Apropos of the "China Year Book's" use of the westernized Casually one picks example: Mr. Chang Feng-chu of the National University in Poking prefers to be called Mr, Tchang Fong-kiu. Mr, Chang Hsiang-lin prefers Z, L. Chang. Dr. Chang Shou-chun, who is none other than the erudite Chang Po-ling, prefers to be known as Poling Chang. Mr. Chang Tso-kun of Canton likes Cheuk K. Chang. While Mr, Chang Wei has combined his courtesy name and Produces Showbin W. Chang.
This lovely confusion is taken from two or three pages of Changs. Better examples might have been found among the Lees or Lis but I gave it up, adhering strictly to Changs. The Returned Student group seem to prefer to print their cards with this arrangement Chao-chu Wu, which they hope Americans will understand, But the whole thing is irregular, confusing and worthy of correction by the: Legislative Yuan, Personally, I prefer Dr. Wa 'Tingfang's "preference. Would' the problem not be solved by its adoption, Dr. C.'T. Wang has apparently found such a method useful for he calls himself Dr. Chenting T. Wang, the T. being! apparently for Thomas. In English, no one speaks of Mr. Soong Tre-yun but always of T.V. In fact, foreigners might even te-gard T.V. as being all there is to the name, it is so often used alone, without the family name but Soong Tze-yun would be a much better way although I wonder what curious sounds the would in the course of time produce. Maskee, however, what we call our friends. Whatever i may be, let it be standardized. In this age, everything must be standardized, why not the English spelling of Chinese names?
Patent Medicines, The Nanking Government apparently intends to regulate and control the manufacture, import and. sale of patent medicines—and a very fine thing! too. 'The principal business in patent medicines in' China is said to be narcotics and aphrodismes, Both must be controlled but the Chinese Government should handle this problem with the greatest vigilance, for we all know what the Opium Suppression Bureaux in various provinces
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.