Evening star., 1925-01-18
Continued from Fifth Page

Most Holy Teacher Confucius"
From the Creation of Man there is
Never One Like Him"
Without Equal on Heaven or
Earth"
The temple itself is no more than a
barnlike structure, in front and, back
of which there are small flower gar
dens.
The streets of this old city are wide,
much unlike the narrow thorough
fares of Canton. We pass many quaint
shops, some displaying the clothing of
the Western world, straw hats, suits,
shirts and leather shoes; in others I
see the clothes of China, long gowns,
or richly embroidered silk trousers
and Jackets for the women, and shoes
of purple and blue cloth, beautifully
embroidered. The street barber. who
can be seen on the sidewalks shaving
the heads of his patrons, competes
with a modern barber shop nearby
that is furnished with every up-to-
date appurtenance.
Some of the merchants call out,
asking us to buy, but we pass on
until we come to tea house, where
we go in for a rest and a drink. The
tea houses are the clubs of China.
Here the business men gather at all
hours of the day to talk and drink
tea. We climb to the second floor of
a large building, and sit down in a
room furnished with a number of
plain wooden tables and chairs. We
see about 80 Chinese men sitting
about, laughing and excitedly waving
their hands as they chatter. They
may be merchants who deal in curl
osities or clothing, or clerks from the
banks. ..--...
No sooner have we seated ourselves
than we are besieged. from all sides
by boys selling watermelon seeds,
cakes, peanuts and fans and other
articles of various. description. For
one copper buy package of water
| melon seed upon which we munich in
the Chinese fashion while waiting for
our tea to be- served, and for two cop
pers get from another boy a. small
package of peanuts. Our tea is a
green-white color and is served Chi
nese style in small cups and without
sugar or milk.
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PUT watch the four men sitting at
~ the adjoining table. One of them
is talking. earnestly and gesticulating 3
as he evidently is urging his compan-
ions to see his point of view. They
listen to him interestedly and intently
as he makes known his ideas. They
are dressed alike in black jackets
reaching to the waist. and wearing
gowns of gray. silk, from which peep
the small feet clad in black cloth slip
pers. All of them have fans in their
| hands. The one talking at times
waves his excitedly. but the others
fan themselves slowly, with the lam
guidness of the East. The speaker
| frequently makes his companions
laugh. The Chinese laugh heartily
and at times violently; they take life
as it comes and seem always to have
time to- enjoy joke. On the other
hand, they have also a great respect
for learning, and will listen atten-
| lively to one who speaks with knowl-
| edge of the Chinese classics.
Here in Nanking we are in one of
the great educational centers of
| China, both old and new. This morn
| ing while strolling about / came to
an old structure now partly torn
| down, in which 10000 students for
merly took their examinations for
government positions. These were the
| famous examination halls, built dur
: ing the Ming dynasty, when the IA
nous civil service of China was start.