Shangha, Mar, 28, The premier topic of conversation for the past week has been—the weather. Eyes have anxiously seanned threatening skies, weather forecasts. have been read with avidity, Steeawei has been bombarded with requests for Information on the fulure behaviour of the elements, and everywhere one heard "one phrase constantly recurring in the conversation—"It_ all depends on the weather." By which you will have gathered, with Easter here, that everyone in town was hoping. or trying, to get out of it to Some salubrious spot within reasonable enough distance to permit of using the four-day vacation to. its most pleasurable extent, So the hotels were Uooked weeks: ahead, train and steamer reservations created a record, and anyone who owned a car was busy having it overhauled for a long trip somewhere Into the country. For "hope springs eternal" and despite the fact that it is the season which Chinese say can have "eighteen changes In a day", reparations for excursions went on apace, with the result that most. of those who could get away shook the dust of the city's streets from their feet and hied them to Hangchow, Tien Mo Shan, Nanking, Soochow, Ningpo, and even Hongkong, for the Easter holidays, Leading The Trek 'Making sure that everything would be in readiness for his guests, beforehand, as all good hosts do and, at the same time, avoiding the heavy highway trae on Good Friday morn, Mr. T, C. Pan of Jardine, Matheson Probably led all' others by getting well under way last Wednesday morn= Ing, He was accompanied by his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pan, all leaving by car for the former's' recently built residence, which Is fast becoming one of the landmarks of beautiful Tien, Mo Shan in Chekiang Province, Gen, and Mme, Wu Te-chen's names headed the guest list, but owing to the imminent departure of the former. to take up his new appointment Canton, they were unable to accept. Others invited included Mr. and Mrs, Jabin Hsu, Mr. and Mrs, Bang, How, Mr. and Mrs, CLI, Mr, and Mrs. 7. K, King, Mr, and Mrs. 7. Y. Yi, Mr. and Mrs. C, J. Waung, Mr. and Mrs. T. H, Zee, Dr, and Mrs. Kuangson Young, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kwok, Others who wont to Tien Mo Shan' were Mr. and Mrs, Alfred S, Lee, Mrs, Margourite Chen, Mr. and Mrs.
Woo, Mr. and Mrs," W. Sunn, all of whom are members of the ex: cussion group organized by the Pa Pacific Association. This party left Friday and wilt return on Monday, The capital was the intended. destination of Mr. and Mrs, H. L. Yung. Mr. William Vinson Lee is spending the Easter vacation in Nar king also and will be away several days.
The Russell Suns were to have left for Hangchow but, their many friends thig time honouring Mr. and Mrs. Pavl Barentzen, Mr. and Mme. Boissevain and their family are forsaking Shanghai in May. They are sailing in the s. Gneisenatt for Europe on long leave and expect to be away for eight or ten months.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.