Bamboo Shop, Sianfu, China. 



A bamboo shop on one of the main streets of Sianfu, 

 Shensi, China, making an exhibit of its various wares. 

 Americans have as a rule no conception of the handiness 

 of bamboo timber for the manufacture of many small articles 

 useful around a country home. Such a shop as the above 

 illustrates some of the uses which are made by the Chinese 

 of this peculiar hollow timber. Photo by Mr. Frank N. 

 Meyer, January 18, 1914. 



