The Coconino sun., 1925-03-27
CHINA HAS MANY IDOLS,
ALSO MUCH WRETCHED-
NESS AND SUFFERING
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Chicago's lake front, with it's tall
buildings, European style of architec-
ture 1t is the main business center
of the place and is cosmopolitan in its
population.
When our tender, the Scout No. 1,
had gang-planked its high priced car
go of hungry-eyed sightseers, line
of autos were ready to ease them
around on a tour of Shanghai much
to the amusement of the local popu-
lation. We drew auto No. 13, which
luckily was what little Tommy Brown
calls "a enclosened car" The car
didn't break down and of course no
superstitious Chinese bandit had nerve
enough to tackle an auto carrying
that number. Consequently we got
no personal thrills, but a few chills
On this parade. But that you may
know Just where we went, | desire to
mention that our route took US along
the bund to Avenue Edward VII to
Thibet Road; to Avenue Joffre; to
Rue Potter, then on to Avenue Petaln
and to Siccawei Creek. You probably
wouldn't know this creek if you saw
it. tt looks much worse than It's
name and aside from few fish with
sare backs got by rubbing against
sampans or houseboats, it was used
for Chinese homes. The fish and these
natives live lives so closely allied that
both wear clothes of about the same
kind
Nature puts the scales on fish and
they wear off eventually a little at a
time and are replaced by nature. The
Cinnamon along here are not quite SO
fortunate, but replace a scale as
financial conditions permit, though ma
ture only removes it after it is once
on, much the same as it does for the
fish. You get the idea. A China
mans clothes may not always be as
old as he is, but would be were it not
for the ordinary wear and tear.
The parade then followed Avenue
Haig, mot Haig & Haig avenue
though one might get the idea thai
the fellow who surveyed it out hac
absorbed couple quarts OF it before
laying out the trail), then along
Edinburgh Road to Yu Yuen Road
(this last road was probably nanaeC
after native SOM, through Jessfielc
Read to Bubbling Well Road.
merely mention the names OF
these streets or avenues TO give yol
an idea how cosmopolitan this grea1
village is.
The town must have been located
quite awhile ago, for on our tour We
visited a Chinese temple whose birtl
certificate is dated back 20G0 years
ago. | did not see the man VINO bull
the place or the city clerk to verify
these figures, but the age of the place
is very commonly accepted at thos'
figures and in looking it over | came
to the conclusion that a thousanC
years or so wouldn't make much diff
ference, so I'm approving the date
mentioned. The temple was a Yer.
fancy ona-that is, the interior whert
the gilded idols and assistant idler
are decorated up in gold ard gildet
carvings.
There are numerous inner shrine
with select gathering of Buddha
and their buddies in each place. Punl
sticks are incensing about all of then
ard the numerous house servants arr
avail times lighting up a few mor'
under the direction of some prizes
whose job seems to be to keep tn
home fires burning.
The main idea seems about tn,
same as the clan use in Japan, though
there may be few cents odd chang
ia methods which do not appear OF
the surface. At least | noticed on on
small, hilarious looking figure on tn
outer entrance of one OF the inne
shrines, an attached bunch OF gree
whiskers. / have no idea why he wa
decorated with whiskers in Ireland
national colors, but | presume 1t wa