The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-24
FOOD rs CHEAP IN CHINA.
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From its position or the Yang-Tse.
China. Hankow is the most important
inland center for foreigners.
Missionaries n traders alike, all
VINO have business In central China,
come up from the seaports to Ham
kow, and are thence distributed to
their various districts.
a business man who has lived sew
eral years In Hankow gave a vivid
picture OF the life of the foreigners.
There are about 1900 foreigners
in Hankow." he said, "of whom about
500 are Britishers. 400 Germans. $50
Russians and 100 French. Then
there are. of course. the Japanese.
Then Hankow foreign concession
mas a river frontage along the Yang
Use or seven miles with a magnificent
hund, or embankment. running the
whole way. The breadth of the con-
cession is about half a mile, and the
Chinese town is behind 1t.
"Hankow Is built on a swamp and
round behind it for 100 miles are
marshy rice fields. Nothing else but
rice grows In the immediate neigh
borhood. but back in the mountains
there is good fruit"
Here are some household expenses
that will Interest h~ousekeepers Of 9th.
er nations:
Tea excellent quality) per lb....12c
Fowls. each 4c
Hens eggs, per dozen ........,. &c
Beef from butcher), b........ Sc
A a ano e a,a .s2c
0ranges nar n &c
Fine fish. per lib " g
The milk profession is in the hands
Of a foreigner, and the price is Sd
per quart; normal here. but high for
HankoW," continued the London WIS.,
itor. The meat trade is also c%ontroll-
ed by a foreigner-a Russian, I
think. -
Most of the foreigners p~atrontze
him. but some go to Chinese butchers.
Of course no foreigner east meal in
the summer.
The climate is not pleasant. There
are six months of summer. from tho
middle Of May to the middle Of DC
tober, when the thermometer stands
at los degrees.
"How do we amuse ourselves? Well.
in the concession there is the fnest
race curse in China.
BY the way. the Chinese have re.
Gently built a race course Of their
" in competition with the Euro
peans. They are very enthusiastic
sportsmen and great punters. The
coolies often stake their dinners on
a race.
There are two golf clubs. with two
ring of the race course, and the old
one Is out In the paddy fields. You
can get a decent game on either of
them. u
Across the old one runs the high.
way to Picking. made of steppinp
stones about two feet square, laid at
short intervals-the sort Of road one
expects to find in China.
w have a large football and
cricket ground with a fine pavilion
The Americans use a corner of ii for
baseball. and other orner are net
apart for lawn tennis. which Ia very
popular.
Then the Germans. of course.
have built a shooting range, which
we all use. And outside the city
the plains swarm with little red deer,
which afford great sport.
But the most popular diversion of
all is pony riding. Inside the con-
cession there are some fine roads. and
Hankow's Rotten Row shrinks from
no comparisons.
There are about twenty children
in Hankow. As Dor as they are 6
years of age the European children
In Che-Fu.
"O NAoo WHY PCOplc HCIo
should be disturbed because the Chi
nese in Hankow are fighting. The
foreigners have always been on the
best Of terms with the natives. The
coolfe class r prejudiced, but they
don't count for much.
They have the queerest supersti-
lions. The Yang-Tse is. as you know,
a very swift river. with a current
running from ten to fourteen knots.
"On the day I first landed, "a we
came ashore at the bund. the Chi
nese started jumping aboard before
one of them, in Jumping. missed his
footing and fell into tho river.
HE did not come up. He vanished
at once and completely: but no one
took any notice. or attempted to ave
god had pulled him under for. his sins.
and would pull them under. too. Il
. they interfeyUd."-