Show Celestial Must Muss Have Gone Up UpOn UpOn On i gh h Gear There was a pretty c custom among some of ot the ancients when a prominent prominent prominent prom prom- citizen died to send his valet along with him on the road to Paradise Paradise Para Para- dise disc and it was oftentimes necessary to rc resort ort to extreme methods to in insure insure insure in- in sure this company compan for the departed But in ir the territory of the China China- American Trading company Ford dealers in China they have discovered a much better aid nil to the deceased over the rough places on the trip to the Promised Land It is ia a a custom of the Chinese to burn various kinds of ot effigies at the funeral ceremonies of ot the rich the themore moro more wealthy veal thy the departed the more I elaborate t tire the e figures burned over his grave These effigies represent every manner of thing such as human figurea figures fig fig- ures urea hordes ass sedan chairs tables loaded with money etc The figures usually conform to como come of ot these stereotyped fashions but at the funeral of a Mr LI who died a short I time ago in and who vho was a avery avery I Ivery very wealthy man the bereaved family outdid selves and made madean I an imitation of ot the the- deceased gentle mans man's Ford car to be burped at his grave This Ford effigy was vas made entirely of strong Chinese paper stretched ort ott bamboo and reed frames The car was complete in every detail the pedals accurately placed and all made of ot paper and bamboo The interior of ot the car was waa also accurate in itt detail de detail de de- tail tall being carefully upholstered In paper The effigy of ot the driver as shown in the photograph was v a work of art The oar was carried about three miles through crowded streets to the graveside where a a. match was applied and it was consumed in a afew afew afew few minutes This Is the first time a motorcar has been heen burned at the grave of ot a Chinese and there is every reason to o believe that the tho deceased went up upon upon on high 1 |