Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16

/ has it's enormous rehucrlcs. and then
steamed up toward the city which.
with ITS lumber yards rice mills and
shipping. looked more like one of the
great ports OF Europe than Asia. Long
before the town came in sight We could
see the TAN spire OF the Golden Pagoda
and a- We steamed closer another shaft
~ gold came into view. u was that Of
the Soule Pagoda, a Burmese noun
meut which rises high out OF the bus
mess blocks in the very heart ~ the
city. our ship came right up 20 the
wharves and We stepped out into one
Of the Queerest crowds 20 be- found in
all Asia.
COSMOPOLITAN RANGOON
This city is more cosmopolitan than
Calcutta. Cairo or COnstantnople. It
rs East Indian rather than Burmese.
and a. has people of every nation and
of almost every tribe of the Asiatic
continent II has $4,000 Chinese.
large number Of Malays. 5000
Europeans. and more than 100000 In
dians from an parts of Hindustan.
The people are Of an Colors. black,
white. yellow and brown. and they
wear all sorts OF costumes The East
Indian coolies are naked. except for
cloth around the waist and a red or
white turban. Their black skins shine
like ict under the tropical sun. Many
OF the Chinese are rich. and they are
clad I'm silks or fine cottOns, while the
Burmese strut about In silk skirts ot
the most delicate colors, their heads
covered with gorgeous silk turbans.
They wear Jackets OF silk or fine cot-
ton. and move about like human but
terflios here and there through the
crowd. In addition there are tall-hat-
ted lonr-coated Parsces from Bombay
worshipers Of fire. who are devoted Go
banking and trading and lean. skinny
black Chetties money lenders from
Madras who wear only n sheet Of cot
ton wrapped around their bare per-
sons. There are Indian BOYS in caps
Of gold thread cotton Jackets and
waist cloths Hndoo women with rings
I'm their noses. and Burmese girls clad
in cotton or silk. with plugs In their
ears. The costumes are su many ]
cannot describe them.
on THE STREETS.
Tho traffic about the wharyes and
through the city is carried on by
strange animals and Goa strange
vehicles. The passenger cab is the
gharrv. a yellow or black box hauled
bv an Indian pony aud driven by
Hindoo or Burman. The heavy freight
is dragged over the roads In carts by
great loads Of goods are pushed and
pulled along by half-naked men. The
men work as hard as the animals. and
the white sweat stands out upon their
black skins as they drag the freight
onward There are also fine carriages.
owned hy the Europeans. and even
automobiles with Hindoo Chauneurs
IN turbans. I ride about On "a Eharry at
q cost Of about 10 cents a trip. and
my baggage was carried from the
steamer 10 the hotel on a cart drawn
by brecch-clouted Hiudoos. on the
way ] saw a Burman riding a bicycle
plated with nickel. lie had pulled
his red silk skirt high up his thighs
and ] observed that he had silver
clasps on each leg, lust over the knee
TO hold g. lie wore a turban and
Jacket and sat straight as ne rode
This afternoon I took a street car
trip out into the country. The railway
was an overhead trolley. and the cars
were divided into two classes. the first
of which costs double the price Of the
second. In order to see the people. 1