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Show - . . . - • : ./-. : 4 * '-••"' O. ... • , O - , , • • " ' Lintsing «Tanuary 4th i§î8. As usual everywhere , the first week in busy one • As we had been to some pians aadn , i t sesmed a pity to lot it go back * to dition ail at once* so we askedthe girls of the school to coae up for an hour # 4-fl and see i ?• • . • , y •• -.O . S yj/3 Zo of thea plus eight of the Aeademy who were taa : îssoa at the closing hour of school, with tham. % After inspectin^ * a t t ic they played "potat© race • for a half hour carrying the tuber* (12 each ) on a spoon, one at a time and depositing thea in a basket 20 geet away , - % . ah,,. AHer that I aaused tham for t%% minutes with soae to» toys that had corne out in boxes ? Then the JDoctor layed on her auto-harp and they sang a l i t t l e . Then they came into thèse rooas and f i n a l l y into our bcdrooa ^any of thea evjld*m l y had n^yer seen a civilisced bed, but the thing that pleasedtheri most was a full leh§ th rairro» oaned us by Vlrs K l l i s , for the /aunter . v l As they went home the Poctor gave ea h a cookie which also pleased them » The next evening we had the g i r l s Aeademy up and they had & siraila program and even a batter time, as there wera .fewer of thea and they were not so c rowdedm and could eacy 'receie^e aorc indivifual attention, • JL:•-....„ - h i h * T^ey were auch attracted by thé àùto ha ri and sève rai ot ; the older ones were allowed to t ry the chorus on it » " This noon Edith Tallmon brought up her kindorgarten aad l)ày school about 30 in a il and they had gaaes and romps and peanuts which shè had brought » There is nut one schOo e f l , - t h e B~ys school and I think that we shall hâve thea up gor an hour Saturday agternoon . as this agternoon i s Hospotal prayer service from 4 - 5 . .-*., ;.-. -f Today bro ught in a stack of ea s i é r a mail auch to every ones joy îetters froa Biggs-Elk- Sanat Ana and Sakcta as well as several #from China Also teo copies of the new paper The Congregat i o n a l i s t and The Advance * ; Hso two P a c i f i e s • ^ ' Ahd last but not least a pa kage of two books froa nelen one for m"' \ ae and one of Kindergarten gaaes for £doth Tallaon, a, A Âltlgether we hâve a feast ? today^we shall enjoy the fresh roading thèse winter evenings • In spire of snow s t i l l lying 0". the ground there was qui te a large * c l i n i c tofay,- 14 in the ***omanf~ Clinic. We almost witnessed a t adegy l a s t eveing • Edith T.^as hère tô sup» . per and Miss Munger came over for the evening • While we were playiag fj "counts • Mrs.Dr/ Cheong hurried po-n the s t a i r s s^ing that her daughte» ,*^-y in-law was breatjing very hgavily f being i f t a stupor and the Doctor ij, \ f Cheong was away from home . ^,wuid oir Doctor hurry over • She did ser V and found the youug woman breaiing l e s s than four tiises a ainute be|ag t^/L.stupid froa breating coal ras which was ptfuring eut into the roo||„ fa VA froma coal o i l can stove ,/the coamon stove hsre when any ivs ^sed* Jhey hâve no chianyU to ^»-*»^y off-the „ga« or saoïce » , , i 'f*^::"^'"' >V ' "* ^ T '" c~ % S:"the doe#;af?^-- w^^***^-^^*^e' -s*r*H-rewi¥ed | V-^a thoWgh in a half hour* when I nad gotten t)r'.C^"een^% .3 s u i n ^ 'l^f^ÉÊm but lo times a ;^inuts W4, • V ^ à « * However , thfs A.M. shè^as reported be-ter | If such thiags happea i n a Doctor^ faaily what smst une èxpset ll^Uie^ oomaon Chinese home t $Ha TKis yuunh woaan ef |jl is a arried to ths 14 year old {really IS our eount { son of the D octor t An adept ed son however and marriod before ht was adoptsd ^fhe reasoa of his adoption was that he was a hephsw of the SoctOfis* I did nit see the infant husband anywhere aad on inquiry learnod that lie stayed at the éoyv s school the most of €he tiae • There was prospect of a l i t t l e one i n their faaily Sheuld i t be.true snd a son and that son aarry and hâve a son at the eau âge , t h i s lad wouid be a erandfa arr at E6 /That i s certutaly giag soao * _ fto wonder that China has 400,000*000 undeveloped poeple • These early rm frimer F. p. m rm th« wirsft of the r.ountrv _ of Our school and Of ©^r |
