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of the larger 

 in the Yangtze 



complex blend of sev- 

 eral widely differing 

 components does not 

 vary greatly from the 

 type of the days be- 

 fore the rebellion. 



THE TYPICAL "MAN IN 

 THE STREET" 



The accompanying 

 illustrations are typ- 

 ical of "the man in the 

 street 

 cities 

 Valley. 



Adult Chinese, par- 

 ticularly women, are 

 shy and superstitious, 

 and greatly resent 

 being photographed; 

 even a liberal "cum- 

 shaw" often fails to 

 secure the good will 

 of a desirable study. 

 Happily, where money 

 fails strategy some- 

 times succeeds. By 

 facing at right angles 

 to the objective, sus- 

 picion is allayed, and 

 in the case of a fold- 

 ing camera, location in 

 the finder is no more 

 difficult. Several of 

 the photographs re- 

 produced in this arti- 

 cle were so taken ; for 

 example, that on page 

 409. in which the chil- 

 dren are staring 

 straight into the cam- 

 era while being pho- 

 tographed unwit- 

 tingly. 

 As motion ceased, the flotsam and jet- The illustration on page 408, from a 



sain settled in its tracks and intermarried photograph taken near Soochow, the pro- 

 not only with its own. but also with the vincial capital, some eighty miles from 

 remnants of its precursors, the afore- Shanghai, shows two employees of the 



Photograph by Guy Magee, Jr. 



THE YOUTHFUL ACROBAT ALWAYS ATTRACTS A GROUP OF 



INTERESTED SPECTATORS WHEN HE GIVES HIS OUTDOOR 



PERFORMANCE IN A CHINESE CITY 



The agile entertainer works with an extremely simple outfit — a 

 trestle, a tea-cup. and a peg for his jacket. Here he has chosen the 

 station platform for his stage and the hour of his performance is 

 just before train time, when the crowd cannot melt away as the "hat 

 is passed." 



mentioned admixture of north and south. 

 Manchu conqueror and conquered Chi- 

 nese. 



Today the inhabitants of the lower 

 reaches of the Yangtze basin are largely 

 an average of all the former types be- 

 tween Siberia and Cochin China and east 

 of the Himalayas. Strange to say, this 



Shanghai-Xanking Railroad. This pic- 

 ture is included as evidence that our Chi- 

 nese neighbors can laugh and even ap- 

 pear genial, contrary to the reports of 

 some returned travelers and in spite of 

 the fact that the other views fail to bring 

 this out. The reason is not far to seek: 

 the railway hands are accustomed to the 



