WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1923.
CANTON DIARY
THE CHINA MAIL.
suit or palates. I recomioand those tuanhandle him to the nearest army POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. who feel rheummy to frequent this post or police station to be dispatch.
LIFE IN THE CITY OF RAMH, missed fire though they shot or restaurant especially any Hong. ea to the front lino of battle on the WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
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Twenty different forms of outdoor recreation are set out below. Select the ten you consider the most popular and write them out in the order of your choice, putting the one you like best first, the one you liko next boat second and so on until you have the full ton. Then cut the form out and send it to the China Mail office marked "Vote."' That is all.
Home men wanted to rid the Prov. Treasurer the other night but they wasted three bullets on their man kongites who may happen to be in East River where the struggle in being raged for months between Dr. who Was walking homeward. town for a cure,
After our short sojourn in this Sun and Chan Kwing-ming.
It is more than likely that if you What is the good to kill the Treasurer anyway? He has no restful tea house we decided to take I was in the Work, Department were to ask the average man how Written specially for the Chine money in his hip-pockets. Well, a walk about the north western soc-to-day and saw that there wore strong is his belief in the evil in- Mad, these notes hape added inter- whit is the use of filling the Prosition of the city via the old wall, the many young men with sleeves turn- fluence of "No. 13," or the mishaps est since they come from a Cantons lent of the United States? The foot path of the Hill of the Goddess cd up working on maps and draw that are bound to follow upon the exr unafraid to say what he really cutanders of the soldiers are uf Mercy and hence down to the old ings and things for the improve- spilling of salt, he would put on a Just west of the menta of the city and the men in the somewhat superior air, and proceed *thinks, j
quite wise na no one can get a shot Double Gales. CANTON, August 26, 1923. Int them for they are always being West Garden we stopped at the Foulth Departinent also were busy to talk loftily of "ignorant sur It was a great relief to get into surrounded by soldiers oven when Model Kindergarten of the city but though they complained that funds vivals," or the "march of science." one's homo in those times of danger they are enjoying a ride in an auto. to our greatest distaay and sorrow it for cleaning up are short and there But, notwithstanding his strong convictions, will he, in the course in this big city.
I was indeed Thire soldie is stand on the rumming as been converted into a gambling is much too done to make the city of a stroll along Queen's Road, hightened after long ride on
alamere, some sit on the front seats hell and a inirine. Farther on aura bottor place to live in. These two, deliberately walk under a ladder, rirsin from the Hongkong and, and some next to him so he is in a way there was great excitement as departments have moved up to a Culton H.S. whef to my destina-sense safe to us innocent pedestrians there were few gardians of the fine building near the Treasury, or be courageous enough to pick tion. What a comfort !
path? Mr. Club-man, are you brave but he must feel very uneasy. We Petce and some boys and men run-since two months ago from the old up a cane he may find lying in his One may ask why it is that I felt know that the occupant of that auto ring with guns and stones in their Buddhist Temple near the Great enough to allow, three men to 13. When you have spent a few is is commander of colliers as his bande towards the Great North South Gate because the latter has light a cigarette with one match.
After questioning a few been sold to some
renland, Mrs. Housewife, can you days in Hongkong where all sorts right uniform indicates that, but is Gute, of rumours are in the air about the it not ridiculous to see plain clothed Desple about the matter we were estate Syndicate for a trivial sum honestly say that you look upon the terrible conditions existing in Can-men in autos also surrounded by quite relieved at the fact that a Indeed much good land and uld prospect of breaking a mirror with will be agaonuced in the China Mail every Wednesday, when the ton, you at once picture how men, these knhki soldiers who post them-highway robber was caught robbing temples have been sold for a stunt equanimity? palicemen, and soldiers are corrull-solves in the sure way as those the fariners and farmettes of their sunt to toeet the crying demands of ing the people on the streets for the about the officers? It was amusing purses as they were on their way the soldiers and hirelings of the fighting zones and the sleepy soldi-to see two years ago that grand old home after having disposed of their Government. It is not right nor fair ers sitting by the doors of the opinu man. Ng Ting-fang, in his long few chickens and ducks and geese. to get rid of the public lands as the dens and gambling hells who are Chinese gown of silk or skirt of You could hear this and that group Government is doing.
SEPTENDER END ready to drag you in for unknown | linen surrounded in the same fashion of people talking how bold those purposes and the bandits on aatos wherever he went. May he rest in mbbers were who in bright day light Buddenly stop seizing you for far or prace!
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H.K.
The good luck brought by black cats is proverbial: whereas it is equally well established that to sit down on a pair of scissors may spoil one's luck for a week.
At this juncture the little imp Jinx" must be introduced.
Ac- Wont to church this morning rob the poor fariners of their hard with a thankful heart to God in this cording to the latest theory, "Jinx" is the mischievous elf responsible near hiding places, for ransora and! How many such aufes do we sou earnings and that it was right that change of weather for the better for our bad jess. "Jinx "is not a again as you are walking on your daily driven at an awful speed even the robber be shot. But it was a aftor a week or two nearly of heavy word to be found in any diction- was captured rain and nearly unbearable heat and ary, but it means a person or thing neward way rabbers halt "you in the most congested sections of the pity that only one poking weapons at your side. And city? They are just drivers at a whereas there were four of them, with a gloomy look for fear that the who brings bad luck. Every golf when you are even on board ship dead haste with soldiers pointing two on guard duty and two did the preacher may blow forth a windy enthusiast has his pet jinxt rumbling and nonsensical discourse cricket, batsman and bowler alike you also hear news of Cantuan which their Mausers at you as they pass releasing of the piekels,
The ate heavy main has caused of nothing. Well, I was a little suffer frou his machinations; and Frightens you because men generally that you seem to have a feeling to give awful rows to those who that they are about to shoot you. the North Gate to slide and nearly at case with the world when I saw the recent Weather Jinx in Hong- I have seen these cowardly men in block the passage; and if there who was to speak even though he is kong is still fresh in the memory, Well, I got mal from the whorf klaki poking at prople with their comes another storm or heavy rain. not a good practer stili passable.
Popular supertitions, and their int the street looking for a riesta wens because they can't get fall the whole thing will come down I have frequented many churches humorous possibilities, form the fan in vain as there were none to away from the roads quick enough, and if there happens that some us in the last few years and yet an far groundwork of the story of "The I had until I had walked for some What if that Muser happens to go fortunate humans pars by they will have not found a passable reader Ladder Jinx," the highly amusing distrace and even then when I at off and the unfortunate man is lying need no burial ceremonies, thus they of the Holy Bible but that they all comedy to be shown at the Star
Nothing. one jumped into one the coolie on the road?
que will save trouble and money, for innde und ilo mako a mess of their from Thursday to Saturday,
The Great Presi readings; but as to preachers, I
Arthur Barnes, the hero, did not asked in where I wanted to go as chanTour just puts some more power their relations, they do not want to go to pinces on his chine and all is so and so dent's palace is gone too at the foot, have heard one, a very old man who believe in superstitions. His girl w there is a danger of being Life is cheap in this land of rotten of the Hill and so the No. 2 play is now with the simta, a fine did, and when Arthur walked un- taken by the soldiers and policemen people to one another. Your life is ground of the Memorial Girls School, speaker, indeed, a man of wide der a ladder, "just to show her" For the front to be killed. Tow thing to me and vice versa. of Jun-son. There is a large temple reading and steeped with all the the fun began. The humour is fast exasperating it is to have a coolie to though the individual loves his at the foot of this sang Hill but we facts about all religions of the world. and furious right to the finish.
much didn't enter to see how the wooden, It was a pleasure to talk with him india ielual life too OWDE
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It is right for the riesha imen took how curly the policemen gods and goddesses fare in these, and to hear him and see him, a newberever it has been shown. - such questions because they beat the rics coolies on the troublesome periods of Kwangtung Chinese grand old gentleman, a know that there are certain spots) Butul and yet see how these as there are many live devils and Cantonese, We do need men of Who Dr. Sim Yat-sen's orders are guardians of the city act when some sleepy wretches and dirty fiends great spirit and fire to arouse the og obeyed in that men are needed soldiers, o mutter how forelom with rusty rifles standing on the slow and careless people. But how for currying things for the rutten looking these defenders of their doors to prevent one from going can the Anglican Church's mournful soldiers and those above them to the stomachs mny look, boot at these farther.
İservices ever rouse the people in this This section of the city in a very lund of sleepy giants? The hymns attle lines where they are to be blur coals. Hold your sides. turned into soldiers for the danger! There are sine coolies who bonst poor one, the houses are of mud and they put up for the congregation
In every sound too dirgeful even for a most, their greaturss mad these are found, are moisty and amali. Chy our way in the ricsha we saw on steuners at the wharves on their house the inmates wore busy at melancholic evnic, par devile tied with ropes followed arrival. Oh, they certainly can put some money making job. Pour a few party fed constables going on all over with their demands as human beings. We were again to the police headquarters and an-, they know that you need them to much relieved when we got into the rouver your luggage the Tily-foot wide road which divides the once caber·ling in another street fur- rounded by the hunch-backed and females how to sedan curriers in walled city into halves. berkacar-like soldiers to their these Canton streets and lanes; the headquarters, Sonetimes you will resha coolies and a few other classes see the poor devils' wives following of woodies are the real sufferers. thir bushands to the headquarters."
AUGYST 30TH. weeping.
is tore willing to be captured
The cost of things here is very
SEPTEMBER 1ST.
Each day there are pleasant, und unpleasant sights one must encoun- ter if he over goes out from the house. One or two sentries 'idly station at the ends of the side streets
by bandits and pirates than by these high and even when one who has looking whom they may devour and wolves about the city for then their the cush to buy the articles of foxal they with a stick of four feet in Posities know that their loved ones Gan't get what he wants in any longth and ono and a half inch in Jave been captured whereas those things particularly fishes these days. in the city don't know what I was called to look at the fish stifthickness in hand across a poor look- become of their sons and husbands one part of the new public market specimen of an ill sed man and who are supposed to be out on the this afternoon as we wanted to see streets working for a few cents to how much we could have for our
There was no fish to he :
suppor
a feast for their children at had and the reason is that the hungry anotfærs and wives. Touhl wad to live those high us in the Government has put a heavy tax on Government service taken without fish to mise money for the soldiers We don't know their busamious wives and children, and officials.
when we shall have fish again knowing anything of the inuter.
There are fewer riestas now just to grace our board. The vegetables and pork and frogs and shrings
beruse the wolves are looking for seem to be sufficient for the public the pullers and fewer poor looking loafers as well because they fear but they ton were dear: the green them too. Well, what has become string hans used to be very cheap of the poorly clad men? They stay but how they are 200 per cent. in bars, Why don't they take the higher,
There is talk about closing all gamblers and the opinn samokers?
order to rouse the fle are good rettsons for this.rkets in Salto theta yourselves if you can ! opinion of the peoplo versus the high-lundedness of the trouble-
ACGUST 27TH.
A low reflections. What a germakers win in reality hold their work it would have been if the positions without the consent of the evil aloers had not received their governed. Indeed there is great din just rewards; we all would be satisfaction in the city and there cheaters and scoundrels and fenders ny be some terrible happenings and destroyers. There are gentle suddenly fast forth against the
en hundits and colic ones: the unwelcome despots.
It is a paradox to the that as I see former accomplish their jobs with ' assist ints while the latter do them how poor the people are and yet themselves but both will somer or they just smother the lottery men Inter fall into trips as we see and everywhere about the city to try know and have known in mar sheet their luck in getting, rich quickly; life. I now that some are in Wonen, servants and boys, and prison and others have fled to for mendicants surround the lottery eign parks to escape but however tables about the market places and they will fall before their lust temples and corners.
AUGUST 31ST,
Wo see full into their close packed wooden women weeping because of their bos. I know a man in prison now losses in these gambling tables; in this city two months ago still crying because they have lost money "enjoying the ringing of the chains which was meant to buy food for about his ankles while some two their mistresses and masters. Such years past he was enjoying a differ, is life in this hellish land of disorder cut ring, the sound of silver and gold and corruption and dissipation. eoins both in Hongkong and Canton
I I took friend to ton this morn- and Shanghai and elsewhere. know who have led after they ing at a toa house on Wai Oi Road; have heard some "pleasant" news the West Garden. It is an airy place that they were about to be taken. indeed and a fairly clean eating What conscience, Eave they? festablishment, the best in the city, Nine out of ten inen don't know so far na I know with a well known what the fight is between Dr. San dish, that of snake concoction. It and his enemies for at the present is a curious thing in Canton in that ment as they think that the one ono place is known for a certain is just as bad as the other; both are article of food. In the South Gar- wrong in their ideas and ideals for the don the preparations of uncaroni happiness of the people win indeed are tire while in another place near want and demand silently that they it sonie Furopean cooking like boef both go to hades before they thom-, stews and boof fries are famous but solves depart thenee. Now to have I found that in the latter place the peace and order we must have a beef is too tough even for Eskimos! group of right men to control the They can't fool me in European Government and to hold the reinsdishes.!
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AUGUST 20TH..
Well, I didn't take makes for our One is always in danger no mat-stomach's sake aa wo feared they for where he is, either in the house might come to life again in the warm or on the street or in the offices and rocesses of the human body but garo in the stores. The latest is that orders for some common things to
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Below we name twenty different forms of outdoor recreation. Select the ten you think the most popular.
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