Heat Wave Strews the Streets with Prostrate Bodies aes A Connestosvest Kiukiang Aug. 10.
We had it exceptionally hot ter ays ago, up to over 100°, and of the local Chinese, born and bred in these parts, were literally panting, for breath. Everyone seemed to sleep outside, on grass, streets, Janes alleys—the children stark naked, the men nothing save shortest of short pants, and the women, though covered from neck to sole, only with the thinnest of clothing, and all incessantly fanning, drinking hot tea, and panting. The streets and lanes were lined with the bamboo couches, the bamboo. easy chairs, etc., or, with the rush sleeping mats on the ground—every-tone seemed reclining, with little sleep, outside under the hot sky! Most of our ladies are on Kuling, Or in Japan, and the few men here just existed. But Yelief came, in measure, in' rain, thunder, and 2
Tower temperature. It is now warming up again.
The Yangtze has risen a bit but there seems.na hope of high water this year, unless it comes very late. Have the Tibetan snows bee less, or have they declined to melt in 19287 Crops about here, and, I hear, n many parts of Kiangsi, are good, which is a boon to the masses of Many troops have passed through here, fromthe North, going south and beyond. They are the Kiangsi men returning from the Northern campaign. They have spent little time here and have behaved well, and appear to be men who are paid their wages, being much better dressed than the sol: diets of five or less years ago.
Improvements at Kuling, A short visit to Kuling was welcome change." There are ov' 500 non-Chinese up there, probably three-quarters of them women and children—many of the latter under ten years of age. The Cinema goes fon in the Auditorium, but finds audiences small. The hills and streams and bathing pools attract the bigger number. The Rev. W. Darlington, well known to Shang: hai Cathedral attendants of the last few months, is giving, 1 hear, daily Bible readings on Revelation in Union Church. There is, also, a ten-day conference for Chinese Christian leaders going on in the Blackstone Halls in the West Valley, attended by about 120 men and women, and addressed by Pastors Kia and Fan, and Mr. Darlington. Lam told by a missionary friend that they have six meetings daily—camp meeting style!
Kuling Gap is different to years ago, The new shops remind one more of Honan Road, Shanghai, and ave a big improvement on the old ones before the fire. The street" are sider, well-paved, and the new police are smartly dressed, the streets swept and clean, a market for vegetables, ete, a kind of new erder of things, If it is fruit of Nationalism, the more we get of Nationalism the better! Things, 1 not quite perfect yet, but there is hope of even more improve. ment, It is said that over half of the Kuling houses are empty, and some of them lock forlorn. come change it that, in some way, the hordes of pedlars, of chinaware,
displaying their goods on the road:
it are now, largely, side, and not pestering the tenants Thouses. Law and order seer geod.
The public tennis courts are rather forlorn, but T saw a few Chinese young men playing some fair tennis. Dr. Barrie's beautiful hospital is open and fairly well-filled with patients. Everyone remarks on how Kuling's trees "have grown, which adds to the beauty of this scenic place. The coolies keen going, but are a bit bolder. and tlh old fear of the foreigner toms to have left them.
Kiangsi Communists Losing, Nanchang, I hear, has been filed with returning troops, and some of the Mission premises have been o¢- cupied, partly, by them. The Com: niunist-bandit' troubles in cent Kiangsi sees being over come, fron bear, and we hope the
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