Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12

women going to Il dnnce of the Cent?
pede club This club has 80 members:
and hence 100 legs all of which delight
| TO trip along In the barn dance and
| waltzes. Then there were also Parsce
girls with white shawls over their
faces. riding about with their lovers
and blaS Sk-skinned Kings half clad In
white cotton.
By and by II began to rain and the
water came down in sheets IT drench-
| ed the sampan girls. so that their
chemises cluDg to their skins, outlining
their persons. The sailors ran for shell
Ter and the street policemen put on
raincoats and caps over their turbans
The r1cksha men and chair bearers
dragged out coats of palm leaves and
covered their heads with hats of rata
as big as umbrellas. The latter were
painted bright blue. the palm leaves
looked like feathers and as they trot-
ted along inside the shafts they seemed
to be yellow-legged birds, with blue
topknots hnrnessed to the chairs and
carriages.
SHOPPING IN HONGKONG.
This Is n good place to shop Tie
travel Is so great that curio dcnlers and
other merchants from all over the east
nave opened stores here, and they Of
fer the most beautiful goods OF the
"iiShts lHeIt are f-ISl Indians
VINO sell embrolderies, silver and car
pets. and Chinese who display all the
wealth of Canton. The sllverNNare Is
beautiful and cheap. 1t is made of coin
silver and is decorated with dragons
and other exquisite carvings. / bought
n solid tea set the other day the metal
OF which alone weighed $50, that many
coins being placed in one bowl Of the
scales. while the pitcher sugar bowl
hn or h.
price of the set was 500 in silver, the
extra $50 representing the workman
ship. Fifty dollars in silver is less
than S25 gold. and out OF that came the
profit of the dealer and the wages OF
the artist who had spent a month or
more in the carving The same tea set
would sell for twice as much in the
United States
Among the other beautiful things sold
here are blackwood furniture richly
carved; ladies' dresses of grass cloth
decorated with the most exquisite en-
broidery, chairs and sofas OF wicker
work covered with linen fiber. as well
as rare porcelains and bamboo ware
Table linens are especially cheap, and
embroidered centerpieces and doilies OF
grass cloth are not at all costly. Mucn
fine Jewelry Is sold, including some set
with pearls and precious stones Ar
ticles In Jade are a speciality of China,
and tho best OF them bring high prices
All gold jewelry is made % OF more
carats fine. 1t is so soft that It wears
away easily. but 1t is always worth its
weight in gold.
Embroidered coats, like those used
for opera cloalSs at home, are sold
here: but the best place to buy such
things is in Pekln, and that from the
palaces. The supplies furnished free
to the imperial family and court are
enormous. and the eunuchs sell tho
surplus to merchants and pedlcrs:
so that one has chance now and then
TO buy for a song a
cloak which has been worn
by princess. Such garments
are brought in bales to the foreign
hotels of Pekin and displayed there
for sale. Some OF the coats may be a
bit soiled. but many are now. and
there are chances for big bargains.