Five Great Religions next Oun Own Consort Tsinan, Sung, June 9.
If the erection of new and cost buildings is any criterion of a city's prosperity, Tsinan must be doing Well, in spite of all the doleful tales of businessmen, It is not guile two years since the members of the Tao Yuan, or Red Swastika "Society, that institution which professes to combine the good points of ive great religions in its teachings, erected a large hall. Now further extensive building are process of erection on adjacent land, The Tao Yuan began its life nearly 20 years ago. in-an_ unpretentious courtyard "in a quiet, residential street, Without changing the loca~ mn, the heads of this body have acquired more and more land, the total value of which must be enormous.
"The rst extension they made was to procure some property on which to open a women's branch of the society and to house primary school for poor children, "As the school has grown some of the older buildings have been given over to Its use, this change being mace possible by the free tion of the new hall.
This halt is a really sine building, It is put up in_a style reminiscent of the Imperial Palace or Tal Miao In Peiping. It stands ona stone terrace, approached by broad fights of steps and surrounded by a low stone parapet. On the south, the terrace Ig widened out to form a. square platform, roofed over, like the old Style theatrical stage," The hall has concrete window frames, so planned {that the general effect is very similar to that of the wooden-latticed win dows of many Chinese temples. The root Is covered with shining green tiles which must have come from Peiping. These shimmer in the suti~ light, giving off iridescent light very lovely to watch,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.