The Coconino sun., 1925-02-27

However, some of these ricksha men
haven't lost their sense of humor One
hauling largely accumulated woman
just ahead of me asked her. How
much you weigh-200 poun's 2" AOt
course it isn't considered quite ''ricka-
shay" in our country to inquire as to
lady's tonnage. She snorted ano
said, "No, indeed. / only weigh 17C
pounds" Thus, you see, he got 30 of
by his inquiry.
Another asked man who wears
shirts large enough to make young
tents of, ''How much you lift?" The
ricksha user said he weighed 225. The
ricksha man grinned and commented
"Too damn much chow"
Really, sometimes | think the ma
tives are having about as much fur
looking the animals over as we are
They grin just as often as we do, any,
how.
Another one explained his mental
condition by saying: "My wife he die
I'm so 'shamedm
The rickshas have large rubber
tired wheels, with an easy cushioned
seat, with tops that can be closed uI
like an auto. They are painted black
and trimmed with nickel, with thills
for the ricksha man to trot along be-
tween with his head down. The con-
traption reminds one more of a small
hunk of hearse than anything else
one can think of right off the bat.
/ have often wondered what sthe
human burro was thinking of as he
pat-pat-patted along with his heao
down, lodging other OK carts.
These men wear tight black pants
the peculiar black felt shoe, with the
front end Of the shoe divided so he
can have the free use of his big toe
you know, like our mittens-one part
for your fingers, the other for the
thumb.
This style shoe prevails in this sec
tion almost unanimously, and in soa
and woman's hosiery also. The big
toe seems to be most valuable in
keeping the footwear assembled or
the foot-in toto, as it were You
think they are going to cast a shoe
at every step, but they don't. A very
small child is not only able to talk
the language but wear these shoes
with big toe grip that is sufficient
to make a monkey envious.
1t mayhaps be that | dwell toe
much on this toe-hold feature of the
race, but the putting on and the TAX
ing off of shoes is one of the main
sports here. Many wear our kind OF
shoes, but when they reach the office
or the store, they take them off and
the big toe gets on the job with pain
of slip-onS. They do this in theil
homes, so why not in their temples
and generally speaking? We speak OF
these things, not in carping, criti-
cising spirit, but merely to show the
different human angles that accumu-
late according 30 environment.
Just for instance, can you visualize
the following at the front gate of q
Chicago department store or at Bah
bits front entrance?
"hIe and my Wife" which is very
rich and oriental for "our family and
ourselves" were going along Benton
dori street in Yokohama, doing foot
and eye tour of the shopping district
hoping to purchase something for less
than a yen (about 38 cents in oul
money! for some friend we could con-
vince that it was not only intrinsically
valuable but so unique, you know
and typical" We, that is to say, our
port-side companion, stopped at an i'm
posing frontage where things looked
most profuse and expensive. As we
started to stop in the parkway, as
it were, we noticed quite some COM
motion among three front door uni
formed men. Two of them were smil-
ing with wide white and gold teeth
at the other uniformed guy, who was
rushing around, very much fused
Having started to hesitate, we stopped
to note procedure. 1t appeared that
an impulsive lady member of our
tower had noted the enticing bar
gain opening and deliberately walked