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Show U a t s i n g S h a a t u a g C H 1 » A« ftovember 2*st 19*7» ^heather contiaues fh e: cold nights and moraiags, but beautiful betweeh yrn and four o8clock» Mr3«Ellis e t i l i contines a captine , her haart beatiag rather r ' apidly and at times causing great reslessness Yesterday the new rading room was dedicated . ,© r opeaed * There were exercises lasting a l i t t l e over aa hour • Mr«Eastman repre-senting the foreigners • After the addresses carne the usuai tea drinki ing and onspection of the rooms » On my way back 1 i©cked in at severa!, stures • The fir stora are far the ìaost attractive now • Liatsing is noted as a fur .or center, so |usy now a half dczen firms |Pe n n o uPT l i e r e * - ®ne **% there is a nagnificemt tigerf s skin for f20*QO xf any of you s *». : t e puzzled as t© a f i t t i n g Xmas preseat for a friead 1 wouid sugga g st that * I am afraid that the custoras ©n it would add about 60 o/O to i t s cost- But the figure given or asked, i s mex* • We were made glad a week ago by hearing that ©ur steam j e a t i ng plaat had aeeived from America • How appropriate justas the cold weatha i s setting in, and as Mr W0ife,~the ©aly machiaest in our N/chija , Missien i s s t i l i here in China ( HE goes ona furlough Jaa* *st / Now comes a l e t t e r from our Tientsin agent saying that as the ship was lretty well loaded they shipped ©hly part ©g the three jeat~ ing plaats *. Thea in ^ientsin the boxes caontaining the sma.ll er fitting iags ? being insiC? f i c i e n t l y aailed broke open , and so the deckhaads dividee the mass iato three parts, and sent . * / 3 to us » 1 //vKQ © TeCho^r and l/3rd to Shaasi SO there we are Parts of the boiler here aad part ia A^eréxa, part of the f i t t i a g s here. a part ia *e Chow and a part ia Shaasi •, • T / *- - W^ea will each fiad its proper place 7 x am a f r a i d not t i l l loag a?ter we are in America , - i f ever * l seriously doubt whether the Mis s i 0as jave a rigit to such expeasive things as furnaces and steam heating plaars * Fl©ods and accidente aad heneral iga raace oa the part of the Chiaese ought t© put them on the forbidden l i s t * The wiaters here are short aad toves answer very well and cosy three.. times less #.. .... ;. •;-•-- We ha ve been buyiag some dry kiadling wood ,/rather just woed , for the Chinese never know how to build a fire and then l e t it trust t© coal t© keep it going , but must continue to stuff ia - wood on top of the coal * The price Jhe price of wood nere is high , / 6 o ceats gold for Ì53 pouads Not a bad idea to sell i t »y the pouad as the r;ninese would be so trickey ia pipi h it f©r measure • Ther are tricks enough now without d oubt putting in green s t i c k s with t h e dry e5c etc* . ;. , >. A good many beat s are passing now, hurryiag aloag the frieght be~ fere they get froaen ia •Our agent does not like to start ©ur anyt*u« from there after Nov.20 as there i s always daager of an early freeze, tao i t may not come t i l l toward *mas • The crews are now a l i back to their nesting , - r o o s t i a g places rat*-* er,~ in the tale thick cyprus trees by the side s of the mosques» About twilight the air is thick with them and in the early morning they make a great racket trying to decide which way to go for the day«They must cost the farmers as mach as our rats cost us . Pity the Chinese are adverse to killing them^hey will eat them , i a some locali t i e s i f any one else will k i l l then* urea are cuttiag the wazers in the y©w pimds ia the C0fflp0und« Shpugh better thaa last year they btiag t2®f®°, l e s e . a s the water is so Jigh that i t i s extremely hard t© cut tjem* Later « %r bright day has clouèed ©ver* and i f a l i t t l e colder it might snow .1 well;remember with what delight we locked for the Tirst snow in my boyhood: like^vise the f i r s t ice * A s J get oldcr , * can get aling very well without' ed ther si^ow or ice *- except te freeze ice cream. B.F.S * , , |
