Various rumours reach us regarding the receptions in Peking. It is said that on former occasion the Dowager gave i of the ladies a box containing a ber of combs. Such a present is explained 2 little incident that occured on the ret one day. A lady going a: in a sedan chair (or a cart) had her curtain lifted and a Chinese woman looked in, "Ugh! she hasn't combed her The extreme from the plastering of the Chinese would ive sufficient, occasion for the exclamation. It is also reported that, when the Dowager was giving expression in her gushing way to the sentiment we are all one family," the leading foreign lady reminded her that she used these same words on the occasion of the reception several years ago, and called attention to the events that had occurred since then. But how much of the sense of the protest was given by the interpreting Chinaman is uncertain, A lady who understood Chinese should have been invited to act as interpreter.
The Presents, The ladies are said to have been highly pleased with the last reception, They re~ fused presents, but returning, the presents soon followed, including $100 for each of the children, ' This last was returned, but the eatables and the silks were retained it is said. Coming events must interpret what has been so universally condemned as an unholy condoning of a heinous crime.
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