Inflation Hits The Abacus (2) Of Set Of Four -- Housewives in a Shanghai night class devote full attention to the abacus. It has two sections divided by a bar of wood. Polished split bamboo sticks run up and down. The number of the sticks is always odd ranging from nine to thirteen. Seven wooden beads are placed on each stick, two in the upper section and five in the lower. Beads in the upper area represent five and those in the lower one making a total of 15 in each column. Contrary to Chinese