The Coconino sun., 1925-03-27
because the devil does not favor green.

because the devil uOeS not favor green.
A great many ugly brazen idols are
set up around in each of the shrines.
may have gotten the wrong idea, but
it strikes me that the expression or,
the face of each one of these old
timers, was intended to convey Some
sentiment. Malice, hatred, envy, ieal-
ousy, thought, peace and so on. 1t
may be that faces were not the same.
in those good old days, also it may
have been some difficult to depict
such dainty expressions in brazen
brass in that period
Our tour Of inspection did not take
us through the worst section of the
city which is known as the old origi-
nal settlement, however, some of the
sections we did go through were bad
enough to make one wonder how it
was possible for a human being to live
that way. Bleak, barren, cold ramb-
iing-shacks with dirt floors, no fires,
no doors and evidently no street clean
ing department.
If you think now and then condi-
tions are hard in America a ramble
through even this better part Of the
city of Shanghai would convince one
that he never really knows what
tough conditions are. A few of the
more venturesome passengers went
part way into the old section where
conditions were infinitely worse Filth,
disease and beggars filled the narrow
streets. The self-maimed beggars
and old decrepit beggars distorted
with disease lay out in the street
pleading for coins.
Richasha men here are more pitt
ful objects than are those we saw in
Japan. 1t was cold, raw, damp day
and while most of our party were
wrapped up in big furs and overcoats,
many of these "broncho-nen" were
running about bare-footed and many
with hardly clothing enough to cover
their bodies.
Down in one section noticed a
new variety of rickasha 1t consisted
Of one large wheel in the center of
the contraption with Stats on each
side large enough for two persons on
side. The rickasha man showed it
along from behind like a wheelbarrow
Often one of this freighter class ve-
hicles would be loaded with what ap-
peared to be the whole family in
cluding their household goods. Most
white folks would much prefer to
walk than to load down one of these
slow going hacks that makes one man
beast of burden. It is difficult to
understand how men have strength
enough to handle so much unwieldy
tonnage amid so much traffic Often
there are four big, SNUG, complacent
looking individuals squatted on this
odd affair, being trundled along by a
rickasha man about half the weight of
one of his passengers.
! / was sorter stunned when | sighted
great, big, burly, black-whiskered.
| lblack-faced Hindu policeman acting as
| Q traffic cop. | had expected to see
/ Chinese policemen but not this large
fierce whiskered fellow carrying "a
Hong black and white baton with which
/ he stopped and started the conglom-
1 GRAFTON of traffic at busy street
crossings. | learned that there were a
great many of them. They are em-
ployed by the English part Of the
+ Shanghai government and are said to
make cracking good policemen. When
a Chinaman fails to heed his orders,
4 the SdIu WilSSilss
I ed on his queue-holder. Ii there Is
any argument it is afterwards, but
usually this procedure ends the con-
versation.
The rickasha party of passengers
who attempted to take in the old sec
ton of Shanghai did not get very fan
before they ran across a squad OF Y.
is. marines and turned back. The ma
rines felt they had sufficient amount
of trouble on their hands without try
ing to protect bunch of idle sight
seers.
The cruise manager urged passen-
gers not to attempt the trip, but you
know how willful some OF US wealthy
folks are and how we always msls'
on seeing the wheels go around.
i The following clipping from
Shanghai paper is not only amusing