New forces in old China : an unwelcome but inevitable awakening . THE BUND, SHANGHAI. AMERICAN CIGARETTE POSTERS ON ACHINESE BRIDGE The Economic Revolution in Asia 113 longer content to burn bean oil; he wants kerosene. Inscores of humble Loas homes and markets I saw Americanlamps costing twenty rupees apiece, and a magistrate proudlyshowed me a collection of nineteen of these shining thousand dollars worth of these lamps were sold in Siamlast year. The narrow streets of Canton are brilliant with Ger-man chandeliers and myriads of private houses throughout theEmpire are lighted
New forces in old China : an unwelcome but inevitable awakening . THE BUND, SHANGHAI. AMERICAN CIGARETTE POSTERS ON ACHINESE BRIDGE The Economic Revolution in Asia 113 longer content to burn bean oil; he wants kerosene. Inscores of humble Loas homes and markets I saw Americanlamps costing twenty rupees apiece, and a magistrate proudlyshowed me a collection of nineteen of these shining thousand dollars worth of these lamps were sold in Siamlast year. The narrow streets of Canton are brilliant with Ger-man chandeliers and myriads of private houses throughout theEmpire are lighted by foreign lamps. The desire of theAsiatic to possess foreign lamps is only equalled by his passionfor foreign clocks. I counted twenty-seven in the privateapartments of the Emperor of China and my wife countednineteen in a single room of the Empress Dowagers palace,while cheaper ones tick to the delighted wonder of myriads ofhumbler people. The ambitious Syrian scorns the mud roofof his ancestors and will only be satisfied with bright red tilesimported from France. In almost ever
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