Plentywood herald., 1937-06-24

have ever seen. The pigs and
chickens, If they are fortunate
enough to possess any, live on the
ground floor. One interesting thing
about them, they practically all
smoke and do so with tie burning
end In their mouths. had heard
this before but did not believe II
until | actually saw 1t. Some chill
dren hardly able to walk were
smoking and doing so with as little
concern as an American child suck
Ing lolly-pOp. We started to take
some pictures but they refused to
pose and held out their hands in
dicating they must first be paid. We
threw them a handful of cigarettes
which they scrambled after like a
bunch of hungry chickens and were
then apparently satisfied So much
for the bolugas.
Although we found Manila and
its surroundings very beautiful and
interesting we were ready to leave
at the end Of six days.
On March 3 we waved goodbye
to Manila and headed north-the
last leg of what was proving to be
rather long trip. The second day
out OF Manila we noticed a remark
able change in weather-getting
cold again. We had been subjected
to various climatic conditions since
starting the trip. We left in the bit
ter cold of New York winter,
passed gradually to the tropical
heat of Panama back to the unex-
pected chill of San Francisco win
ter, through the delightful Hawaii
an sunshine to the blistering heat
of the Philippines and now back to
cold north China winter. Two
years of seasons squeezed into two
months.
On the morning of March we
arrived at Chinwangtoa, China, the
end four trip by boat. We were
is long time. The trip from Chin
wangtoa to Tientsin was by train
and a much better train than / had
expected. OF course 1t doesn't COM
pare with the Great Northern EN-
pire Builder but equally as good as
some trains | have ridden on in the
U.SA.
On this trip we got our first
glimpse of the simple native Chi
nese. When we stopped at stations
large numbers gathered along the
! tracks taking whatever passengers
might throw to them. All the pas
sengers on our special train had
been issued lunches and, our inter
est having numbed our appetites,
we threw large portions of these to
the natives. Many ham sandwiches
rolled in cinders were eagerly
snatched up, brushed off on dirty
sleeve, eaten Immediately or stored
away in pocket or basket.
That afternoon we arrived in
Tientsin, our home for the next two
years. We were somewhat surprised
to find such modern city. There
are some very nice stores, banks
and business houses. Some of the
show windows could easily pass for
New York or Chicago. Street cars,
though funny looking ones, pass
through some Of the more impor-
tant streets Taxis dash through the
streets with as little or less regard
for the pedestrian than they, do In
the United States.
! However, 1t Is unmistakably Chi
ma. Besides the yellow skin and the
slant eyes OF the multitudes teem-
ing along, on and across the
streets, there are other things one
would expect to see only in China.
There are hundreds of rickshaws
in most any direction one looks.
Some trotting along with passen-
gers, some punched together, all
screaming, yelling and begging at
one prospective fare, others reclin-
mig in their own rickshaws after a
long hard pull. Another striking
thing Is the great use of manpower
in transportation. One sees very
few trucks and almost as few hors-
es and mules. Loads Of several hun
dred pounds are carried on the
shoulder. Larger loads are carried
on two wheel carts. Long beams are
used to balance the carts and men