home, number
OF the old sixteenth still there and
ready to shower them with kindnesses.
They expected to stay two days in
Manila but heightened it to fort
night
From Manila to Shanghai is an in
tereStipg ocean voyage. Here they
We're entertained again by high class
natives going up TO Hang kow by
river which took IA days River life
in china is novel and interesting.
House boat life on the Pearl river is
certainly almost like a life on the
ocean wave" as some of the people
live and die in these boats and never
touch land And dirt-~some of those
boats seem to be the Glthiest habta-
tons and people ever seen on the |
face of the globe.
Korea, the land of mystery. was
reached lust before the Instruction. |
The people here dress in white, ana |
the manners and customs resemble |
those of China.
Back to Japan againv-just in time |
to witness the "Gion" festival a yearly |
undertaking much enjoyed by the lit
tie brown men. Such immense crowds! |
but so orderly and quiet, with no in
toxication in evidence and everybody |
happy and smiling, zone could travel
all over Japan alone with never |
fear of uncourteous treatment" Mrs.
Franken exclaimed enthusiastically. |
At Gifu the wonderful night fishing |
with cormorants Is witnessed. Great
lights show the men when n bird |
brings up n fish. There Is string
tied around the birds neck so that 1t
cannot swallow a fish above n certain
size; all under that goes down its
throat but the large sized ones are
dropped into the bottom of the boat.
At Toxic the crown prince and
princess were seen. the latter appear
ing oddly out of place in ner European
diess The loose folds of the native
dress seem to suit the style OF the
japanese woman.