--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Gordon, H. F. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 24 number: 11 published: 1921-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'H. F. Gordon, "Shanghai," *Improvement Era* 24, no. 11 (September 1921): 1011.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera24011unse start_page: 1011 end_page: 1011 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse publication_year: 1921 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Shanghai Section of Burial Procession above French Town, Shanghai Shanghai By H. F. Gordon Shanghai the melting pot of the Orient. A city wherein i9 represented every nationality but the Eskimo and Indian. The place where Christian minister, and local harlot rub shoulders in the public gardens, where poor and rich alike gather after a stifling hot day, to relax in the cool of the evening. Shanghai where, by journeying from the old Mandarin City to the in- ternational settlement on the "Bund," one may see medieval Orientalism and modern Occidentalism, all in a few short blocks. The place where Pierce-Arrow, Rolls-Royce, and rickshaw alike obey traffic signals and fight for the right of way. The city is with its beautiful residence district on "Bubbling Well Road," the home of the wealthy foreigner and native, modern and sanitary, and the unspeakable winding alleys of the poor residents, unsanitary and unkept. Shanghai where the flags of all nations may be seen floating from ships on the river, mod- ern steel mediums of commerce and trade, among which wind their way, the old Chinese Junk and Sanpan, truly a great con- trast. A city with its notorious Cabaret district "the Trenches," where the forces of evil strive to ruin the souls of men; while a few blocks distant, agents of good fight a seemingly losing bat- tle. Its tennis, golf and baseball, its gambling, opium and drink-