MOST REMARKABLE OF CITIES
New Indian Animal Stories
How the Wild Boy Became Brother to the Bear
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LIKE most cities in the far East,
Shanghai Is the proud posses
sor of a fancy name. "The
Gem of the Orient," It is called,
and It is, In more ways than
one, a "gem," depending entirely on
the sense in which the term may be
applied.
It is certainly one of the most in
teresting cities in the world, and no
visitor to the Orient should leave it
out of his itinerary.
' It presents the curious anomaly of
being a Chinese city, whose affairs
are administered by foreigners, writes
J. M. Grady In the Denver Post.
First there Is the International mu
nicipal council, whose acts are sub
ject to revision by the consular coun
cil, representing the foreign consuls
resident In Shanghai, and the de
cisions of this latter body are subject,
in turn, to revision by a council com
posed of foreign ministers residing In
Peking and duly accredited to the
government of China by their respec
tive countries. There is no appeal
from the decisions of this latter body.
It is, in fact, a court of last resort
as far as the city of Shanghai is con
cerned. There Is, however, a native clly
within the old walls, in which the
Chinese officials exercise exclusive
control athough there are over a mil
lion Chinese living, find carrying on
business In the so-called foreign set
tlements, which means modern Shang
hai. These (ire of a much better class
than those who live within the walls
of the native city. Under foreign pro
tection they are free to enjoy life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness un
hampered by the iniquitous exactions
practiced on prosperous Chinamen
wherever native officials rule. In no
other city in the world, perhaps, are
Chinese so safe, so prosperous, so pro
gressive, and certainly in no city of
their own country do they live under
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such favorable, sanitary and hygienic
conditions, with the result that many
of them have amassed great wealth
and have became luxurious.
They have erocted magnificent
homes, In a Bemi-Orlental Btyle of
architecture, ..i the midst of grounds
which the landscape gardeners' art
has converted Into fairylands They
travel about in costly equipages, at
tended by retinues of gorgeously Hv
ered servants.
Women Are Gorgeous.
Their women's arms are encasod In
bracelets, around their necks are
ropes of pearls and their heads are
covered with precious gems, while the
gorgeous colorings of their , figured
silk costumes fairly dazzle the eyes
of the beholder.
No? are the masters of all this
splendor a whit behind In the matter
of personal- adornment. These
wealthy and effeminate Chinamen seem
to never allow the question of cost to
enter Into their calculations In the
matter of picturesque display. If
their luxurious habits carried them
no further they might ho passed up
without further comment, but such Is
"far from being the case. " "'
Foochow Road, Shanghai, is the
earthly paradise of Sybaritic China
men not only of Shanghai but of the
entlro Orion t. On this road well
back of the liund aro to be found im
posing buildings in variegated Btyles
of architecture, gorgoously decorated,
standing in their own gardens and
used ns tea houses, sing-song houses,
theaters and restaurants, Btocked with
all thoso delicacies so dear to the
Oriental and calculated to stimulate
a Jaded appetite or produce a new
sensation.
In these places are to be witnessed,
nightly, scenes of unrestrained license
and Chinese enjoyment, of Chinese
profligacy and Chinese fastidious
nest. '
The Roman emperor who, in order
to Improve his singing voice, fed on
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song birds' tongues had nothing on
the wealthy and extravagant China
men of Shanghai, for whom menus
are frequently provided In some ol
these restaurants covering over one
hundred courses, and including such
tid bits as birds' nest soup, bears'
paws, skylarks' tongues, thrushes'
brains, sharks' fins, canary birds' liv
ers, and other dainties too numerous
to mention.
And when I tell the reader that a
plate of birds' nest soup for a
starter costs $25, he will have a
faint idea of the amount of his "check"
should he ever visit a Foochow road
restaurant and try to hit the pace set
by a Shanghai Chink.
There is another, and equally Inter
esting, side to Chinese life as seen
within the walls of the native the
other extreme, in fact where teem
ing thousands toil all day, every day,
and well Into the night, running at
high pressure all the time, in order
to earn enough to keep body and soul
together.
British There First.
Although the British "saw it first"
and their commercial Interests are
perhaps larger than thoBe of other na
tions, they do not by any means
dominate the place, as for instance,
they dominate Hongkong, and I hope
I may, In passing, be permitted to re
mark, that it is quite as well they
do not, and for the reason that while
the very air of Hongkong Is sur.
charged with Insolent snobbery, there
is, in the delightful cosmopolitanism
of Shanghai society, a charm all its
own.
Having said so much without fear,
favor, affection, malice or ill-will, 1
will state that on the forenoon of the
Sunday after my arrival In Shanghai
I lost my way while wandering
through a section of the settlement
occupied by the poorer class of Chi
nese, none of whom understood a
word of English. I noticed a Hindu
man suction , Shanghai
policeman, with a rifle Blung over his
shoulder, guarding the entrance to a
very large building. Not understand
ing English himself, he led me across
a court yard and into the office of the
building, which later I found was the
municipal police court. In this office
were two young Englishmen and sev
eral native clerks.
The Englishman treated me with
greatest courtesy, looked up the re
quired information and drew a rough
diagram of the streets I should trav
erse In order to recover my hearings,
and, hotter still, one of them (a Mr,
Marlott) Insisted, as he had nothing
special on (It being Sunday), on tak
ing a rickshaw with me and showing
me the way. It was then about
eleven o'clock and he remained with
me until six o'clock in the evening,
when he left me as he kindly put It
regretfully, to keep an engagement
The Lakes and the Wood.
The suggestion that the state get
possession of the little inland lakes
and reserve them for the people la
an excellent one. These little bodies
of water will have wholesome influ
ence upon public sentiment. The
pleasure connected with them Is of an
elevating character. They are a fea
ture of nature that should be pre
served. If not soon devoted to popular
use they will be commercialized and
lose their grateful influence upon the
civic character.
We should preserve the woods, too,
as tar as possible. They are beauti
ful and Inspiring. They make people
better. The very air of the forest
tranqulllzea the Bplrlt and prepares
It for nobler living. Let ub not turn
everything into money. Let money
be the object of a little lake or a piece
of woodland, and the effect Is degen
eratlng. Let these blessings be duly
appreciated and handed over to the
people for their enjoyment and uplift
Baltimore American.
Small California Metropolis Used
Only As Medium of the Photo
play Productions.
America, the home of the moving
picture industry, possesses a city that
It always on the move. It Is known
as Universal City, and is situated In
far-away California. It is one of the
most remarkable cities of modern
times. It has streets and houses and
Institutions, a mayor and corporation,
and the usual civic equipment, but It
Is razed and reconstructed maybe a
hundred times In a year, assuming a
different form at each removal. It Is
"enclent and modern." at one and the
same time. Elizabethan houses face
a Norman stronghold, the wigwams of
a tribe of marauding Indians stand in
front of a typically English country
home, and a Roman forum vies with a
frowning commercial factory.
Universal City." writes William E.
Pittuck in the Millgate Monthly, "cov
ers an area of over 600 acres and
houses a community of over 1,000, all
of whom, from the oldest to the young
est, find their livelihood depend on
this moving-picture production. A sin
gle house, or a series of houses, mav
be erected for pictures one day and
be Dismantled the next, so that a small
army of builders and carpenters are
always sedulously encaged: while for
the various costumes and uniforms a
contingent of SO seamstresses are kept
busily employed, despite the fact that
the general wardrobe of the city con
tains over 9,000 varied types of wear
ing apparel."
THOMAS SAIMTSCHI
Director Thomas Santschi is putting
on a picture at the Selig Western stu
dio which Involves the burning of a
ship at sea.
- Made the Actors Work.
"Under Arizona Skies" is the title of
a frontier drama Just finished by Di
rector Willis L. Robards. One of the
requirements in the story is the burn
ing of a shack by Indians. This was
successfully done, but the neighbor
ing vegltatlon took fire and the en
tire company director, actors, and all
was forced to fake a hand In light
ing what might have resulted In a
very serious forest fire. It was two
hours before the flames were finally
subdued and the work had been so
strenuous that several of the actors
fainted.
Will Show Arizona Scenes.
Webster Culllson Is getting along bo
well with the officials at Tucson, Ariz.,
where his company's western studio
Is located, that he has entered into an
agreement to film the numerous
points of Interest In and about the pic
turesque town. Among the pictures
will be views of the historic San
Xavfer mission, and the reclamation
project of the Tucson Farms company.
Has Her Own "Animal Farm."
Helen Holmes, the lead who plays
opposlto J. P. McOowan at Glendale.
is going to add to her own "animal
farm" In the large grounds of her
home. The carpenters are busy mak
ing a series of cages to hold her pets,
and a special home is being construct
ed for "Stripes," a big side winder
snake presented to her by an old pros
pector from Death valley.
Popular Novel Seenarlclzed.
Harold MacGrath's novel, "The Man
on the Box," has been scenarlclzed
and. as shown at the Strand theater,
New York, was a great success. The
story, you remember, Is built on the
old but favorite plot of a hero dis
guising himself as a menial In order
to be near his lady love. Max Fig
man and Lolita Robertson play the
'eadtng roles.
Gaby Desly On Screen.
Provided the war does not Interfere,
the motion picture art will soon be en
riched by the screen appearance of
Gaby Deflys. The International star
started work two weeks ago in Lon
don on a production. The picture Is
an original conception, entitled "The
Triumph."
Movie Showed Him Misfortune,
A farmer living near Brentwood,
England, went to a moving picture
show in that town during a visit and
learned by a picture shown on the
screen that a Ore had In his absence
destroyed the stables and sheds at
bit farm
By JOHN
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Children, Color
(Copyright, by McCluro Nwipaper Syndi
cate.) Long time ago, in the days when
the Indian hunters followed the trail
of the bear and the deer far into the
mountains, the little boys would watch
the hunters go away from the camp in
the early morning and wish that they,
too, could go. Sometimes one boy
would run after the hunters a short
distance, and then an old man would
call out:
"Ho, little one! Do you think you
are the brother of the Dear, and do you
go to hunt with the Wild Boy?" Then
the boy would come back to the camp.
"Tell me about the Wild Boy and
the bear!" the little boy -would say,
and while the old man shaped a tiny
arrow for the boy's tiny bow, he would
tell this story:
It was in the days when the people
lived close beside the river which runs
south, and when everybody was happy
and had plenty to eat. There was a
young woman who lived with her
seven brothers, who were all good
hunters. She kept the home for them,
and dressed the skins of the animals
when her brothers brought them In.
And all day she was singing.
But once the hunters did not come
back at night, and this young woman
Bat up and waited for them.
On the seventh night, some one
came to the house where the young
woman sat and knocked at the door.
"Slyu!" (hello!) said a voice outside,
and the young woman went to the door
to see who It was.
Out In the moonlight stood the Wild
Boy, with his bow and his quiver of
arrows over his shoulder.
"Who are you?" asked the young
woman.
"I am the Wild Boy, and I have come
to make a bargain with you," said the
boy, who stood In the moonlight. "I
will go and find your seven brothers
and bring them back to you if you will
marry me. I have lived In the trees
with the bees and the birds so long
that I am getting lonely."
And the young woman studied about
what the Wild Boy said a long time be
WILL FOOL SMART FRIENDS
Ordinary Two-Foot Rule Will Not Fold
Up If Properly Balanced With
Carpenter's Hammer,
Here is a paradox to fool your smart
friends with. Take an ordinary fold
ing rule (a two-foot rule is best), and
ask your friend what will happen if
you tie a hammer on the end of the
rule, with the hinge on the rule un
der neath. Of course he will Bay that
the rule will at once fold up, for It
Rule and Hammer Trick,
will do that even without the hammer
being hung on it.
However, it's easy enough to do Im
possibilities provided you know how,
and that is the case in this instance.
You tie the hammer in the rule exact
ly as Bhown in the Illustration. You
may have to try several times before
you will get it Just right. Then when
you hold up the rule it will remain
stiff and straight and will not fold up,
in Bpite of the weight of the hammer.
In fact, it is the hammer which keeps
it from folding up, for the weight of
it Is so placed that it produces a lever
age upward on the end of the rule, as
you can readily see when you try it.
Hat Wheel.
Teacher Tommy, w hat it a dachs
hund? Tommy A little dog that rolls
around with a caster on each corner.
M. OSKISON
Up This Picture.
fore she agreed that If he would bring
back her seven brothers she would
be his wife. Then the Wild Boy rar
away Into the woods and the young
woman went to sleep for the first Urns
in seven nights.
As the Wild Boy went swiftlj
through the woods he sang the Bong
which the young woman had alwayi
sung as she worked. And the' bear
who slept at the edge of a meadow be
side the river, heard the song and gol
up and went to see who It was sing
ing.
And the bear met the Wild Boy it
the meadow and asked him where he
was going.
"I am going to find the seven broth
era of the young woman who is to be
my wife," said the Wild Boy. And
then the bear laughed.
"You will never find them," said the
bear, "unless I go with you to show
you the road across the notch In the
mountains which leads into the Dark
ening Land."
"Then you must come with me right
away," said the Wild Boy.
"What will you do for me," asked
the bear, "If I come with you?"
"I will be your friend," said the Wild
Boy.
"That will not do," said the bear
"You must be my brother!"
And for a while the Wild Boj
studied about what the bear had said
and then he agreed that he would be
the bear's brother. So the bear passed
his tongue over both cheeks of the
Wild Boy, and the two went on to find
the seven lost hunters.
In the Darkening Land they found
the seven brothers of the young
woman and brought them back to hei
house. But then, when the young
woman got ready to go with the Wild
Boy as his wife, the Wild Boy cried
out:
"No, I do not want a wife, tor I am
brother to the bear, and I must stay to
live In the woods!" And ever since,
the Wild Boy has lived in the woods,
where only the bears know where to
And him.
I RAISING GUINEA PIGS EASY
Excellent Opportunity Offered to Boy
on Farm to Make Hit Own
Spending Money.
(By ALICE MAT DOUGLAS.)
Guinea pigs are easy to raise and
taken all In all, are the most desir
able pets that there are.. Even a baby
can play with them without fear of tvs
lng scratched.
Boys on the farm can earn quite a
little by raising these pets and selling
them In the village or city at the rate
of 25 cents each. ,
The guinea pigs should be kept away
from cats, who will hunt them as they
do rats. Some say, however, that
when a kitten Is brought up from the
very first with guinea pigs, she will
live peacefully with them.
One farmer boy raised a bushel ot
potatoes off of a piece of ground,
which he traded In the city for a pair
of guinea pigs from which he raised
quite a litter.
Expecting Too Much.
Some girls expect so much from
their friends that they are all the time
being disappointed. They themselves
loBe their tempers often, but thev ex
pect their friends always to be sweet
and polite. Sometimes their faces are
overcast, and their brows wrinkled
Into a frown, but they expect their
friends to go about smiling. It Is a
mistake to expect bo much more ot
your friends than you expect of your-
seir, for that is one way of losing
menas.
Like a Toll Gate.
When is a dog's tail like a toll
gate?
When it stops a waggln' (wagon),
. TRADE SECRETS.
"Why did you take out the mir
rors you had around your soda' foun
tain?" "They hurt the business. When
ever a woman saw how Bhe looked In
haling drink through a straw she'd
never come back to do it again."
Speaking of Suffragettes.
A lady of great beauty and attract
iveness, who waB an ardent admirer of
Ireland, once crowned her praise of it
at a party by saying:
"I think I was meant for an Irish
woman." "Madam," rejoined a witty son of
Erin, who happened to be present,
thousands would back me in saying
that you were meant for an Irishman."
Explained.
"I hear that you have a college
graduate for a cook. Isn't that rather
expensive?"
"Not very. She works for her board
and clotheB." . r
'Why, how does she come to do-
that?"
'She's my wife." Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
A Stay-at-Home.
"Of course, I'd like to vote," said
Mrs. McGudley. "But I dunno's I'
ever get a chance to exercise my right
to vote even if I had It."
"Couldn't you go to the polls and
cast your ballot, like anybody else?"
"No. If everybody voted all the
help in the house would be sure to
want the day off every time there was
an election."
Fatal Disease.
A young painter who had Just fin
ished a picture Insisted upon a friend
calling to see It.
"There, now," enthused the artist,
"you see my new picture. What's the
matter with that?"
"I don't know," replied the bored
friend, "but I should say It was a case
of art failure." National Monthly.
Saving Labor.
"The automobile Is a great boon to
the poor, overworked horse," said the
sympathetic woman.
"Yes," replied Mr. Chuggins; "but
while it Is making life easy for the
horse, It has three or four human be
ings busy day and night keeping the
machlne In repair."
Nothing Softens Him.
"Tompkins seems to have an Incur
able grouch."
"I agree with you. I've known hlra
to eat a meal that would delight an
epicure, toss off a glass of cordial,
light a 25-cent cigar and start right
In knocking humanity."
Not a Rah Promise.
"Do you think you will be able to.
provide for my daughter's wants and
necessities?" asked the proud parent
"I don't know about her wants," an
swered the prudent young man, "but
I will be able to provide for her ne
cessities." Philosophers and Optimists.
"What is the difference between s
philosopher and an optimist?"
"Well, 4 philosopher takes things as
they come, while an optimist, if they
come with the dark side uppermost,
turns them over."
His Record.
"Wo want plenty of energy in our
business. Has this fellow you're rec
ommendlng any go In him?"
"Any go! There Isn't a speed la
In ten adjacent states that he hasn't
fractured."
More to the Point
Anxlons Chum I assure you, my
dear sir, my young friend will make
your daughter a handsome husband.
Btern Parent Yes, but will he
make her a handsome living?