Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-10-10

| residents of the foreign concessions
are welcome to enjoy Shanghai's ia
cilities and share its prosperity, but
they have no voice in the government
of the municipality. The latter is a
sort Of closed corporation operated by
the foreign property holders, chiefly
British. The municipality has it's po-
lice force consisting of Europeans,
Sikhs from British India and some
Chinese.
| City of Gayety and Color.
s 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
Offices the Spanish plan of siesta
has been borrowed for the period from
! II to 2 in numerous lines of activity;
and 1t is not unusual for offices to close
| at o'clock. The western community
in Shanghai enjoys its sports, and
l 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 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 focal color" in
Shanghai to make even the most
strenuous globe-trotter pause. The
completely 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
I Drawn up to the curb are rickshas,
wheelbarrows, pony carriages, and au-
/ tomobiles, while in the street are cleo
| trio trans. Nor does this exhaust the
transportation methods. In the native
quarter one may see high-born Chi
nese women, all but hidden by silk
curtains, borne in palanquins; while
| near the freight docks coolies stagger
| under huge crates or carry strange
bales suspended from bamboo poles
Coolies and Canals.
The coolie and the good facilities
| for water transportation are the two
principal economic factors that have
| contributed to Shanghais obvious
prosperity. With his wheelbarrow and
| his stalwart shoulders the coolie OF
Shanghai has reduced the movement
of package freight to a seemingly
| ridiculous figure, yet he Is content
with his meager wage because 1t Is
more than he could obtain in pure
| ly Chinese city. The numerous
! canals make the bringing Of country
produce to the citys markets an ex-
| ceedingly simple and cheap matter;
and now that the river has been
| dredged the largest ocean freighters
can tie up directly at the quays OF the
Bund. Cheap labor and cheap trans
portation coupled with western cap
| ital and technical and managerial
ability have made the city an impor-
| tant Industrial center. Steel mills,
ship-building yards cotton and silk
factories and numerous other indus
| trial establishments have sprung up
along the Huang Pu. An astonishing
number Of warehouses adds to Shang-
| hats large buildings, for this city has
| come to be the depository of imported
goods for even remote parts OF the
republic.
Costumes run the gamut from loin
cloths to gorgeous mandarin robes,
embracing on the way the might
shirts" and red turbans of off-duty
Sikh policemen Siamese panungs, I'M
peccable European street clothes, and
the military uniforms of almost every
nation Of the earth. On almost any
street one may meet Chinese tops car
rying ornamental bird scages as they
give their feathered pets the air. The
bird market in the native city Is one
of the most interesting sights OF
Shanghai. Not far off is the Willow
tea house, supposed to be the proto-
type Of the design of Chinese willow
ware.
The first railroad built in China was
12-mile stretch from Shanghai to its
port on the Yangtze. The imperial
authorities tore it up. but 1t served
to plant the railroad seed which later
sprouted Justify. Shanghai also had
the first telephones In China