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Show 3 You doubtless know that the Rev Ernest Kicherda* now in the 5th yr of his pastorate of Union Church, Tientsin, is e loan from this hissn to that Church. He has resided both at Chu Chia and Tfeng Shan, He is ver> efficient, and,Ike practically all their Reverends, is a wonderful speaker, It was our privilege to attend o. lovely fltea"fiven by Mrs Richards, at one of her "At Homes*', E07, please add to these dissipations, th-t we #eH1 I® t homes for dinner; viz,,Ladies Haa af 1 Mission, as special guest of hurse, kiss batten (and were one- again shewn thru their fine Worn1 B and Children* s hosp, seeing § new ly horns each in i t s tiny bassinet)? the Troxels- Wtn 1 T Jiivans; to the London Ylosri as guests of Misses ibdmansen and ibosse, the former Bupt of their fine burses' Training Schl, in the Mackenzie Heap., and the l a t t e r pharmacist, and f i l l i ng all sorts of other nicnes?( ;ba hai visitec ^ating,-ths 1st Xmas I was hare] i and Mrs Turner, widow of the lamented Hev Mr turner whe died last .July, leaving a large ,! "-oi • indeed, for he was active in so rrtany many ways, , a l l leading men Upward. Tbat dinner was aHdream"for delicacy and good taste - and the l a t t e r true in the l i t e r a l sense,its wellI Then, I went i@ topeig and bather to th.e Rotary Club, as before noted. Besides these 6, Mys noward Smth. fave a lovely dinner to all the mmkfomta of the Mi am, waioh incluoea the bich-ardn and the three w»n are attending the Language Sehl in Peking, viz, Messrs Revs Barton end. Ruse, to be located here beginning Apr 1st, as veil as Kurse, hiss Ling. These three came to h-sin Thurs eve, and"stayed t i l l Men eve. That was not ail! Father and I heard the Gilbert end Sullivan busicol Couedt , "the Pirates of Penzance" , v i ^* , y ^ J^Ojg^Al s o, we saw two historical movies, one being . aperor Frederick h i ,Aa;a_t i e otaer John Barrymore in "Moby Dick". As ii all this were not enuf, we were invited to Mrs 3 K Lowry's for dinner, but ®mid not get it in! - to our sorrow, oe just nissad hearing and seeing a Russian Opera, hut we did. near a truly won* - - concert on the native 3-striny instrument of the Russians, called the Balalaika, given by & Bwhite Russian'1, exiled fra his home land. The raaii't, neme wrs »r i, Bolahakeff^Bimoff and he awe ifee © ncert in Tainan, the eve of the day we rchd there, Teh 3rd. ' L-r ' rdon Ring accompanied him on the piano, and i t is difficult to decide »*i «»« • A">.ia • " " i c L u t U-VM ... tsAUfci t>, MM uiMon s on tj.-jo .,.'«la. 1 a.iKa, ! ur < <- ' i o v a b lu e x p e r t } or yr h ' s on t h e piano', v ' " " be had obt P ! (vr.en 1 largalj restedl},2 Sua, full of yoed tfelBgi. a^ong them being to attend the deeply evangelistic talk that Mr Sung, ^h D i s Cam ** ^»Jr» •n^1 a marvel in power handling the Word of Cod, since he had a great spiritui i i wakening in a i City - gave to students of Gheeloo Univ. Re condets ?I81!® ffg? *?«?u??r o u a places, all 3G acceptable, be is offered chairs in Cn*M. ia a s x institutions, as PUMC and Tsiny /w^ bh/a, 1 om told: Trier that P Ts neard . r ^ us Stanley preach very helpfully in beautiful Knmler Chapel of the tun v. | mot uay and th# next, spent some hours with Maud in th< [OBIS spaina her Uftg, painstaking treatment that occurs twice dally, attended with painT fi +1 J:i> : ' l s o ' bu t iri 4.feY'1 I T i 0 r e l l r s i n *»• iab'y with Mr 1U? went to dinner I ' t K e J° ^ptist with the Abemathys, wit?: a ahert visit awiiehed in with the Q + O«?1V« v-1 IS °euiast with fcnreatenad pneumonia. Later, had teai with the Dtaniryt, ana^thaiaocoffipaiaiec Mrs S, where she was one of a large ^r-uj./t-dcine b h b " r': b' reS".S!oi8 :L o u i " f;iM-'"i':;: "-re' l o °-I o o k ^- *» *»« '? tcrebb/^.o'b.nbb^yy^htbbby^y-} r ; : ^ ^ , ^ " . r oe r i d ei 10-mo old n « w ? v ! ^ + ! I A chauffeur and self, ena inevitable ba^ar o / AhD,a ; ; : ^ 0 l C i n^}y ^^oplea son 01 the chauff eur,Ch« i«s, whian r- brot with him > o C ; . V ; 1 , raimngchou! It feel to my lot to aarry that hah-y, ir father asked if petrol was sufficient and Ch'i »&is »T««« T>If ? ficulty with the petrol I . ai anr i + « L i T * T h e l w a i d l f^ on to find ^o ii f>-jv , ' '? l ^ 5 Wtad sooie. Imagine our consternati-y «d decided to walir HftiM *•• - •? - •* • *\ •> . l,IUi t *:,»» » .1. dtnei ana n.xt d,,; F« t « , » n »M h ' :"! "b1 " , - 4 * / ^ 3 : J««M f ? ? V « * « 2 S p Bore the in Wriag ( c ,Y . 7 , ' , , b ' . 7 Y r , to pull SUTwaf-; but succeeded here ir, fro. •' to ' hro 77"it r hIf d*T Y v ? b r o t U 3 ' we »M" h v ^ rechd Pepping - d o J - . H ' ~ f*r ? S a t ^ l ; f r ^ * * ! i7t>, , i*e l , , « c o r / ' 8 n d s h o r t" t l e short of XX 3 A HI fl w fS* Cb t ' l***' £ " d we w ° r e h o m e • " • » |