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Show L i n t s i n ^ Shantung China. May 17th 1922 Belovedest Daddy mine, I t i s bright and early thio morning ana x wakened with the biros for onceTor because of them,for the reeds in the pond are a f a v o r i t e place for them j u s t now-and I think i t was a l o t of swallows who began the eheepingof the morning. But there were other soundstoo of the waking c i t y - t h e watchmanS l a s t and f i f t h round , t h e clang clang of the ©ong a t the water shop,bugles and voices. I brought my t y p e - w r i t e r down to the kitchen,where I am writing by the open west window - a s far as I can get from the sleepers of the household. Of course I am thinking of you. I do every time of clay,but especially mornings l i k e t h i s . I have been copying the hymn chat i s quoted m the stor^ "Foursquare" in the Ladies Home Journal. Have you read i hymn for morning? f Come,my' soul, thou must be waking; Wow i s breaking O're the earth another day: Come to Him who made t h i s splendor; See thou render All tny feeble powers can pay, ? I s n ' t i t the Pray that He may prosper ever Each endeavor, When dnine aim i s good and true; But that He may ever thwart thee And convert thee, "then thou evil wouxdst persue. Only God's free g i f t s abuse not, Light refuse not, cut Hiii S p i r i t ' s voice obey; Thou with Him s h a l t dwell,beholding Light enfolding All thinga in unclouded day. I don't know yetwho wrote i t . I think the V/ycJtoff s i s t e r s esed to sing i t. Today I am hoping to s t a r t off to you a bundle,and in i t a s h i r t for orchard work. I t i s made of homespun too,as Hetties s k i r t is-only d i f f e r e n t, and you may laugh at my designing of a s h i r t - b u t I borrowed Ernest aouldings pattern-and hope i t will be useful, if i t doesn't s u i t your complection use i t for somebody's Xmas present! I s n ' t that good advise? In l e s s than a month the Moulding' s furlough begins*! They have been n here for a three years term. Now he hopes to f i n i s h his theological study, so i t may be two or three years before they consider coming back. We d o n 't know whether Lintsing will have kiem again,but whoever does wilt be fortunat Ethel is, in Techow attending the annual meeting of the Nortii China Mission. She i s Secretary too,and so e s p e c i a l l y busy .Mr Eastman took her up in the auto and they were ten hours on the way-getting there at nine o'clock at night.But there was a moon-so they could see the road. Coming home on Monday he came east of the r i v e r and i t was b e t t e r . They were here by noon. He brought Dr Cooke back from trie Shanghai Conference and also brought the two l i t t l e Tucker boys,Frankie and Arthur-? and 9-for a v i s i t at Eastman's, £ There are gay times about the yard you may be sure. The boys don't have so many t r e e s at Techow as there are here,So that has been one good play. Last night we i n v i t e d a l l the kiddies to have supper with us. With Hildegard and r a u l u s too itmade a t a b l e of ten. We had games a f t e r ward and a good time, even tho our new cook forgot to bake the salmon ioaf-which had been ready early! The desert was ice-cream and oatmeal cookies and the salad was ofreal bannas and oranges that Alma brought a l l the way from Shanghai 1 Wasn't she good to us?(See I have not eaten fcxananas for so long that I have forgotten how to spell i t !J I t i s time for the day's work to begin,My f i r s t job i s to teach the new cooj£ ,o make a lemon p i e for lunch. He i s Li Yti Shan,a boy who has taken care of our garden and who i s willing to work. To l e t him t r y cooking i s a s o r t of reward for past f a i t h f u l n e s s - I f I teach him carefully he will make good. Yesterday i t was Lucy's salad dressing. I ' u be a e e t t e r houseke a If |