The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-03-22
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back.
A. us crossed the Siumcse border, we
noticed how happy the people We're, and all grown
ups and children were ready to smile at one. The
women bohbed their hair and it hard to
any difference between men aud women in dress
They skirts too. but with long piece ia the
front which they bring up between the legs and
tuck in 1T the waist behind giving an effect that
is different ana favorable for showing pretty legs
well any kind of legs. The government OIL
cialS all wear blue skirt of this kind with
white coat. The army wears khaki uniforms. VERY
similar To our own army uniform. hut the wearing
of shoes seems tu be entirely optional When
troop is out. three men in one row ma! be- bare
footed in the next they might all have shoes
dScovcrable system. And then they chew the
beetel nut We saw that in lava and the Philip
pines, hut in Siam woman might SMILE and her
mouth would he Nawuing black cavern. At first.
/ would think some one had just had Il tooth pulled
hut it occurred often on the sidewalk that
would remember the beete nut
bangkok was originally a city of waterways
and we took boat trip up an early morning mar
ket on the water II is strong buddhist country
and every boy must serve as priest for three months
during which Time he begS his food They sleep
out doors under umbrellas covered with mosquito
netting. There are many temples, called waits there
some marvellous, some funny as for instance one
the trimmings of which were broken plates, cups
and saucerS. set in like flowers. | told will find
the at the Tai Mala but il hardly seems
possible. While there | lived in kings palace
The last king, and brnthcr of the present king built
over the railroad for hotel. | stayed in the
queens wing. and to gel Ia my room they took me
up long flight of stairs. along long pillared
corridor and then downstairs. ! didn't the
of climbing all those stairs Ia get Ia the din
ing room though il after dark when got
there. So | started out overland The first thing
| found was II waterway hunted for bridge
that which | found. but then there was another
and II seemed as il | walked quarter of Il mile
the dining room. ly daylight ! found more
direct route. We thought the mosquitoes which
were many. came from these waterways, bur |
people fishing in them and noticed that they varied
with the tide, so | guess they not fresh water
after all. Bangkok. like all ports. is quite a way
up river. Rangoon was sixteen miles and cal
cutta is sixty.
From Penang to Rangoon 10y boat and my. hui
il hot there. The only other place as hot was
Kuala Lumpur. The nearer we got, the more We
heard that there was nothing 10 see in Rangoun
nothing in Burma, with the result that al the
friends aboard, and some of them | had seen in
not to stop over at all. For nickel would have
gone on. hut | knew | should always be mad every
time "'The Road 10 Mandaay' played ON my
piano. if | didn't carry out my original plan AMI
go ON up there. Mandaay nearly four hun
dred miles inland from RangOon, but liked il,
probably due To a preverse streak in my makeup.
but largely because it was cold enough that
slept under two blankets ut night and onged morn
ngs and evenings for my coat. which | left in my
trunk in ltangOon. the advice of Cooks 1t was
plenty warm in the day time, and | guess II Is
clustering hot up there all right but il was January
when | visited it.
The two chief things about Mandalay the
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