the Editor of the "Nontu-Cuina Dam News."
Sm—Not s0 long ago T was residing at Kiangse-Kiukinng Roads igorner in your esteemed village and Lwould like to urge a little restraint on those who are clamouring for more Cathedral bells. The noise of those already existing together wits the pealing of the organ, the gig-cling of females, the clinking of coins and the honking of the auto-horns, of the more affluent assets to the congregation, to say" nothing of Jerowds of cats stamping about in the neighbourhood every "Sunday morning all helped to produce excruciating torture to a respectable citizen manfully endeavouring recover from the effects of normal Shanghai social Saturday evenings.
believe those nasty, horrid Ger rman people recently Imported, some new high-power bells, and, whilst I have quite forgiven them for shoot ing me through the pants long years ago, and itis none of my business—except the noise, which is publie—T must say I think they surely started something and appear to have made the others somewhat envious (if that word may be used in connection with devout matters).
When I moved to this fair city, which, according to a famous Chinese proverb, is one of the two earthly innexex, of Heaven itself, 1 thought was "Good-bye to all that." Well, it just wasn't so, There are enough foreign " and Chinese joss-houses round here to save the souls of the entire universe and Will Rogers. And, believe me, about the only thing 1 Suntays san hear over the radio on now is the Cathedral or Jehurch service from Shanghai. T have just torned it off now.
From another page of your vululable newspaper I learn that a special ferusade against the Devil has. been started from Mont St. aichet, Normandy ard maybe this is part of it. Now, I have heard of blue-bells, Bow Bells, joy-bells, wedding-bells, locomotive' bells, bathing belies and loew-bells, but 1 do net think they really" ud. truly" 'Srighten Hie Satanic Majesty, honestly I don', and! respectfully suggest that they tr {o'fix him by more modern methods such as using Celestial lachrymotory or laughing gas, or they' night organise &slenu strangulation squad. Maybe the Police could help. Lost OnE. Shangh Jun, 16, 195:
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