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Show Lintsing. We are glad that she will be here for Christmas. Dr. P. Pendelton will come with Jier too and spend a few days here and in Jan, they will both begin the language study at Peking. I wonder if you had a chance to know her or she to know you. That would be nice. She knoy/s Susie and that will make her seem much nearer than another new comer wquld be. And she will be doing that lovely work that Susie started here!/ Bed-time has a way of breaking into my letters most dreadfully-but I will .try to finish by day-light! Hewaps of love.E. Thursday. Such a beautiful sunny day! The little willow along the yard wall of our school are a golden color to match the sun. I feel like a tramp -wish it could be with you over the orchT ard or the hills. The girls carried their sewing out into the yard at 11;30 sewing period and Ruth came along with her kodak and took their picture. Some were' •• making stockings for the, little people expected inthe "Orphan's Home'. But they will not be orphans, just needy children from poor homes. The relatives promise to take them back in the summer. I had such a good time reading Chinese this morning-the first time for ages. 1 moght have been at the Kgn, ar at the Primary School or at any of three of the Boarding School classes, but I was getting ready for a teachers meeting so relt it .was O.K. to stuay my sex ip SOW while1 I write I can hear the P.M. classes remotely ana my teacher is writing lor we, in Chinese the gist of what vie read this A.M. i nave 'oevh so much interested in tie result ol "one election, it wasn't until Saturday that Mr Eastman's Shanghai paper reached us and we-knew tuatHaraing was elected. Did you vote ror 'aim The Outlook editorials seem to favor him and to have faith that he as President will bring to the country the advantages of peace if not under the League as formulated. Did you read in Hester's Nov, Ladies homejournai the artic&i called !lWe the Unimportant People," I certainly iijced that. it was nice those days to say-Just now the homeloiKs are voting,or:"Now they have the returns' . and to imagine the flags and speaches and celebrations. That week Mr and Mrs.MacEachron and DrTucker were here from Techow for a day. The "Macs" came with Mr Turner of the Standard Oil Go. on his Launchd spell it with a capital-it is the only one on the Grand Canal.) Dr.Tucker came horse-back and with him two other men sent by the Red C ross to make estimates and plans for road building. We are likely to have guests this winter, and when the hew road is done it will mean lots more of intercourse with the resyt of the world every winter! An auto is included in' the plans! Think of that in China! The "good old days " will have to make way for....the better new days. Last night Mr Eastman compared the great lack offiSod and clothing and the need of the people* to their lack of a trust in God and greater need of knowing Him and His "good and acceptible and perfect will"for all. If this winter of relief work may be a winter of spreading that knowledge then it will be a great blessing for China.-in spite of the hardships. It will be nearly Christmas when this reaches you. My very best love for the day. I have two lovely Christmas cards $$6 that are sure to be on my mantle-one is the pretty birds you and Hettle sent last year and the other is a spray of holly that you sent me the yea- T woe \ t *° ^ou w i l 1 k n o w I a m think~ 7 ^ * W a S in D @ s Moines. lng of you both. With;^ |