The Pulaskian., 1920-08-19
(Prepared by the National Geographic so-
 ciety, Washington, D. C.)

(Prepared by the National Geographic So- ciety, Washington, D. C) a ANTON is the Paris and Bun H ker Hill of China.
 4 The Chinese say that he
 who has not lived in Canton knows not luxury. Equally true is It that the American of lowlfest estate who has not seen Canton knows not poverty. In contrast to ancient tenn ples, and palatial homes surrounded with park-like gardens, are the beg gars at their gates, covered with sores and whining for pittance; the leaden-eyed porters, straining under their burden of humanity or baggage; women haggling for pigeon-egg-si lump of bean curd half a dozen pea nuts, a dozen roasted beans, or a strip of meat the size of a raSher Of bacon as a special luxury for the family din- her.
 A five and ten-cent store would be Tiffany's for many well-to-do Can ton families The cent, now a sort of war tax annoyance to us, would have to be subdivided for the China man. His smallest coin, the cash, nor mally worth one-twentieth of an Amer ican cent, was too large in some places, and bamboo tokens are rec ognized by tradesmen as worth half a cash.
 Yet there is luxury, expressed not only in homes. commerce, and busi- ness structures, but in products which make Canton the art center of China. It's lacquer and sandalwood articles are unique, it's ivory carving unsur- passed its pottery, gem setting and fans, from the palm leaves we buy for few pennies to the ivory-handled feather ones the tourist bargains for at $25 or $35, are world famous.
 Revolutionary Center of China.
 Periodically Canton has several points of contact with the American. Most likely the firecrackers which dis turbed cur ear1y-morning slumbers on the Fourth of July came from there, as we'll as the fan we carried to the community demonstration later. Can ton was the birthplace of the revolu- ton in 1911 that ended the Manchu dynasty, and has been the storm cen ter of other revolutionary activities since.
 Except for few newer streets, it still is true that Canton is "city of a million without a wheel or a beast of burden" Strangely ancient in some respects Canton long has practiced some of the expedients which are be- ing urged as experiments in western lands.
 So far as her business district is concerned, the city is thoroughly "zoned" The shopper may find prac tically all the city has to offer in wood carving on one street, in silks and em- broideries on another, in jewels and precious stones on another During the coal shortage in our eastern states in recent winters, efforts were made to do cooking at central kitchens and serve food ready to eat" at homes in the neighborhood. Long has the fuel shortage been acute in Canton driv- ing the housewife to chaff, twigs, lit ter, for her cooking, and making cook ing and vending on the streets a re- course of the poor rather than fad with the rich The Chinese "hot dog man" has greater variety, but small CT portions, than our own, and he is not to be recommended from the standpoint of sanitation.
 Fighting the Plague. Human life inevitably becomes cheaper In the midst of congestion. suffering and poverty. Early efforts to fight the bubonic plague were grave 1 ly met with the argument that there were too many mouths to feed, any way, in Canton, and the plague, like the typhoons, were providential for l those who escaped
 Humane science finally won the day. and the tin boxes on street corners are not to be mistaken for trash re- ceptacles. They are for dead rats, which are collected and burned. The tornadoes wreak peculiar havoc be- cause of the peculiar dwelling place 1 of some 125,000 of Canton's inhabi- l dwellers, the Tan-min, are social 1 pariahs Their women formerly fur nished the singing girls" on the flow CT boats," floating haunts of the under | world. which were burned several ] years ago. Their men engage in tho river traffic that is m essential fea l ture nf Canton's commercial kfe.