Qu and characteristically—impervious to the outside " strife-of-political-tongues" the Chinese of this City are starting divers manufactures, which, if noc allowed to run to waste through lack of upkeep, bid fair to rival similar enterprises in any part of the Far East. In one short hour we visited some of these. recently, and the number surprised us.' In one "Workhouse" were over 300 lads engaged in making: soap, furniture, wood-carving, towels," cotton materials of varied colour and design and, what surprised us most of all, a very good Foochow lai quer, which is developing rapidly, thou ich not yet resulting the highly polished surface of the pattern-city. brought from Kyin-hwa, and are worked into children's, men's and (attempted!) women's head-gear in a marvellously clever way considering the primitiveness of the outfit. The blocking is done by hand, and probably will keep its shape better than a machine-hammered article Alas for Good Old Days.
Alas, for the good old days of hand-woven silk. The silk-machin-marked at the temple-visiting sea: son when each of the thousands of yellow-and-blue coated pilgrims is to be seen with the daintily-shaped basket as part of the outfit. Baskets of every description and size are to be seen draping the shops in the ket-streets, and attract the sightseers who cannot soar to the more costly silks and fans.
But if a sight-seer wants to see these manufactures at their best he The machinery is entirely made on the premises, and the woven textures dyed there. The place we ited is only one of many in the y, and all are self-supporting.
achers from different provinces are the instructors in individual specialities, and some of the work finished off by these is of a_ ver; high order. Prices are exceedingly reasonable, as the voluntary contributions amount to over $20,000 a Burr Photo The McBain Building, the new Building—rea ery has come to stay, and daily is being added to this means of in creasing the output throughout the city. As they took to the Japanese Shanghai Club and the Union from left to right must dive into the less frequented lanes, and look for them. The Chinese have got to learn how to advantage themselves.
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