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Show TAKE PLEASURE IN HAGGLING f Tibetans Will Not Be Denied the Joys That Accrue From the Sense of Bargaining. "Mornlu' time, bargain tlmo!" calls out ono of tho peddlers by tho way-sldo way-sldo In Tibet cheerfully as ho HeoU you returning from a gllmiiHo of tho snows at sunrise You bid him fcomo to you, and from ono of tho Innumerable Innumer-able nocketB concealed In his voluminous volu-minous robo ho will produce a perfect llttlo Jado cup, or a Tibetan coffco pot or gold, copper and precious stones, or perhaps a hugo lump of rough turquolso hewn to look like a couch with a tiny gold Huddha reclining reclin-ing on It. Then comes tho bargaining, In which ho and all his friends tnko part against your single self. It can all be dono by signs and smiles and patience and in tho long run you will get somo things well worth having at a very reasonable prlco. Hut you must havo no false prido about bargaining. It Is nn elementary part of these people's naturo, and the joy of selling will leave thorn fcrovor when tho day of haggling Is dono. |