To the Editor of the "Norni-Cinina Dany News"
Jast night mant irresponsible. frame Sm—Browsing through the paper
the following entirely une elated bits of news both caught my {3e and. came into my mind.
'The Ast was the tempting programme of broadessting lavishly dung from all-corners of the earth, looked so. pretty" in prin, But In experience the following' is what Usuelly happens: you turn the knob of your set hopefully and are greeted with a contented purr, a sign that the Workd' fu general anid" your set particular fg ready for action. 'The 5 then' breaks softly ott into "Obt believe me of all those. endearing. harms "while you cock our head one side and regard it erileally.
a sudden, Into the soft Irish melody Teaps the ear spitting crackle of Morse. "Boy," you yell above the Denetrating din' "have got any. big tune boat rivercsldct", "Yes Missie™ says boy "one velly big England boat ave: gol" "How "many funnel boy?" you enguite, maleing a diagram In' the, ale. "Have got four piece Missie"=—in. short, URNS, "County-Chss." crooning. her cubies to. Indifferent: World. You" ty. again, to be met with the same nerve hatering discourse' on. the part. of URNS. Navy. Allright, you'll ged away" from Nanking." and try Honolulu. From Honolulu comes an extraordinary whistling and moaning Sound, and someone comes in. and taka you what. itis, You reply {ervely that' I is merely. Honolula broadcasting a typhoon. Suddenly aet remarks gret-rr-r, og if some-tone had kicked. It violently Inthe Slomaeh, and then commences singing sweetly "All the Darices am a'singn HMosso's in de cold cold ground." You feet somehow that this song is not Gnirely "out. of place, and" inform {your set that is exactly' where it will the not too far distant fut "another. bit which caught my was the change of heading in one of the. Advertising columns. which how "covered. by the all-embracing Word "Animals? Tt used to. be "Dogs then was changed to "Doss, Cals, ete," with variations of "Dons find'Ponies!" oF "Pontes and. Dogs Ie'ig one" of the most. intriguing Columns in the Newspaper, as it once held for three days an advertisement sale for n pony" of 41.3 hands. the Editor contemplating the transfer of the "personal" column under" this heading?
"Dhe Woman's Page sighed that tomorrow never comes. in. Shanghai, But it doesnt anywhere, does. 7 Yesterday has been yours: to-day But to-morrow never comes, Because to-morrow is always to-day:
"This reminded. me' of May 31 and the request for the. Re Diras around Shanghat.
Thave it on authority thatthe One More Bottle" birds in Nanking are ast heard at 12 pam, and Mest heard at 12 1/60 am. The "English" €uickoo was euickooing the other night '2.30 am, and sound as if she had been going'strony for some time—possibly the birds in Shanghai lead a More ordered existence, Nanking, May 21
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.