The "Jewish World" of April 3 contains a remarkably interesting note on a collection of moe than 20,000 rare Hebrew books and Two Views of Barbarism There is much in Mr. P. C. Ho's letter on the Lincheng affair Kindred topics which arouses sym-of the Union College of Cincinnati, is taking across the. Atlantic, "as the result of five years' research la Europe.
seine Jewish Chinese Mascrines Arsong the treasures (we rend) are hich are of the greatest possible in-Ferewt tr. "Otobaalned the through Mess. Baggs. Bros 0 Sersch (em the. Laden smeng_the Jews. It appears. that tnission into Dana for the purpose of ease neo the Society out 4 body of. Jews whose settled there as early any converts, Eat they brought back ome sixty Hebrew samascripte, "Some of them others unfold andthe "Hebrew Union form valment san unique College ly to be conicratulated on taining them, we should be glad if som could give fuller information, "Yellow Jatindice. note is not a medical it has nothing to do with jaundice (so well-known among country folk at Home as jaundice) and the title ight, with equal appropriateness, have ' been broker, or any other term in which the adjective is obviously superfluous and unnecessary. 'The special example which we have in mind is "Avenue Road," the name of"one of the principal' thoroughfares of Shanghai's International Settlement. Why "Avenue" Road? According to our own conception, backed by an excellent dictionary, an avenue is a "wide straight road: way or street,"while a rond is defined as an open way or public passage." The name is an absurd ity, abounding in redundancy and tautology and totally devoid of sense or real meaning. The reason for the name, if just reason there ever was, is no doubt veiled by the obscurity of many years and forgotten records. Admitting that the road in question has been known as "Avenue Road" for decades. and decades (and probably loved such by many), is that any ranson why some name embodying just a little sense and meaning should not be applied to it instead? There is 10 lack of prominent citizens of wnghai, past and present, to whom, for whose memory a graceful and deserved tribute might be paid the naming of a thoroughfare, The list of possibilities ix a Jong one and any other name chosen would—be better than the present ridiculous tie which, although it may have its part in one oF two small, sleepy towns at Home, is worthy of an enlightened city, with enlightened inhabitants, The Shanghai Exhibition Probably most of the people in such an essentially mercantile com. munity as that of Shanghai already have come to the conclusion that the suggested World Exhibition in or near the Settlement is much more than a dream and that the various articles recently appearing in the "North-China Daily News" are but the initial steps towards the con-jon of more or less definite plans.
Hongkong at least believes this and that Shanghai is going to step in and take aw tome of the laurels the southern Colony hax been ex-for Hongkong had ade up its mind to have an Exhibition, Mr. Bena is very determined that our Exhibition - shall become a fact and more than one hibition has been built up by the energy of one man, though in this case there are several people whose Tess than that are two points phasis. should be laid," Some in the way of figures had to be have a basis upon which to work, but Afr. Bena only gave comparative figures as shown by the balance sheets of other Exhibitions should not be thought that any one of these sums necessarily can be regarded as the cost of a Shanghai Exhibition, It might be more or less, and obviously no estimate, however rough, can be given until more definite plans are made. The for instance, be wide differ ences in the cost of Iand at Wor
Hungjao and also in the making of Pootu Kiangwan and suitable approaches thereto. Then there can be no talk of believing in or hoping for the concent and ce-operation of the Chinese, must be their Exhibition even more than the foreigner's and their eon Sent and ce-operation are essential, for without them there cannot be Exhibition, If Mr, Bena had net grounds for hoping for such cooperation, he would not have put his plan forward: it~ reinaing" to secure a guarantee to that effect and this must be the first step. The meeting at the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce on May. 29 should settle this point,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.