If there is one occasion during the year on which the whole of Shanghai proceeds to go en fete it is the Fourteenth of July. And the fact that it does so, considering the average excessiveness of che heat, is a singular tribute to the popularity of the French colony in our midst: Decorations come out with striking effect on the occasion, and not only the French community but all their friends of other nationalities succeed in extracting a full measure of enjoyment out of the celebrations.
At the very start of last Friday's proceedings it was all too apparent. that the day was to be scorchingly hot, but this in no way detracted from the eclat attending the proceedings. First of all took place the salute to the flag at the Conswlate-General, attended by M. Wilden, the Consul-General, and Mme. Wilden, who, in spite of the arduous nature of the duties imposed upon them, maintained the liveliest interest in all the ceremonies until well into the night.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.