Moving Freight on Shanghai's Bund.
«Prepared by National Geographic Society,
Washington, D. C.)—WNU Service.
HANGHAI which because of mil-
itary activities becrme the cen-
ter of world interest as the new
year got under way, grew in-
evitably to be the most important
commercial city in China. The first
important factor in this growth was
the city's location near the mouth of
‘the Yangtze river, Asia's greatest nat-
ural trade artery. A second reason
for growth was the fertility of the sur-
‘wounding region, the Yangtze's delta,
which has been called “China's garden
spot.” Finally, Shanghal has had time
ia which to develop, and western guid-
ance; for it was one of the first Chi-
mese cities to be opened to westerners
and western trade, one of the five orig-
inal “Treaty Ports” established in
842,
This designation of Shanghal as a
‘Treaty port 90 years ago has resulted
An the dual character which the city
mew possesses. For there are two
Shanghais: the closely-built, teeming
ative city, and the foreign concessions
with their wide streets and avenues
‘and their solid, western-type buildings.
British merchants were the first to
‘move in after the opening of the port
‘in 1842. They obtained a concession
‘to manage their municipal affairs in
their seltlement. The French and
-American residents Joined in the ar-
rangement, but later the French set up
‘a municipality of their own which Is
muintained separately today. Resi
«dents of other nationalities have
thrown in their lot with the Bridsh
‘and Americans, and today abou! twen-
‘ty mations have arrangements with
‘China in connection with trade and
wxtraterritorial rights in Shanghai,
The entire urban group—Chinese,
‘French and I(nternationsl—that bears
‘the name “Shanghai,” has a population
In excess of one and a half million peo-
tie. By far the larger part is Chi-
nese but the concentration is not greut-
“est in the narrow-streeted, dirty, smelly
‘native city. So well have the foreign-
“ers governed their concessions that
Chinese have flocked to those sections.
‘ “The international city is especially a
Favorite residence for retired Chinese
officials from other parts of the coun-
ry. It has become a model, too, in
“The matter of gtreet pavements, drain-
age, sanitation and police methods,
and since the revolution has been
copied extensively by Chinese cities
‘In other parts of the country.
Not on the Yangtze.
Shanghal Is near the mouth of the
‘Yangtze river and close to the Grand
canal. Around it for many miles
Stretches intensively cuitivated gar
dens. This strategic situation has
made the city not only a great com-
mercial emporium but as well one of
‘the greatest Chinese Industria! cen-
‘ters,
In sense, however, the city is out-of-
‘the-way. It is not direcily on the
Yangtze, but on a tributary, the
Hwangpoe (Whanpoo) twelve miles
Trom the grest river. The meeting
place of the two rivers is called Woo-
sung. The largest ocean steamers can-
Mot ascend to the city, but must anchor
in the Yangize estuary near Woosung
and transship passengers and freight
To steam tenders. Smaller ships can
«ross the bar, however, and the war
“wesséls of many nations are constantly
»n duty off the Bund.
As one approaches the city from
Woosung, the villages, graveyards and
anchored ships of all kinds become
more numerous as he draws near the
“wharves. The hum and roar of fac-
“tories and cotton mills in peace time
‘belie the real atmosphere of this me-
“tropolis of central China. It is not
‘until the heavy, half-sickening smell
«of bean oll, incense, oplum smoke and
of human beings penetrates the nos-
trils that the true Aslatic flavor of the
elty is revealed.
“Although the quaint Kiangsu junks
‘are rapidly disappearing, the cargo
, Junks, sampans, and speedy slipper
' boats still vie with the motor launches
‘of huge steel and wooden vessels from
every port on the globe.
Shanghal, like Venice, is a city built
fargely upon piles sunk far into the
soft black sand and saturated clay up-
on which the cily rests along the banks
of the Hwangpoo river, Huge rein-
forced concrete rafts are buried in this
«clay, and the foundations of the build-
ngs are lald on them.
The foreign settlements are delight-
‘fully modern, with plenty of space,
‘2ight and air, and are as clean and or-
derly as occidental cities. The French
muaintain their own concession under
Mm government separate from that of
whe other twenty powers, with their
own language and the “rues,” “quals”
and other signs typical of the home-
land.
Gay City in Peace Times.
The hybrid city of Shanghal—a city
of both East and West—is in peace
times what many a traveler finds Paris
is supposed to be but isn't: perpetually
gay and carefree. Europeans and
Americans, forced by business or gov-
ernment assignments to live there on
the other side of the world In a none
too kindly climate, seem with one ac-
cord to have determined to make the
experience as pleasant as possible.
White men's working hours might have
been framed by a visionary Socialist
for the year 2000. Many offices open
at ten o'clock, grant a rest period from
twelve to two, and close at four so
that harassed merchant, and banker
and clerk may hurry away to club or
casino or tennis court, golf links or
houseboat, for what Robert Louis Stev-
enson called “the real basiness of life.”
The Bund, the waterfront thorough-
fare of occidental Shanghszi, is nor
mally crowded with presperous, unhur-
ried westerners; and Bubbling Spring
road of an afterncon is thronged with
stylishly dressed men and women of
leisure and fashionable equipages that
would do credit to Fifth avenue, the
Champs Elysee or the Ring-Strasse In
the days of Vienna's glory.
The city Is thoroughly cosmopolitan
Perhaps no other eity of the world sur-
passes it in this respect except Cairo,
ivery western country has nationals In
Shanghal, and there are besides rep-
resentatives from all parts of Asia.
In the Old City.
Shanghai, where most of the Chinese
live, Going through the gates of the
native city one passed into another
century, Old temples, cramped court:
chrysanthemums could be glimpsed in
passing, and an endless succession of
narrow streets, hung with rococo ban-
ners of Chinese characters, and filthy
and reeking with a thousand odors, dif-
ferentiated it at once from its smaller
modern cousins but a short distance
away,
A tea house set in the middle of w
stagnant pond is one of the breathing
places of the old city, where sellers of
jade and cheap jewelry, letter writers,
fortune tellers, cobblers, menders, ped-
dlers, jugglers, and others of Shang-
hai's polyglot population gathered over
teacups or chattered endlessly in high-
pitched volces. The Chinese theater
and the piercing intonations and gaudy
costumes of the actors furnished a
spectacle,
pleasing to western tastes, was always
colorful and unusual,
Shanghai's sobriquet, “The Paris o.
the East” has referred more to the
external resemblance to the
capital,
esque as Hong Kong, or that queen of
oriental beauty, Foochow. Shanghai
cannot set out a thousand lanterns on
a dozen hills 1,800 feet up into tha
night, as Hong Kong can, but her more
intimate house and garden decorations
have been famous. There were lan-
used as shop signs, and with their non-
sputtering cold tallow candles they
shed a perfect light.
Along Bubbling Well road in happle.
days a panorama of the city's life
passed in review. Once the resort of
closed broughams and fine cars of for-
eign dignitaries, it has lately echoed
to the rattle of anything that can go
on wheels, and the rickshaws and
wheelbarrows of the natives, darting
and limousines, have furnished a gay
and motley spectacle all day long.
Shanghai is not only a great com.
mercial emporium, handling nearly
half the foreign trade of China, but
it has also become, in recent years,
one of the greatest Chinese industrial
centers, with a large laboring popula-
tion. Cotton and silk cocoon winding
mills employ thousands of workers.
In addition there are large numbers
of smaller factories, manufacturing
matches, paper, cigarettes, fireworks,
wood carvings, jewelry, ete,
Much of the occidentalization tha.
has come to China in the past half
especially through the great printing
establishment there which has turned
out excellent translations, into Chinese,
of the literature and ideas of the West,
Shanghai also possesses several daily
newspapers, printed In both foreign
and native languages.
i
In striking contrast has been the olu |
yards, where flowering peonies and |
is another native oddity. The want |
of scenery, the din of the orchestra, |
which, while not always |
gaiety of its social life than to any
French |
It is not nearly so pictur |
terns everywhere, certain types were |
in and out among the carriages, taxis |
century. has filtered through Shanghai, |
one scheduled for October 19,
Franklin in Venango county.
Reports to the bureau indicate that
at least twelve fair associations have
gone out of existence during Lhe
past three years. In many cases ‘he
organizations became insolvent.
In this connection, Secretary ‘of
Agriculture John A. McSparran has
issued the following timely state-
ment:
“It is our firm belief that our fairs
| in Pennsylvania are in many coun-
| ties developing along the lines rhat
| will eventually get them all into
| financial difficulty, They are more
| and more becoming community pro-
| jects rather than county fairs. We
| believe the time has come, in view
of the magnificent success of the
| farm products show at Harrisburg,
that the several fairs in the coun-
| ties should be merged into one out-
| standing fair so that these county
| fairs would become the natural elim-
Pennsylvania Farm Show in Janu-
| ary. Of course there are some of
| those products that could not be
| kept over, but quie a few of them
| could be, and instead of having the
| overhead and the expense of a half
dozen fairs in a county, certainly a
| better type of premium could oe of- |
| fered, and with the automobile it is
| no great effort for the people of the
| country to gather together in one
{ central place for their county com-
petition.
“These county fairs should be built
up without the presence of any type
| fact that some of them are ioday
operated clean and successfully in-
| and they certainly should be,
ask the co-operation of all Fair
Boards in the State to see to it
that the fairs this coming summer
make them cleaner and finer than
they have been before.”
| The preliminary 1932 schedule of
| fairs of interest to the people of
| this vicinity is as follows:
Towanda—August 20 to Sept
Athens 14 to
Bloomsburg—Sept. 27 to Oct. 1;
Allentown—Sept. 20 to Sept. 24;
| Montrose—Aug. 24 to Aug. 26;
| Honesdale—Sept, 20 to 23; Tunk-
| hannock—Sept. 13 to Sept 186.
A —— A ————
Various Odd Foods
Uncooked monkey brains on the half
| skull, pickled water beetles, fried lo-
| eusts and cobra and python steaks are
| specimens of the many strange and
unusual foods that grace the world's
| Yinner tables.
| Pigskin and birds’ nest soup are pop-
| ular Chinese appetizers. Silkworms
| are eaten after the cocoon has been
| unwound, Horses, donkeys and cam-
| els, after they have lost their useful.
| ness as heasts of burden, are consumed
by some Asiatic tribes. Caterpillars,
! frogs and snails are relished when ob-
| tainable,
3:
nt
|
Symbolic Character
| The book “Moby Dick" is a South
sea romance by Herman Melville,
Moby Dick is a ferocious white whale,
who was known to whalers of the pe-
riod as Mocha Dick. He is pursued
In a fury of revenge by Captain Ahab,
| whose leg he had bitten off; and un-
der Melville's handling the chase takes
on a significance beyond mere exter-
| nals. Moby Dick becomes a symbol
of the terrific forces of the natural
universe, and Captain Ahab is doomed
to disaster even though Moby Dick
is killed at last.
George and Betsy
| A group of third-grade children in
Muncie had read the story of Betsy
Ross and the first flag and was pre-
senting an informal dramatization of
the story for the children of the en-
tire grade.
| When the conversation concerning
| the flag was ended, dramatic young
| George Washington ended the play by
saying: “Well, so long, I'll be seein’
you.”
To this, demure Miss Betsy re-
sponded, “0. K."—Indlanapolis News.
Ornithological
| Aerial photographing of birds is a
valuable aid in studying flock forma-
| tions and in determining their num-
bers, officials of the United States
biological survey have concluded aft-
er studying photographs taken on a
test flight. Surveys from the air,
however, can only be supplementary
to ground observations, the ornithol-
ogists believe, because of the difficulty
in Identifying accurately the various
kinds of birds seen from the air, or
shown in a picture,
Why Bar Is “Crowbar”
“Crowbar” was originally applied to
a hooked piece of iron with a “beak”
on It, suggesting the head of a crow.
| Later the name was extended to any
| bar of iron used for prying.
Why Canaries in Coal Mines
Canaries are used in coal mines be
snuse they are very sensitive to the
presence of carbon monoxide gas, and
when they show signs of distress it Is
a danger signal to the miners.
ination field for exhibits that could
come up later and compete in the
of gambling and immoral shows. The |
dicates that all of them might be,
We
be merged into larger units and to
FARM NUTES.
| ~—"As the dam, so the daughters”
‘is a breeder's siogan which should
| be kept in mind in selecting a dairy
‘herd sire. Heifer calves born in the
|
|
i
worth trying.
so long
herd cannot grow into good COWS | continued,
unless the sire is from a family of
—For the best results turkey cggs
i
AT PENN STATE TOMORROW
Penn State spring sport
teams
should be not more than 10 days old ' will enjoy their first big day of the
when set. Successful hatching
iS season at State College, tomorrow,
possible in a good incubator. Twen- May 7, when six out of the seven
ty-eight days is the hatching period. ion teams are scheduled for action
—Gladiolus thrips is a new insect
which has troubled flower
on their home fields. The lacrosse
team is the only one booked for a
BrOWersS game away from home, meeting Col-
in recent years. Several metuods of gate and Syracuse Over the week-
control have been tried. Ask your ang
county agent about them if the io-
sect infests your gladioli.
Both varsity and freshmen track
and field teams will oppose the [ni-
versity of Pittsburgh varsity ani
—Where only a small space IS yegriing teams on the college track
available for gardening it is best 10 while the varsity and freshmen base-
plant those crops which
Successive
mature ball teams will meet Syracuse and
early and use the smallest area. pajjefonte
Academy respectively.
plantings permit the The Syracuse game will mark the
growing of two crops in the same pions’ first defense of the triangular
space.
aid in reducing food costs.
Where sods become established
in the orchard they rob the tir2es go; the season, the Lion golfers will |
| of needed fertility. When this condi- ast Swarthmore while
tion becomes acute the sods should
be broken up every 3 or 4 years,
| the ground cultivated and then re-|
seeded to alfalfa or clovers.
—Reserve June 9 for a visit to
vania State College. The
| available
| by the college specialists in experi-
ments, demonstrations, exhibits, and
| tours.
with chick comfort,
Farmers' Field Day at the Pennsyl-'
latest |
! —Lower the brooder will save
| temperature as fast as is consistent gt
{ Professor (lecturing):
Vegetables grown at home gggociation baseball trophy, won last
| year in competition with the orange
and Colgate.
Completing their home schedule
the tennis
team tackles Susquehanna Univer-
sity.
| legiate sports scheduled, the 23rd an-
nual Penn State interscholastic track
! meet also is on program for Satur-
day, Divided into class A and class
| B groups, the meet is expected to
information on farming bring several bund pagected 15
and homemaking will be presented | ono undred hig
{and preparatory school athletes
there.
EA I
KEEPS STUDENT IN
A Professor kept a young woman
udent after class to discuss her
| unsatisfactory work.
And another
| —Wheat yields on six important thing, young lady, in the matter of
| types were increased as high a8 11 your dress, don't you think you c21'd | report to (he Honore
bushels per acre by the use Ot ghow a little more discretion?
with thé manure the increase was
' two bushels more, and when phos-
| phates were applied, either as rock
| phosphate or superphosphate with
the above treatment, the yield was
boosted another five bushels.
| Iowa Sate College authorities state
| that the phosphate is used by the
| wheat plant in the development of
grain, so a higher quality is pro-
| duced as well as increased yield. The
| phosphate will increase the protein
content, thus improving the feed
value of the wheat.
—Spotted livers in pigs may
| mean: First, small abscesses, some-
| times caused by foreign objects.
| Second, flukes. Third, tuberculosis.
! In the latter, the spot is full of a
sandy material and usually cuts like
| grit. Healthy hogs may have these
in the livers and when we were on
| government meat inspection duty in
| the Middle West, it was rare to see
la perfect liver. A balanced diet,
| plenty of water, clean surroundings
| and freedom from parasites will help.
| —Terracing is such a simple, easy
| job that no rarmer can afford to jet
! mis top soil wash away, Charles F.
| Holder, Grayson county, Texas, had
| lost most of the top strata of soil
on one 15-acre field. There ware
| ditches difficult to cross and others
that could not be crossed. Fertilizer
washed awey before crops had an
| opportunity to utilize it. Mr. Holder
decided to terrace. With a steel
ditcher and four mules, he and a
young son in five days built a seri2s
of four terraces totaling nearly a
mile in length. The ditches no long-
er interfere, washing has been stop-
and fertilizer remains on the
field, to be utilized by crops.
—Cattle feeding in the corn belt
States is 15 per cent less than a year
ago, but 8 per cent greater in the
States east of the Mississippi river.
Nebraska has 20 per cent less cattle
on feed than a year ago, while the
feed lots of the western States show
a decrease of 17 per cent.
There were 14 per cent more sheep
on feed in the whole United States
than a year ago. The corn belt
States have a marked increase in
sheep feeding and the western States
also show a gain, Nebraska is feed-
ing 800,000 head of sheep this year.
—Brood sows that will farrow
spring litters should not be over-
| fed. Overfat sows often have weak
pigs and the mortality rate is usu-
ally very high. If the sows are to
be good milkers they should have
the run of a good pasture during
the winter and spring, and if this is
impossible they should be fed alfalfa
or clover hay in racks. Their ration
needs a good supply of protem,
either tankage or soybean meal.
Whole soybeans are satisfactory for
sows but not for fattening hogs.
Corn alone is not sufficient in the
ration. Use good supplements and
some minerals. Commercial minerals
are easily available or home-mixed
minerals can be used satisfactorily.
—The perennial bindweed is one
of the most persistent weeds, and it
is very difficult to kill, If one at-
tempts to kill it by hoeing every
time it shows above ground one is
usually tired doing this before the
weed is killed. Sodium chloride, how-
ever, works down into the plant, and
will, no doubt, lengthen the period
of new growths above ground, Thus,
| it will weaken, sooner, and, if one
sprays just as soon as it appears
each time, one should be able to ex-
terminate it. You might start with
about four ounces of sodium chlorate
to a gallon of water and spray this
over about one hundred square feet
of ground, thoroughly saturating tte
leaves. If you find this does rot kill
manure, limestone and phosphates. Pretty (exasperated):
When manure alone was used the gome of you men are never satisfied. fn own
yield increased four bushels per
acre; When limestone was applied |
My Gosh,
Fair
Exehange
“ANOTHER bull calf —
only good for veal!”
Disappointment was appar-
ent in Tom Beach's voice.
Mrs. Beach shook her
head. “We'll not kill a
calf like that, Tom. He's
blue ribbon stock, remem-
ber! Couldnt you ex-
change him for a heifer,
somewhere?”
“No,” Tom countered.
“There's not an Ayrshire
herd within a hundred
miles with the blood lines
I want.”
“There's that breeder
in Maryland,” Mrs. Beach
suggested. “Why not tele.
phone him?”
Tom's face brightened
visibly, “That's a good
idea. I'd like one of his
heifers!”
In a minute or iwo the
conversation was in full
swing. “I got a good
one,” Tom exclaimed at
its close. “And, believe it
or not, our little bull was
just what he wanted!”
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In addition to all of the intewcol- |
of Harry F. Grove,
F% RENT.—An apartment in Sim
Baum house, on north "
| street. Tel. 39,
UDITOR'S NOTICE.—The
ed, an Auditer, a ted
make iotribution t “the
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hands of the
coming in on said fund.
T7-18-8t JOHN J. BOWER, Auditor.
UDITOR'S NOTICE.—In the Or-
Phe Estas «5 ire © on >
0! en
late of Liberty township. J
ntre County, to
audit and make distribution of in
in the above stated decedent's estate as
| shown by the first and final account as
| filed by Geo. W. Eaton, Executor of the
| late Will and Testament of the said
| Jennie E. Johnston, deceased, will meet
| to perform the duties of his appointment
} ut the office of Johnston & Johnston,
Attys, on High street, in Bellefonte
| borough, on May 10th, 1932, at 10 o'clock
| A. M., where and when all interested
parties are hereby notified to be present.
T7-17-3t J. K. JOHNSTON, Auditor
OURT PROCLAMATION.—
| AS the Honorable M. Ward Frog:
| ing, President Jud,
| of Common Pleas of the 4
Judicial Di:
| trict, consisting of the Coun - Centre,
having ‘issued ‘his precept, dats
of 11th day of Apri > ¢ irect-
ed for holding a Court of Commmen }
Court, Court of
| of the . Oyer and Terminer and
| General Jail delivery, in Bell
I County of Con elonte for
And the Grand Ju t
Monday, the ninth day of fay, © 1983,
a TT a
or
of Quarter Sessions Cours ah ny
on the third Monday of May, 1989,
{at ten o'clock A. M. being May 16th,
11 and the Traverse Jury for tha
| Second Week of Court will the
: Monday of May, 1980 at 10
{o'clock A. M., being May 23rd, 1922.
| _ NOTICE is hereby given Sotouar:
| Justice of the es ube 1
| such Constables, (that may have
in their) payic to
| be then and there in their proper
|at the time above, wi
| ing ona,
| things to their offices
20, te whe a ena
Be ia SA He Lad”
| prosecute RLY t them
12th day of y
Lord, 1932
of the Uni States
JOHN M. BOOB, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Bellefonte, Pa., 77-16-4t
EGISTER'S NOTICES.
R ing acounts have been The
. Baird. first and
of the Moshannon Natlonal Bk,
of David Lawshe and Joseph S.
2. The first and
Willan: D BE late ATR
tate i
lege Borough, deceased
3. by. The first “and fi account
of the on National Bank. guar-
dian ot David Harold Crosby Jr., a
4. Coble. The first and final account
of Harry E. Coble and Charles W. Coble,
admrs., of etc.,, of John M. Coble, late
of College Township, deceased.
5. Fultz. The second and final account
of the Bellefonte Trust Com guardian
of Elmer Fultz, a minor. yay
6. Gamble. The third and final ac-
count of the Lycoming Trust Com A
executor of the estate of G. M. Gamble,
| late of Bellefonte Borough, deceased.
7. Grove. The first and final account
admr., of ete, of
E. Grove, late of College Township,
8. Gardner. The first and final account
of Harry K. Gardener admr., of etc., of
Charles Gurmhar, late of Port Matilda
Borough d
9. Grove. The first and account
of the Bellefonte Trust guar-
dian of Anne Laurie Grove, a minor.
10. Grove. The first and partial
count of the Bellefonte Trust ny.
guardian of Kathryn Elizabeth ove, a
i
i
minor.
I % rich. a5 first na final ae-
count of Harry E. Gingeric
E. Gi ch, br Th abe of yi
Gi , late of Gregg Township, de-
ngeri 8 P,
12. Homan. The second and final
count of the First National Bank of
State C Pa., .admr., eo. t. a. of
Park R. Homan, late of State College
Borough, deceased.
13. Hironimus, The first and final ac-
count of H. Leigh Ebright, Admr.,, of
Andrew J. Hironimus, late of Centre Hall
14. Hosterman. The first and final ac-
count of the Farmer's National Bank and
Trust Company, executor of J. C. Hoster-
man, late of Millheim Borough, deceased.
tz. The first and partial account
of Alon Nerhoof, executor of John H.
Lutz, late of Marion Township, deceased.
16. Musser. The first and partial ac
t of A. Musser executor of
pir’ H. Hoya late of Bellafonte Bor-
ough, deceased.
17. McBlain. The first and final ace
count of the Moshannon National Bank;
Fuardian ot Harold, Agnes, Frances
arles n, minors.
18. Rowland. The first account of J.
K. Johnston, executor of Annie C. Row-
lane, late of Philipsburg Borough, deceas-
19. Rishel. The first and final account
of Ward A. , exocutor of Many C.
Rishel, late of Walker Township,
20. Schroyer. The first and final ac
count of Kathryn C. Schroyer, executor
of William H. Schroyer, late of Boggs
Township, deceased.
21. Fvilmite The first and partial
of Wilbur T. Twitmire late of Bellefonte
Borough, deceased.
22. te. The first and final account
of the National Bank, guar-
dian of Kathryn E. White, a minor.
23. Wilburn. The first and final ac.
count of the First National Bank guar-
dian of Sadie E. Wilburn, a minor.
. Wolf. The first and final account
of B. K. Summers, admr., of J. H. Wolf,
late of Haines Township, deceased.
Pa.
and orgs E. GAA infnors.
oung. The first and final accoun
of Sho proshatinon ational of Phil-
s : JOHN L. WETZLER.
T7-17-4¢ Register of Wills.