The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-15

residents of the foreign concession
are welcome to enjoy Shanghai's ia
cilities and share its prosperity, blu
they have no voice in the government
of the municipality. The latter is
sort of closed corporation operated b,
the foreign property holders, chief,
British. The municipality has its pc
lice force consisting of Europeans
Sikhs from British India and some
Chinese.
City of Gayety and Color.
The city is in atmosphere a hybrid
Of the East and the West And of
the western element gaiety Is prob
ably most pronounced. Working
hours for Europeans and Americans
are anything but burdensome. Ten
o'clock is the opening time for many
offices; the Spanish plan of a siesta
has been borrowed for the period from
II to in numerous lines OF activity !;
at 4 o'clock. The western community
in Shanghai enjoys It's sports, and
casinos, clubs, golf links, tennis
courts, and cricket fields are crowded
during the late afternoon hours
Probably only Cairo is more cosmo-
politan than Shanghai. Nationals Of
almost every civilized country in the
world are to be met on the streets.
On the Bund or waterfront esplanade,
which Is the heart of Shanghai, Euro
peans are more in evidence than on
most other streets, all apparently
prosperous and leisurely. In the af-
ternoons a parade of fashion that
might do justice to show streets of
Europe or America takes place on
Bubbling Spring road, where both
handsome motor cars and fine horses
are in evidence.
There Is enough local color In
Shanghai to make even the most
strenuous globe-trotter pause The
of Shanghai life bursts
upon one as soon as he debarks at
the quay and the city's amazing array
Of transportation devices is disclosed. |
Drawn up to the curb are rickshas, |
pony carriages, and au-
-omobiles, while in the street are cleo
.ric trans. Nor does this exhaust the
methods. In the native
quarter one may see high-born Chi
lese women, all but hidden by silk
borne In palanquins; while
lear the freight docks coolies stagger
lnder huge crates or carry strange
,ales suspended from bamboo poles.
Coolies and Canals
The coolie and the good facilities
or water transportation are the two
economic factors that have
ontributed to ShanghaPs obvious
rosperity. With his wheelbarrow and
is stalwart shoulders the coolie of
has reduced the movement
+ package freight to seemingly
Idiculous figure, yet he is content
18th his meager wage because 1t is I
lore than he could obtain in pure 3
Chinese city. The numerous ,
,nals make the bringing of country }
reduce to the citys markets an ex- !
,edingly simple and cheap matter; ,
Id now that the river has been !,
-edged the largest ocean freighters
IN tie up directly at the quays Of the
und. Cheap labor and cheap trans :
,rtation coupled with western cap
al and technical and managerial ,
,ility have made the city an impor-
mt Industrial center. Steel mills. Z
ip-building yards, cotton and silk &
ctories and numerous other indus. I
Ial establishments have sprung up Z
ong the Huang Pu. An astonishing c,
mber Of warehouses adds to Shang-
rs large buildings, for this city has
me to be the depository of imported
DDS for even remote parts Of the :
public.
Costumes run the gamut from loin y
this to gorgeous mandarin robes. n
Ibracing on the way the might ~
rts" and red turbans OF ofr-duty +
III policemen, Siamese panungs, i'm la
rcable European street clothes, and HI
. military uniforms of almost every Of
lion of the earth. On almost any te
eet one may meet Chinese tops car BIZ
ng ornamental bird cages rs they
e their feathered pets the air. The
d market In the native city Is one
the most interesting sights OF -,
anghai. Not far of Is the Willow =,
house. supposed to he the proto- VI,
e Of the design of Chinese willow "
re- =
NE first railroad built In China was 9" a.
2-mile stretch from Shanghai to its VI
I on the Yangtze. The imperial 81
horities tore 1t up. but It served Sc
plant the railroad seed which later 10
outed Justify. Shanghai also had Ce
first telephones In China Ri
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