Manti Messenger | 1943-12-17 | Page 3 | Crickets Are Singing 'Canaries' of Chinese |

Type	issue
Date	1943-12-17
Paper	Manti Messenger
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Crickets Are Singing 'Canaries' of Chinese
Type	article
Date	1943-12-17
Paper	Manti Messenger
Page	3
OCR Text	Show Crickets Crickets' Are Singing Canaries Canaries' of Chinese Imagine crickets for pets That strange custom has persisted in China for centuries For more than 1000 years both rich and poor have kept crickets in their home for their singing qualities In fact crickets are to the Chinese what wha t canaries are to bird lovers of this country The crickets are kept in hollow hol- hol hollow hollow hol hol- low gourds into which holes have been cut to allow aIr air to enter The gourd cages of the wealthy have tops of ivory or other valuable materials and are handsomely painted
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pr8v7t/5691311