The Archive · 1936

LOW FLYING Scene at Jessfield Park

from the "North-China Daily News" that the maximum temperature yesterday was 92" in. the: shade. This was sufficiently thrill ling for one perfect day, I think.

The whim or urge 10 escape made pack a sandwich and filo thermos and hie me off to Jessfield Park to get some air, and T spent there, from "2. o'clock "till nearly evening. a perfectly "ideal, cool and tranquil time. Intact, as the ever ning drew in, I went out into the sun for warmth on my old bones.

'A perfect day was coming to a close when a kind of brown and black Inseet arrived from somewhere—in short, a small aeroplane—which, in its proper orbit, say. some half-mile from the ground, would have been an artistic finish "to the peaceful rouping of men, women and children enjoying the amenities of the Park. But this brown aeroplane commenced to circle round and round the Park, at each round descending lower and lower and decreasing speed. Speak-Ing for myself, T thought the pilot was in trouble and looking for a clear space to land. T was not alone in this opinion, - for amahs "and mothers instinctively collected children and' there was a general drawing away to bushes and backgrounds, everyone's eyes fixed on the insect in order to avoid It. However, after thrilling himself, his passengers and, incidentally, " the folks below for a long five minnies, Taxi Dancing Suggested ant This and the hot day mode two perfect thrills to make one feel one was still alive!

'All T'want to know isis this playing the game'

Neusox. Shanghai, Sept, 23.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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