Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-01

chopped II OFF with q sword
In the Native city there are nearly
100000 Chinese. The streets are
So narrow that II was iInpossible To
go through with our 1inrlckishaws II
was hard tramp. but we saw a great
many curious sights. which Included
several temples. Because Shanghai IL
peopled by citizens from almost every
country of the earth. who retain to
some extent their native manners and
customs, one sees A great many ndd
sights
The methods Of transportation are
numerous ANA Interesting. on the
water one secs ships junks. sampans.
launches and boats Of every desCrln-
lion, on land are thousands of
Jlhrckishaws drawn over rough
roads by half naked, bare foot
ca chinese also palcquins. or
KIND OF chair In which one sits and is
carried about by natives Then comes
wheel barrOws and In one instance |
saw poor follow wheeling Ave people
I'm one of these little vehicles, as wen
AS carrying q load OF furniture ON his
back. They also have modern car
rloees and vehicles here, railroad trains
ana ony even sees an automobile oc-
casionally The Chinese, however. are
stun superstitous about these latter
two auh many of them stlll believe
there IS q dovll Inside.
'PiGrAILED' MISSIONARIES.
Another odd sight is the foreign mis-.
slonurlcs who evidently believe I'm
Pauls saying hat When In Rome, do
as The Romans do, aud when you are
in China do as the Chinese do. be-
cause they dress like Chinese even TO
Tine pig-tlil This sight was the one
which surprised me most.
When / returned ia Januu / found
ihil The tea season was late and so IL
rs fortunate that / went 10 China when
/ dld, II is most interesting and
picturesque sight 10 sec the girls work
Ing iu the tea fields, I cannot begin to
describe the picture and 50 ] am send
ing you card which VIII describe Il
lo you better than / can, There are
hundreds of these girls with white
cloths around their heads and their
liitlc baskets in their hands scattered
iu the green tea fields. Each leaf is
carefully picked and placed In the bas-
ket and when the basket Is full II II
carried 10 the end OF the row and
emptled .ato a larger basket. These
girls have an been previously trained
and are not permitted To eat fish or
other food that IL considered unclean,
lest even their breath should contain
mate the leaves and they also have
10 battle two on three times every day
I,a'h blIl con PICK on an aNlaEe of
about n pounds OF raw leaves I'm n day
according to her scale and her pay
VIII average from 4 10 s cents FOR tho
work IN the sun comes out and II is
extra warm, the tea bush is covered
with mating during the heat OF the
day and N the extremely warm
weather lasts for an extra long time.
bower Is built over each bush. which
" strong enough 20 last for years. I
believe there is not IA better class ~
farmers IN the world Than the Chinese
Their ways may be crude. but they
are thorough and their crops are fun
and well developed. They give their
crops sufficient water. even n II has
10 be packed IN pals nearly 10 the tops
~ The mountains The best tea iA
grown on The sides Of mountains and
ne tops Of the hills. The natives
mink nothing OF climbing these noun