Show Funerals Weddings Are Quite Q Alike I te in In P The streets of or China are a continuous 1101 colorful spectacle You see persons pcr uns with Ji Il hing In costumes cu beautiful hta uti rill and bi hl bizarre zarre and engaged In unusual tines They Thc Ire are Mowing flowing lines of o traffic sauntering pedestrians hurrying rick rIck- rickshaws shawl shaws sha WS awkward n 1 wheelbarrows s low wheeled two-wheeled trucks hauled by n a dozen coolies and unmercifully loaded Late Lute model motor cars dash In and out among old Pekin carts and smart little carriages es drawn draYn dra Yn by small SIDn II but sturdy Mongolian ponies Up and md down n the main avenue lI move mo tramcars English En lIsbIn In style of structure but American In Inthe Inthe inthe the manner of clanging gongs Funerals and weddings add Interest to the ever moving panorama writes a correspondent In the lie Chicago o Trib Trib- une The artificial flowers the uni uni- uniformed uniformed formed participants ll the banners the drums and trumpets and cymbals the priests the brilliant and startling col col- colors colors ors the slow marches the weird music all all are much the same for or both fu funeral fu- fu funeral u- u and wedding and a foreigner orel ner does not know which he Is witnessing until the canopy enclosed coffin or the curtained sedan chair of the bride passes him The distinguishing object If It be a coffin may be borne on bam barn bamboo bamboo boo poles by as fiS many as ns 64 carriers each with a relief man marching by his side a side a total of 1 8 coffin bearers When a n funeral turns a corner or when the procession stops for tea ten on the way wa devil money monc Is thrown Into the air The evil spirits stop to gather up this largess and the soul of o the departed Is thus assured a more peace peace- peaceful peaceful ful tul Journey |