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t THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20. 1921. 3 A Portland Visitor in Saigon, Indo-China MMMimillMMMMIMIMMIIMMIl 111 See Regular Aertisement on Back Page, This Section I . J Triple Trading Stamps &p,IHDExcept Groceries (Finds Metropolis of Infinite Surprises Extra! Hilr Nets, ctp sbtpc, Ure sizej tSc kind. Q1 On sale, per dozen OA. 6.30 to 17.50 Oriental Peart Beads at . Y Price, RELIABLE MERCHANDISE RELIABLE METHODS, i lMOttOM. ALT-. Wtr PiHTK AWP TtKTM gTPgrraJ- ? jrirtid.iiTrrca "CASH BUYERS' DAY' All Over the Store 'Lm iuuuuj.tM f1 LjLJlICjI' iu-iw M 1 1 I 3 C 3 3 Oj rrmnr.;,,, x.-st " X 4 i ' lFh;v l u i-Wrr1! :- :-:--:x...,, lajf Mil Groceries Hood River Newtown Ap- I7Q pies. Priced special, a box Large Oregon Prunes, 3 lbs. for 50c Carnation, Alpine or Borden's "I "1 Canned Milk, on sale per can JLJLC Country Gentleman and Lily of OA the Valley Corn, on sale per can 6UC Preferred Stock Catsup, 2 bottles 55c Regular $7.50 Chiffon Velvets $5.95 . Main Floor As quantity is somewhat limited, early shopping is to your advantage. Superb quality Chif fon Velvet in black, navy, brown and dark copen. 41 inches wide. The grade you have paidfQP 7.50 for. On sale Monday at, the yard wOiVO Sale of Purses Several hundred Women's Handbags and Purses in this, special lot " Very suitable for gift-giving. Pol ished pin seal, mat seal, morocco, goat, calf, etc. Black, brown and tan. Values in this as- IQ f?( sortment up'to 6.00. Priced special at DOt)U Doll Sale 4th Floor Monday we shall place on sale a special lot of the famous Amberg Walking Dolls at Yz Price 10.00 Amberg QfT fi( Wilkin r Dolls at DJUU 15.00 Amberg Qn PA Walkinr Dolls it vl lUU 16.50 Amberg ?Q Op? Walking Dolls at 0049 Baby Dolls 2.50 little Darl- M Off lng Baby Dolls at tDJLO 4.50, Little Darling Dolls on sale now at only $2.2 12.00 Composition .Dolls on sale now at only $6.00 ToyUad, 4U Floor 4th Floor Monday's Special Lunch v 69c 8rrtc Prom 11 :8 to Z :!t Toa Room. Fourth Kloor CHOICE OK Ctikksa Oumbo Soup Clm Chowder Bcallopwl H&Ubat tn 8hU Fried Binaoa BteaJc P&ralay Butter New Enrlaad Boiled Dinner Fried CeJvea Liver and Bacon Baked BtutTed Ureen Peppers OWK Special Baked Bean and Boston Brown Bread Anorted Cold ftteaU Potato Balad with Baked Ho board 8quaah CHOICE OK Queen Puddlnc Cake Ice Cream Tea , Coflee MUX PubUo building In Saicon, capital of Cochin-China. Above, governor's palace. Below, opera house. 1 rerOead By Inland L. Smitk aa nuntly rry& la Saicea. Tmuik Iado-Oblo. jlnff district and the shipping point for the products milled at Cholon. in which place is the manufacturing- district Over a million tons of rice are shipped per year, together with the silk, copra, cot ton, rubber, eta. amounting to 11S5, 000.000 in 1920. The entire foreign com merce of the port is about $250,000,000, leaving a nice credit balance of $20. 000.000. Saigon vies with Rangoon as the largest rice port in the world, and Cholon, with its 10 rice mills, presents a curious sight with the tall stacks ris ing from the masses of low, red-tired Chinese huts. Vessels of 22,000 tons run regularly from Saigon to Marseilles and Japan. The traveler can reach Saigon easily from Hong Kong or Singapore. it lies hair way between the above mentioned cities and a little south of west from Manila. A RESIDENTIAL CENTER The French have succeeded in keen ing the manufacturing in Cholon, pre serving Saigon for the governmental and residential section. (In Manila we have allowed the magnificent old Spanish residential section along the river to be infringed upon by factories. Even the governor's palace faces a brewery.) Saigon becomes the capital of entire Indo-Chlna during the summer months. where, strange to relate, the climate is not so hot as that of Hanoi, 1000 miles to the north, where the seat of the colon lal government exists. It is, like Port land, a residential town with tree-lined streets, frequent parks, and gardens around the houses. The French officials come out to the colony for three years. and for tnis reason everyone has his home. As labor is cheap and the ell mate conducive to the raising of flowers, magnificent gardens surround even the smallest houses. High walls line the sidewalks, but they are full of charming, Ann ami te, open tiles, through whose blue lacework lovely glimpses of gravel walks and glorious flowers can be caught ' Everywhere are royal palms and co- coaaut trees from which flowering vines are swung by the winds. The streets are lined by very high trees resembling elms, whose branches meet over head to protect one from the direct rays of the sun. They are called Tow trees but spelled Dau. The streets are perfect and one can ride for miles within the bounds of the city, receiving the same impression that one gets on Glisan street in Portland between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. Not a break will be found, even In the business section where the same care has been observed with the trees. The Dau trees are green the year round and the tropical climate has cov ered them with strange vines with huge. Irregular leaves, and bunches of lacy ferns such as one sees In hothouses. For a short time during the year, real orchids of hues never seen In the states will dot the trees with rich splashes of color. The houses are nearly all of one or two stories and have more space devoted to porches and terraces than is to be found inside. Window glass is unknown as the temperature never falls below 75 degrees. Tke color is nearly al ways cream relieved by designs In col ored. Annamite, open tiles, and many houses have open brickwork Just below the roof through which the light at night shines In charming unexpectency. The roofs -are all of red tiles with curious carvings in the center and at the corners after the Chinese fashion. The entire idea of the home is con secrated to air and flowers. Apart ments are unknown among the Euro peans. "Rte kitchens are in outhouses to keep all I heat away from the living quarters. The business center of the city' is chaxacteiiEed by wide, tree lined av enue leading up to spacious squares faced by public buildings permitting vtataa that suggest the glories of Paris. Strategic streets run at angle, at In tervals, so that tha entire city can be reached vary easily. Great care and I waa not disappointed In Saigon in fact I have not yet overcome my sur prise in finding a city of this style for It is certainly the only city In the Orient that could lay any claim to style, in Uils part-of the world. Hong Kong amasea one with its build biK apparently piled one on, top of the other in a bewildering Jurafcle trying to reach the top of the mountain side on which they are crowded but It la the Orient, with all Its smells, teeming, half naked population, snd disappearing Streets. Shanghai gives the Impression of busi ness and can lay no claim to originality. Rut Saigon nas an atmosphere pe culiar to herself and changes her colors vlth the rapidity of a chameleon. She Is futurist in her colorful, tropical ver dure ; she Is old-fashioned In her Staid, New England-like, tree-lined streets; pr Is modern In her monuments; she Is rerlslan In her habits; but of all things sbe is beautiful and well worthy of the name, "Pearl of the Orient" That Is th name that Saigon has taken unto herself, .but travelers have added Paris of the Orient" tITT Or TMt Saigon Is a city of 70.000, with a Eu ropean population of 10,000. In reality It has about 125,000 souls when the suburb of Choloo, the Chinese city, is taken into conalderatlo. It la the capi tal of Cochin-Chins, the southern prov 1 lr.ee of French Indo-China. but it is the I business center of the entire colony. It I was occupied bj the French after a mili tary campaign In 1SJ9. and in 11(7 the i city was given a civil government. The original city was rased and re ronstruoted on the lines so loved by. the French, Cholon was not touched and 1 1. remains today one of the moat purely I eharacterlstio Chinese cities of its race, and Is called "Little Canton." which It resembles with Its teeming canals and ardent pagodas. A trip to Cholon at night is one of the sights of the Orient It is located about seven kilometers from Saigon and the drive to the suburb through the ancient! burial grounds, which cover about 100 acres. Is most in ! foresting. AX05O SaIOOVS WATEBJ 05T SaJgea Is located upon the banks of tha river of the same name, 49 miles from the sea. The river Is about the i same sis as the Willamette and has a depth of better than 30 feet Thirty even large steamers can be accommo 4atl at the wharves. While loading fadUUe are more modern than In Hong i Kong and moat Oriental ports, sanpans . and human labor figure largely In the .working of the vessels. A splendid sei ! wall faces the river and a belt line rail I road handles the freight As la China I the coolies, who are Annamltee. swarm eU over the waterfront, with their queer modes of carrying huge, oaaea and slng- jins- ineir jerKy songs so as to Keep in ! cadence and warn others of their ap- i proaco. They are not so ragged or dirty the Chinese, but wear dark blue short breeches and jackets, surmounted by a round, pointed palm hat resembling an Inserted funnel Some of them prefer long towels which are kept wet and are wrapped aroond the head with the ends Clapping around in a ludicrous man ner. HOME DO TBE WOBK The coaling la all done by the women cooliea, who hop blithely ever the rock ecal In their bar feet and carelessly handle the weighty baskets as If they were empty. Huge hats approaching the sUse of umbrellas protect them from the withering rajrs of the tropical sun and the torrential rain. The sight of on of these endless, human chains swarm ing out of .the coal heaps, up over the skies or the vessel and bark again. In their slit Chinee robes and Immense ats. is well worth the trip to the Orient Many at then woman, art young and others are. old and bent, but the gait Is never slackened. Most all of them' are chewing freea beetto-nuta. which they ex TMWtaratA aabIaumIit- ' 1 1 4 Iw, v. him. ' . " - -- v - I j . 11. i M . a shock tn rim tint It la seen, as the MU liUia i as red as blood the coal grimed races f an army of Aanamit women vjtn dripping bloooV Iwl Hps! ; Salgoa la tb cnlr? ef th rtc grawL Imagine the city la America whoa central. boulevard system can be compared with Saigon s la Washington, D. C Th opera bo us would do credit to any city in America. The hotels are as good as any to be found in the Orient and the food and wine better. A large, new hotel is planned and will probably be finished at the same time as the road being constructed to the wonderful radius of Ankor, 30 miles away. The stores surprise one with, their French Styles and signs. Modern automobile busses serve the various suburbs of the city. Around the hotel district the side walks are covered with tables as in Paris, and at tea time and the evening present a scene strangely opposed to the Orient Strains of music come from behind palmy screens, and laughter and fleeting colors betray the dancing mad Saigonaise ladies fox-trotting on the ter races inside. It is possible to live in Saigon and go through the shopping district without even suspecting that there was an Oriental near you if it were not for the rickshaws that watch like hawks and dash madly at you when called. Saigon is unquestionably the cleanest city in the Orient and far ahead of Manila in beauty and attrac tiveness. ITS FOREIGN QUARTERS Th natives have been kept studiously away but if you are looking for strange sights they are not lacking. There is an Annamite section of the city with its small, naked, Chinese-like people who do not get on at all with Mongolians. They can be found squatting on the street and chewing the inevitable bloody. juicy, beetleberry. Then, there exists the Cambodian quarter with the natives clothed Just as much as the Annamite is not They wear yards of one colored silk scarfs draped over them in anything but the lines so loved by Phidias. There are also Hlndo, Tonkinese, Japanese, Chinese, Siamese. Malay and other sec tion of the city, all separate and stranger than the others. One would imagine that the tower of Babel had collapsed in Saigon. SPLENDID ROADS Tourists have not heard about this section of the world as everybody knowa that the French have never taken to advertising with tthe same degree of frenxy as have the Americans. But in Indo-China can be found more things of interest in a small space than in any other part of Asia. There axe more miles of automobile roads in this col ony than in all Asia, there being 5500 miles such as only the French can build and maintain. From Saigon many places of interest can be reached in a few hours, such as Cape St. Jacques, where one of the loveliest hotels and palm lined beaches anywhere can be found. Another excursion will take you to Pnomh, Penh (try to pronounce it), the residence of the king of Cambodia. Here may be seen the second river of China, the Mekong, Z300 miles long, the silver palace, the emerald Buddha, and other monuments of exquisite beauty. Again, a seven hours' run through the most picturesque country imaginable. brings one to Dalat, the outpost of civilisation in the mountains, where the elevation of 5000 feet carries one away from the torrid head of the plains. Tiger hunting, deer, wild boar, leopards, croc odiles, rhinocerous, peacocks,, boas, wild cattle, wild chickens, fishing everywhere. Here is one of the virgin hunting grounds of the world. All of this can be reached comfortably by motor, and soon the ruins of Ankor, perhaps the finest in th world, can bV visited by machine. At the present time a boat up the Me kong rer must be taken. Everything has its drawbacks and Saigon, has its share. The wet season and hot months take up ail of tie year save the months of October to March, whea trips can be taken. Even then voyagers . must he prepared for hot weather and mosquitoes. And when I say wet and hot weather. I mean it In the superlative sens of the word. A trip to the Orient Is not complete without coming to Saigon, wher for eigners can find th quiet lacking In other Eastern tourist cities, at the same tune speed, as also the entire gamut of Eastern tolor at its noisiest, smelliest , - . - - -- - -. Dining Room Furniture Featuring Special Under-price Offerings for This Week 4th Floor A Thanksgiving sale that will Interest those who are plan train g New Furniture for the dining room for the great American feast day. Triple Trading stamps Monday on cash purchases in this department. $110 Buffet $66 American Walnut Buffet, 54 inches long, with 60x48-inch mirror. Queen Anne design. Best construction. 110.00 value at only M)0 William and Mary Buffet, mahogany finish. 54 inches long. 104.00 value Mahogany Buffet, Queen Anne de- QQO KA sign. Regular no.00 value. Special DOOU 371.00 Mahogany Suit Buffet, Ex- flJOl A Chair. At Da-AV ",y$78 tension Table, 5 Chairs, Arm Period Chairs In Great Variety We show an exceptionally fine collection of Dining Chairs to match , the above tables at the new low level prices below. Ask to see them. Tea Wagons 4th Floor Here Is an article that should be in every home. We have a splendid stock in the very newest designs in period and straightline effects. Walnut and Mahogany finishes. Reasonably priced. Telephone Stands 4th Floor Oak, Mahogany and Walnut. Telephone Stands in new designs. SI 1.75 nd up. Smoking Cabinets and Stands are here in every convenience for the smoker's comfort Priced now at $5.75 and up. Half-Price Millinery Clearance Why pay full price for your holiday bat with such a sale as this In progress? Unrestricted choice of any Hat on display in the Millinery Salons Monday at V regular marked price. Large selection of beau tiful models for street and dress wear, including a number of fur Hats and others trimmed with flowers and novelties. Any Hat Vfe Price S2.50 1 on tale Mohdlv at S12.50 Afl 5.00 Hats on sale Monday at only All 10.00 Hats on dr AA sale Monday at only OtJ.Ul All 15.00 Hats on Of! r A sale Monday at only O I eOU All 35.00 Hats IJ ffA on sale Monday at&J-f OU All 50.00 Hats Mr AA on sale Monday at OeSUeUU MILLINERY SALONS. SECOND FLOOR Thanksgiving Sale of Dinner Sets Department, Third Floor Select your new Dlnnerware here from the largest and most complete stock on the Pacific coast The Thanksgiving Sale now In progress offers many splendid Opportunities to save. Below are a few of the rare bargains in the sale: 32 Piece Sets American Semi-Porcelain for $4.98 32 Piece Sets Pink Border, White and Gold $6.9S 46 Piece Blue Medallion Sets, $15 values, $9.98 48 Piece Thin Decorated Imported China S27.50 48 Piece Theo. Haviland French China S79.90 $80 Thin Decorated China Sets priced for $59.75 Sale of Carving Sets Third Floor Large selection of two and three-piece" game and bird Carving Sets on sale at special low prices. Our entire stock (except contract lines) is included in this special sale. BIRD CARVERS two-piece I CARVING SETS 3 pieces, sets. $2.75. $2.48. $2.92 I special $3.60. $4.05. $4.95 SILVERWARE DEPARTMENT.. 3D FLOOR Turkey Platters $1 3rd Floor Turkey Dishes in'various decorations. Values to 3" AA 3.50, priced special it. OXeUU Thanksgiving Roasters All Sizes and Prices Third Floor Llsk Roasters, as sketches, in a full assort ment of all sizes. Seamless, sanitary and self-basting. Re movable trays. T-isk Roasters, 8-lb. Llsk Roasters. 12-lb. Llsk Roasters. 16-Ib. Llsk Roasters, 2 5 -lb. $5.25 TRIPLE STAMPS Monday. $3.85 p.25 $4.SO Sale of "Model" Roasters Oval shape "Model" Roasters like illustration. Made with seamless cover and bottom. Sanitary, easy to clean. 2.00 Model Routers, tS-in. $1.48 2.75 Model Roasfs, l7-in.$1.98 3.50 Blue Glazed Roasters $2.98 Thanksgiving Kitchen Needs at Special Prices itvivcoc it pnnn runootDQ ts n r i i large family size. Reg. 3 vats. Special 0U00 POTATO RICERS Rec 75c kind. Special 48c COFFEE PERCOLATORS Aluminum, $2.98 BUTCHER KNIVES Re. 1 vals. Special 50c BREAD -KNIVES Reg. 25c vals. Special 50c Housewares Store, Third Floor Full Carload of Red Gedar Chests third floor in & GxSit Pre-Holiday Sale Cedar Chests make most appropriate Christmas gifts. Ornamental, useful and lasting. This is by far the most Important sale of its kind announced in Portland for years Full carloads of genuine Tennessee Red Cedar Chests offered at astonishingly low prices. Over 25 different and distinct patterns to select from. Plain or beveled finishes with or without copper trimmings. Why not choose one of these for her Christmas gift? A small deposit will Aold any chest antil Xmas. Below are a few of the many bargains $35 Chests $22.75 3rd Floor Red Cedar Chests, 45 inches long-. Double, construction, pleasing design. Double lock. Trimmed' with copper bands. Without tray. Special $22.75 Chest as above, with inside tray, at only. $24.90 $40 Cedar Chests at $29.50 $25 Cedar Chests $16.45 ; Third Floor Red Cedir Wardrobe Chests one jtyle is sketched above and nine other patterns. Some with plain tops, high polish finish, others are trimmed with copper bands. Double locks, 40 inches lone Splendid J25.00 Chests (with tray 18.65), without JJg.JJ $18.50 Chests$12.95 3rd Floor Red Cedar Chests. 36 Inches wide, and IS inches deep. Attractive patterns and best of con struction throughout Complete with double locks. Trimmed with copper bands. Regular tjf C nr 18.50 values, priced for this sale at t5JLaSe0 $40 Cedar Chests at $29.50 'trlllllWIIIIIimillllllllHIIIIMIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIWIIIIIII'HI 11 r3 p5 If Ii u E?5 Ii f I if 3 ' ,tMWtIHHMWIIHllltllu.tiJll1IIIUIWtttlUMUlMlU