| Show ii What Shanghai li Is Like k F wk g q R k Shanghais Shanghai's Skyline From the Race Track Huge Picturesque Shanghai an and Its is Famous International Settlement Prepared by National Society Washington D. D C. C C. Service HILE the major battles bat WHILE W WHILE ties between Japanese and Chinese forces have raged of late in the northeast province of Shantung Shantung Shantung Shan Shan- tung Shanghai still has reminders reminders reminders re re- re- re minders of the conflict which swept through the city last year In accordance with arrangements arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar of long standing between the Chinese and foreign governments the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter maintain units of their I troops at several points in in inI China one of the most important important important im im- im- im of these being the International Settlement in Shanghai Excepting occasional stately junks with e eyes es painted on either side of the high rugh bow to enable them to see their wa way there is little to suggest the Orient on the way up the Whang- Whang poo river in Shanghai Before the dock is reached however China obtrudes obtrudes obtrudes ob ob- ob- ob itself itsell upon the sight and its odors penetrate te the nostrils From a downstream wharf it is a ahall half hall hours hour's ride in a tender to the customs jetty in the city Wharves warehouses and factories line the shores Immediately beyond the Japanese docks In appears the curve of water front upon which three consulates consulates consulates con con- now stand Be Beyond ond lies the mouth of creek the crowded stream which meanders tortuously through the city It bristles with the floating homes of innumerable Chinese Chinese Chi Chi Chinese nese who are born live their entire lives and die on the sampans which huddle together in its murky water Babies toddling too near the gunwales gunwales gunwales gun gun- wales sometimes topple in in and having been fished out are set casually casually casu casu- ally to dry Water dipped up over the side is used by the women for cooking rice and vegetables clothes are washed in it and it imparts that certain flavor to tea A sampan gaily and festooned in red indicates that a wedding will soon take place English Had First Foothold There Great Britain was the first of all the nations which now have such valuable commercial interests in the city above the sea to recognize the vast potentialities of the little fishing hamlet on the muddy shores of the In 1842 emerging Victorious from the so-called so Opium war she concluded concluded concluded con con- with China the Treaty of by which Shanghai and four other cO coastal cities were established established established as treaty ports Within two years the United States I and France realizing that Shanghais Shanghai's Shanghais Shanghai's Shang Shang- h hais hai's is i's geographical position made it the natural outlet for products of the rich Yangtze river valley followed suit and signed trade pacts with China six Ninety-six years ago when the foreigners first obtained areas for settlement land on the water w-ater waterfront waterfront waterfront front brought only Mex on an acre B By 1935 an acre of property was valued at more than four millions An amazing variety of traffic throngs the Bund that splendid waterfront waterfront wa wa- boulevard which is the center center center cen cen- ter of Shanghais Shanghai's bustling activity Fine Buildings on the Bund Imposing buildings reminiscent of London line the Bund banks bank business business bustness busi bust ness houses newspaper offices clubs The conveyances of the East handcarts and wheelbarrows rows bearing an unbelievable variety variety vari van ety of loads make way for lumbering lumbering lumbering lumber lumber- ing double-decked double buses trams and sleek foreign cars The Chinese have proved remarkably remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably adaptable in adjusting themselves themselves them them- selves s to contact with English- English speaking nations They have adopted adopt adopt- ed cd automobiles foreign clothes jazz and golf The of the treaty putts ports have evolved a 0 bizarre cech based on English with wl which ch iney can communicate t rily with the stranger Since the average overage occidental resi resl resident resident dent of or Shanghai will not take the trouble to learn the local dialect Inc ine natives used pidgin or business busi bust ness less English In fact two Chinese Chinese Chi Clif nese from different provinces often resort to this s jargon for each Is almost almost al al- al- al most sure to have difficulty in understanding understanding un uz the dialect o of the other In pidgin English one word often does docs duty for tor three or four Thus my signifies also I me mine Ed and nd their plural forms My no savvy of course means I do not understand What thing have got is to say What have you When the supply of butter is exhausted exhausted exhausted ex ex- ex- ex hausted your cook will come to you with the complaint Butter have finish missie There is the tradition of face which governs the duties of each employee within Ironbound limits Your cook will not mix cocktails He leaves this to the number one boy who in turn will not clean shoes or run errands These tasks are the coolies coolie's pidgin The wise foreigner foreign foreign- er does not attempt to change customs customs customs cus cus- toms which have existed for cen cen- Chinese servants are justly fa fa- fa- fa As a class they are unsurpassed unsurpassed unsurpassed passed In loyalty industry patience and cheerfulness chee They sometimes wonder at the strange customs customs' of the foreigner but they bear with him Ni Night ht Life In the City Even during trouble the famous night life lite of this cosmopolitan city of Asia continues with vigor At such times private entertaining is somewhat curtailed Pity the poor hostess whose guests have been caught by the curfew and who has them on her hands until dawn Hotels and night clubs offer the usual diversions profiting by the increased increased increased in in- creased trade which results from the enforced stay of those who are caught by the curfew At such I times as well as under normal conditions conditions con con- conI I the conservative old Palace hotel on the Bund and the Cathay its up-to-date up counterpart across the street present pictures of gaiety at cocktail time tune The bar at the Circle Cercle Francais the popular sports' sports club in the French Concession is noisy with sprightly conversation in a half hah dozen languages Chinese boys in long white gowns their black pantaloons pantaloons pantaloons panta panta- loons bound tightly about the ankles move silently through the crowd I with chits and laden trays I The story 20 Cathay hotel offers offers' diverse amusement The glittering shops in its arcade are stocked with I Peking rugs jewel jade silks and curios For swank one dines in its grill under the lofty black pyramid which surmounts its roof The orchestra orchestra orchestra or or- chestra which plays in its con air ballroom pleases even blase American tourists and imported singers and dancers entertain the guests Chinese dance halls have opened in large numbers in the last two or three years The native musician has not yet become a master of American syncopation and the orchestras orchestras orchestras or or- are usually Russian A modern young Chinese in foreign foreign for for- eign clothes complete with horn horn- rimmed glasses and hair executes elaborate steps with his slender narrow-eyed narrow compan compan- ion She is gowned in necked high-necked brocade dainty exquisite Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times as she sits sipping her drink she renews her up make-up with the contents of a compact Until well into the Twentieth century century century cen cen- tury Chinese women of the better class were not seen in public When they did leave their homes it was only in sedan chairs concealed from the eyes of the world With the Influx influx in in- flux of Western ideas of women's freedom the Chinese woman emerged from her isolation Foot- Foot binding possibly an expedient for keeping women at home not only went out of fashion but became il il- il legal Women Go Part Way Modern l The transition period had its amusing aspects Today the emancipated emancipated emancipated eman eman- Chinese woman has her hair permanently waved smokes works in hi offices frequents night clubs and drives a car i if she has a mind to But with all her modern ideas she still is reluctant to adopt foreign dress She wears silk stockings discards discards discards dis dis- cards her flat embroidered satin slippers for uncomfortable spike- spike heeled shoes but she resolutely clings to her long gown with its stiff high collar and straight lines The gown may be split to tho the knee as are modish gowns in the Western world when the designers so decide but her modesty still forbids forbids forbids for for- bids her to expose her throat The majority of Chinese shops flaunt gay red banners bearing ingold Ingold in ingold gold characters the description of ot goods carried within or announcements announcements announcements announce announce- ments of bargains These banners have almost entirely disappeared from road but they hang hangin in profusion the full length of the congested cross streets in the heart of the city |
