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Show 4^ Br, Tlmmt e&ser~Jjmguage 3atee3L#Peking- ::ay 2Stl930* © wore invited out to dinner along with a great many other raking folks to one of the ^eaohing University faculty hases* In feet the Amerw lean Board faculty a^iberii ntuie i t a :>oint to st*e that a l l the raking A«B*faLke were invited out over night* The occasion was the annual play put on in an old tfancha house court yard by the University dramatic club. •^arcef s I Unions" and#sBiie two aon&aliera** Lucius Porter sang one of the p a r t s in the latter-on© of the gendallero*vc?y wall»juet convulsed us vdLtb. laughter* I almost, forgot to say tbat the v 4 S*C'/ex.} tajd that 1 had ordered to take s i x of us out*turned out to be a Modal T ?ortli Grace wanted to b# bacJ to nurse .oyts© we did not get a l a t e pan© to ease into the c i t y after the gates were d o s e d . That was t r u s t i n g even a itadl more than 1 m i l do a^ain* ;eHf we made the p N just at- 10*45 P*lf •easing bacic and than j u s t as we were waH inside the c i t y , the l e f t front wheel came off the a^cle* Sew you can j u s t be sure we thanked the Lord for e t c h i n g ever us that we didn*t get s t a l l e d outside the c i t y m i l s . As i t was*our driver phoned .fennotbar taxi* I t came half an hour l a t e r a l s© a '?odel T# The r i d e out a t dusk was lovely* Hverythiag ms green. This i s usually a dry season u n t i l the ©uramer rains begin in July* But t u t s year ther« have beam three spring xairi»*the l a s t one j u s t 4 days before me nearly $ inch, so that %m souatry locked great* The grainiaOl planted In reus)wee 3 feet high and growing l i k e weeds* ^m a i r v«ui fresh and there was very l i t t le duet* This i s the season £&g Gefee Deaert dust stonaa to blew orm* At ranching there are 3 faculty residence expounds oi£ of the enapua* , We were entertained at supper by *fies Beyutoa of the rfegXieb 3ept« Two of the ecn&ounde are forei*?. style J3*©tory houses* y7m third i s an old palace garden and Miss Boyaten'e house was a Chinese house.*. The veranda ms on the border of a lovely l i t t l e lagoon irith l i l i e s fiaoames and lovely ©had© trees* The ©curt lAiare the plays were given m© net far away in the same garden* * '&* i n t e r i o r was furnished with fflblneee carved weed furniture and Chinese rugs* I t seemed as though we were eaepletaly anay from the city and i t s myriads of people for a l i t t l e spall* l a s t Saturday aeon we went to the Pel I2ai(north lake)public park,part of theeld winter palace, t o a picnic for a l l of the Language School teachers stuAentii and t h e i r familiest t© a luaeh put on by the school, -e took ~!lis&- ab^ta with ma* She me t h r i l l e d * Tom could count on one hand, the nunber of times that we have taken her cutsMe ef the Xenguage School t a i l * Xast time SUA© eried a t thus ricksha and didnH want to go* This time she sau right happy* $h& said the Chinese words £o^ 2ioreee#doge and children* She get t i r ed nalking in the i^rk and had to be carried most of the iay* However we did aot stay for any of the games and think the change did her a l o t of good* v/e war* most interested - l a the Chinese babies and l i t t l e children a ll :?ijft*d an i,t t h e i r beat outfits* The f i r s t thing about then ms bright col* - era, redfgrciaa# ©arise* The second una large flowered d e s i ^ s - s a d the third resewbiaaeee of dragons, timers*eta* One cute l i t t l e chap had on a dragon hat m i s t a i l and a l l * J e s t . l i k e going to a pageant* Tuesday night we had our annual American Board pionle»also at the Pel- Hal* H?© a l l sat ©n a stone platform-like an open altarwamang the f i r trees (or ayprus) and sang old folks songs u n t i l 9*50 HI* ,^r* Curran of ^@nchow proved to be a l i v e l y chap in just a care-free orcein* ilr.liubbajed of Paoting* fu however mm the center of the f e s t i v i t i e s * Me told me i t MS a ahsme ^ |
