The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-13

diers in uniform who belong to the
garrison, and sailors in the DIFF
ferent dress of half-dozen ma
tions. The navies OF the world
come to Hongkong and their cadets
and marines may be seen any night
on the Streets. There were many East
Indians clad in their calicoes, brown
skinned Malays from the Philippines
and Borneo. Japanese Just off the ves-
sells, and Europeans from all parts OF
the West. Sampan women in wide cali
CO trousers and cotton chemise moved
along here and there on bare feet. and
rich Chinese merchants took up the
greater part of the sidewalk with their
silk gowns ard cloth boots.
The mid-streets were filled with
coolies. and over the roadway passed
an endless procession OF rickshas and
chairs. One long line of the latter was
filled with English young men and wo-
men going to dance of the Centipede
Club. This club has nifty members;
and hence one hundred legs. all of
which delight to trip along in the barn
dance and waltZes. Then there were
also Parsee girls with white shawls
over their faces, riding about with
their lovers, and black skinned Kings
half clad in white cotton.
BY and by it began to rain and the
water came down in sheets. 1t drench-
ed the Sampan girls, so that their
chemlse chung to their skins, outlin-
ing their persons. The sailors ran for
shelter and the street policemen put
on raincoats and caps over their tur-
bans. The ricksha men and chair
bearers dragged out coats OF PAIN
leaves and covered their heads with
hats of rattan as big as umbrellas.
The latter were painted bright blue,
the palm leaves looked like feathers
and as they trotted along inside the
shafts they seemed to be yellow legs-
ed birds. with blue topknots, harncsseo
to the chairs and carriages.
This is a good place to shop. The
travel is so great that curo dealers
and other merchants from all over the
East have opened stores here. and they
offer the most beautiful goods OF the
Orient There are many East lndlans
who. sell embroideries. silver and car
pets, and Chinese who display all the
wealth of Canton. The silverwarc IS
beautiful and cheap. 1t Is made OF
coin silver and is decorated with oraS-
ons and other exquisite carvings. i
bought solid tea set the other DAY
the metal Of which alone weighed M
~ dollars. that many coins tang placed
IN one bowl of the scales, chile the
nitcher. sugar bowl and tcrpot We're
ON the other.
The price of the set was 500 in sill
YER the extra fifty dollars representing
tbe workmanship. Fifty dollars IN
silver is less than Twenty-Five doliars
gold and out of that came the prout
Of the dealer and the wages OF the ar
t;st 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 tho other beautiful things
sold here are blackwood furniture.
richly carved; ladies' dresses OF grass
cloth. decorated with the most es.
uuisite embroidery; chairs anu so'as
Of wicker work covered Wlth llnen
Der, as we'll as rare porce!a'ns
pecially cheap. and embroidered Geu
ternieces and doilies Of grass cloth
arc not at all costly. Much tlne Jew.
elry is sold, including some SET WIN
pearls and precious stones, Arllcles
in Jade are a speciality of China anu
tho best of them bring high prices. -.
gold iewelry is made twenty-five OF
more carats fine. 1t is SO sou .nuo =.
wears away easily, but IT is ALWAYS
worth It's weight in gold
The Clonks of Picking.
Embroidered coats. like those usea
for opera cloaks at home, are SOLO mere,
hut the best place to buy such thlhss
is in Peking, and that from the palaces
Tha supplies furnished free to the IN
perial family and court are enormous,
and the eunuchs sell the surplus 10
merchants and peddlers: so that one
has n chance now and then to buy for,
n song a cloak which has been worn
by princess. Such g carmen, hot are
brought in bales to the forelsn hoa. -
or peking and displayed there for SAFE
some of the coats may be DIE solt.
od. but many arc new, and there ave
chances for big bargains, me same -
true OF furs of all kinds, from san.es
TO squirrel, the prices In most eases
being, far below those Of the u = tsa
States This is especially true o. the
present time, on account OF the DEANS
IN tha imnerial family, by Wnlcn IAe