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Show A Chinaman on a Wheel, According to the Chinese habit of doing do-ing most things backward, a visitor in Shanghai says he fully expected to see the first Chinese cyclist he came across pedal backward. "To our astonishment," astonish-ment," he wrote, "he rode forward in the proper manner. His attire was such as Is not easily forgotten. The baggy trousers were hauled up over the knees, disclosing a pair of shiny sticks swathed in dishrags or something. This was done to prevent his trousers from tearing in the chain. Bare feet on rubber rub-ber pedals, a big yellow balloon shirt bulging out like the spinnaker of a racing yacht, and a flying pigtail under a small tin can of a cap topped by a button. He was a wealthy merchant, we are told, and looked as if wheeling agreea with him in spite of his clothes." Buffalo News. ' ' |