Last Tuesday Shanghai was sharply told that summer. had gone-'The haze of the dawn had taken on a grimmer note. Moreover. the devotees of the commercial sctivities of the place, compelled to sally forth without ensuring that the temperature had been' properly tuned up, found that their customary hot-weather gard was blatantly inadequate to preserve their bodily comfort, This ted to the repearance of "store clothes" and winter suiting", It spread to the chauffeur community and even the Tiesha men showed signs of a sudden desire for a greater dressiness of attire, It would be rash to say that the sun was working less doyotedly foF that irritating creature: has long lost the patience of Shanghai, It is seriously. doubted whether the sun has tombicd to the fact that in three days, the refaostion of working hours' garded a8. crime against the community. "If can rehabilitate its te~ Butation if it deigns to give what Shanghai majaitains should be its longest spell in the next three'*
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