The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15

pelitan one such as you will see no.
where except in Hongkong. There
were rn1-turhaned black-bear5ad
Sikh policemen guarding the traffic,
/ II lsh soldiers in UNIFORM who be-
long to the garrison. and sailors in
the different dress of a half-dozen ma
lions. 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 In
dams clad in their c~aIicoes, brown
sk'0nod MalayS from the Philippines
and Borneo, japanese just off the
Vessels, and Europeans from all pa is
Of the west. Sampan women in wide
calico trousers and cotton chemises
moved along here and there on bare
up the greater part of the sidewalk
With their silk gowns and 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 latte,
was filled with English young men
and women going to a dance OF the
Centjpede Club. This club has fifty
members: and hence one hundred les
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 cot
ton.
Ply and by 1t began 30 rain and the
water came down in sheets. It drench.
ed the sampan girls so that their
~hemises chung to their skins. outlin-
ing their persons. Sailors ran fer
ehelter and the street policemen put
on rafncoats and caps over their t,1r-
hans. The ricksha men and chair-
hearers dragged ont coats Of palm
leaves and covered their heads with
hats of rattan as big as umN~ellas. The
latter were painted bright blue, the
palm leaves looked like feathers, and
IS they trotted along beside the
ehafts they seemed to be yellow-leggeu
birds with hlne topknots harnessed to
the chairs and carriages.
Shopping IN Hongkong.
This is a good place to shop. The
travel Is so great that curio dealers
and other merchants from all over thu
EAST have opened stores here. and they
offer the nost beautiful Goods Of +rn
orient. There are many East Indians
who sell ~ernhroiderios. silver and CO
nets and Chinese who display all the
wealth Of Cartcr. The sTverw~~n
beautiful and cheap. It is made Of
coin silver and IS decorated VT,
dragons and other exr1jeI+e carvings.
7 bouoht a solid tea set the other day
the metnI of waic', alone weigh
city dollars. that many coins heine
Z ~ ~ s"hN f'F'h 49, ' w =
the pitcher, sugar bowl and teapot
were on the other. The price of the
cot was 800 in silver. the extra Ff-v
dollars representing the workmanship
Fiftv dollars in silver 5s less tina,
+wrntv-fve dollars gold. and out of
that came the DrOft IF the dealer and
the WAGES of the artist who had spen+
a month or more in the carving. Thu
same tea cot would sell for twice as
much in the United States.
tmcne the othn~ beautiful things
cold here are lockwood furniture.
richly carved: ladies' dresses of grass
cloth decorated with the most ex-
~rrisjte embroidery: chairs and eofas
Of wicker work covered with linen
fiber. as we'll as rare DOrce1ainS and
hamhoo ware. Table linens are espe-
c'allv cheap. ard embroidered center
pieces and doifes Of grass cloth are
not at all costly. Much fine iowe~'v
is sold. including some set with pearls
and precious stones. Articles in jade
are a Specialty of China and tn"
hest Of thom bring high prices. All
gold jewe1ry is made twenty-five or
more carats fine. It is so soft that
it wear awav easily. ut it is always
worth its WEIGHT in gold.
The CIOaks Of Picking.
Embroidered coats, like those use1
for opera cloaks at home, are sold
here: but the best place to buy such
things is in Peking. and that from the
Ialaces. The supplies furnished free
to the imperial family and cou.t are
enormous, and the eunuchs sell the
surplus to merchants n peddlers; So
that one has a chance now and then -.
bly, for a song a cloak which has been
worn by a princess. Such garments
are brought in bales to the foreign
hotels of Picking and displayed there
fore sale. Some of the coats may be
a bit soi1ed, but many are not, and
there are chance for big bargains.
The same is true of furs of all kinds.
from sables to squirrel, the prices in
most cases being far below those Of
the United States This is especially
true at the present time, on 0
Of the deaths in the imperial family,
by which the officials have had to dis
| pense with the wearing of all furs not
of the white or mourning color.
HoIigkong Sports.
hanpen To he here at the time