The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-04
LETTER FROM
SHANGHAI, CHINA
A Grenada Boy in Uncle
Sans Navy Gives His
Experience. What He
Saw.

Experience. What He
Saw.
Shanghai, China, Dec, 26, 1909.
Dear Sentinel:-If you have space
will you kindly publish tie following let
| ter for those who have not had the OF
portunity to visit the land of the yellow
race.
We anchored off Woo Song, the chan
mel of the Yang-tse-Kiang was too shall
low to permit the heavy draughted crui-
sers to proceed to Shanghai, here TAX
ing smaller boats, we slowly made our
way against the swift current to the
latter place. As we went up the river
we observed that far as the eve could
discern there were the great rice fields.
The grain is now being harvested and
born to the small store houses. The
beast OF burden beng the Chinaman
| with bamboo rod across his shoulders
| and basket attached to either end.
His wages amount to about fifty cents
per week. When we landed at the En-
gllsh wharf, we were met by hundreds
lot chinese veh (rick-shaws) but
spelled Jin-ric-ag -, the chink acts the
part of the horse and we'll ellis the
bill. " He receives in payment for his
services, ten cents per hour, or if re-
tanned all day, fifty cents. The city of
Shanghai is sub-divided into three SEP
crate parts, English Shanghai ard
French Shanghai, ard Chinatown but
better the place is known as the ''Wall-
ed City" Each division has separate
government. For instance: If | CON-
NIT crime in French Shanghai and
make a getaway into the English city,
the officials must get out extradition
papers before they can bring ne back
TOR trial, but they have that down fine.
Each cop carries so many sealed blanks
IN his pocket so he simply tells the cop
across the bridge to hold me long enough
for him to get the paper filled out and
then demands his prisoner therefore
omlttlng the unnecessary red tape that
often handicaps the officials in our land.
Excuse me, had forgotten what story
[ had started to tell-Oh, yes, remem-
Der now. THE Walled City, or Chinese
Shanghai. 1t is surrounded by wall
twenty feet in height and ten feet thick
laid OF solid stone more than thousand
years ago and every stone of which is
now in place. The streets are narrow. |
most OF them not than ten feet wide !
made from hardwood boards that have
become petrified. In the center of the
Enclosure stands the Sacred chapel |
where the inhabitants go to worship and
receive blessings from the mandaren
goo, who is a hideous wooden image
who does wonders according to their
dolatrous faith. The greatest thing |
saw done was the sacrificial food eaten
by the idol keepers who have some of
,ur amateur sleight-of- hand perform
ances beat blind. The chapel is occu-
oied by the mandaren and his wife, Il
lave forgotten what she is called, only
hat found her unconciOus in her pri-
Tate smoking room sadly under the in
tuence of opium. | suppose her hus-
'and was away from home as l did not
the gentleman in my rounds
+ the Josh House" We next visited
Woo Sing Ling a tea house 75O years
Id ard still in use as beverage saloon.
70. you are wrong did not say | took
drink there, only wanted to. | was
bid by our guide that the images guard
e the sacred entrance was much older /
IAN our calendar and behold one of
ler is q man bearing cross. It's Or
'in is not known to the present gener- y
ton, so | leave China not knowing how \
le Chinese knew of the crucifix before
le birth of Christ. D
The stores Or shops are seldom larger B
an telephone booth and oftimes g
mailer SO you can imagine how many a
ores you would visit while shopping. y
ood, ivory and stone carving are the b
incipal trades of the city chinese n
supply the many curio shops 81
at are noticeable throughout the city. "a
Besides buying few lottery tickets, n
tting my fortune told, and seeing q
ore than hundred opium joints the 81
y passed without events. | locked n
e door to my room that night wishing e
U one and all Happy New Year. 4
Barclay M. Lewis
IL s 8 WASHINGTON