Autumn, glories tell us that summer is ended. The scenery of south-fern Chekiang is dignified with no sign of human effort and at, this Season there is an indescribable mingling of gold, orange and crimson, The candleberry flames into scarlet and all'around the tops of the trees seem to have blossomed into fire.
The Fuyunghwa, or fairy flower, is {in full bloom and adds greatly tothe enchantment of the scene. This hisbiseus is greatly valued by the Chinese, for every part of it, root, Dark, stem and leaf is useful for medicinal purposes, while its handsome flowers are in demand for personal adornment.
Hangchow is to the fore again with an exhibition of native wares, Most shops are undergoing modernizaton and "special sales" with "Speclalities" lure crowds to the windows, These days there is a special run of "bargains and cut prices" and other baiting processes flourish before the purse strings of the populace, of these earnest young fellows. 'And when the Tibetan language has been mastered and literature put into circulation there us still the red-robed lame, and the wild and woolly nomad and'the dark, ignorant, super~ sutious Incarnation ahead of' them.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.