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Show I months ago to be with her daughter, physician of the Woman's hoe* , p i t a l at fatyuanfu* Me passed a l l of our things out through the J window^ l i t t l e itoy asleep in his basket (the earie basket we got in Honolulu for lllssabeth when we caiae ac^ross the Pacific), my typewriter, the sewing machine (portable), box of s t e r i l e k e t t l e s , the iee-ereau freezer s t i l l with fresh cool goat's milk Inside, and sundries not ©hacked in ^©Jcing* Albert Jr* stood guard over l i t t le &oy and Grac© took Sliazsceth for a run, for she had been wanting to get'out a l l day« I had a netting ovar Hoy supported hy my camera tripod* A crowd gathered at oncss ragged s t a t i o n oooiles a l l struggling to get hold of something to carry, children and passengers* in© women and some of the ©en wanted to touch,Hoy - I suppose to s@© what whit© skin f e l t like* is war© soon In rickshas* fhs station as in ?,ost Chines© c i t i e s was outside the wall* W© entered .into-the city gats* fhsre were a few soldiers on guard - otherwise X ©aw none* fhe s t r e e t s were narrow* iney had evidently been smooth one© but were now cut up with cart© ant running »aln waters* Sher© were a number of large Chinese ttores with a mot)£ly confusion of Japanese and foreign foods la the wiatews-most prominent w@r© o i l lamps and supplies, bicycle supplies and denned goods* X was surprised at the large number of bus stations mn^. busses - not less than twenty (mostly lodge) on th© s t r e e t starting out th© n©xt morning - a 11 Chines© owned and operated* i*ot eomforta** ble but roomy with side seats like a street car* rhey put a mountain of baggage on the top© end then a couple of coolies to s i t on i t and hold i t on* Also s t e e l s In the center so that a loaded bus has about tiewnty inside* three in the drivers ©Sat and a couple on top* i'he Glow's home i s an old brick two story house in a lovely old English garden with wells, pool©, trses and flower beds ** r e a l ly a Heavenly place* that a lovely thing i t is to have such a retreat for one's ojiiet hours* Our goats were there^having arrived the same afternoon so X s t onced fixed up Bliaabeth's^bottlas of goat's milk \* without s-'break* (Ho us© for the open ©an of ollm w© had with us*) $y*& Albert drov® In about o:00 B4* fh© children were for starting right out for Sfltaiho^but I thought i t be. t to get a good r e s t . As a ©att a r of fact we got the good r e s t and took a l l the next morning to get ready to get off - Albert had shopping and business to attend to* As there war© four children, Albert, Grace and th© ©wo babies, X sent them along in th© SJaiku Dodge Without me. Our checked baggage had not acme, i t was cold and we had no clothea* X even threatened to go baok socking for th® baggage* However It cam© throu^a that evening so I took a bus next morning with a l l 1 could carry, hired carts for the r e s t and the goats, ant started for Jwnehow* I had th© i i l s o n amah on th© bus with me* She hsd joined us the day befor© at Xttt2©« B©fore l©aving raiyuanfa 1 must say that by staying over a second night X had time to v i s i t th© hospital* Eh© men's and women's hospitals art separate* fhey are two story buildings with Chines© roofs and haavy brick walls* I haven't yet gotten used to th© dark I n t e r i o r s of such structures* l*h©y had a nice X-ray plant. But X was most impressed with th© many oreotloal inventions and ways of doing things simply with home constructed contraptions* On© was a Keelstanee and r e c t i f i e r for elect r-Qiizing salt solution to oiaJce th© hypochlorite Baking solution* -th© resistance wits a large rack of s t r i p s of gut up eoal oil tine, A© l e f t faiyuanxu at 6:00 Alt having to take rackshas outside |
