Parade of Scholars in Luchow:
Ciriema Shows Fnow Oun Owx Connesrondext Luchow, Sze,, Oct. 10.
Borderers are Heried Coufuciog' birthday, 27th of the eighth moon was entirely omitted this year here and swung back to August 2%, so the schools missed their three' days holiday altogether. Likewise it was announced that the autumn festival was not to be and that the foreign lor solar new year was only to lo observed. All these changes are ssi for the better. On the other hand Republi Day or the National Day is being emphasized by observing it for three days. This is in tune with great deal more of super-nationalism that one notices on every hand, Dr. Sun certainly woke the nation tap to its senses in this Tin On the evening of the 9th we witnessed a parade of schools, both iris and boys, perhaps 2,000 strong. Five years ago one did not see any iris in parades. The lanterns, both paper and glass, were in great numtfers and many flags and banners were in evidence.
Next morning at 10m, we fo-n, though it had been raining and the Ktrects were in, wretched condition, some thousands" of, people, The parade ground ad. four pavilions And the. centre all. marked out, hoot atsr school arrived and Cook lits alloted section, until one. would guess there must have been over 30, Sil with gaily coloured banners and flags, and almost all the small child-Ten had home made small flags. All were in uniform, new, neat and Varied, the girls in pure Chines, While the boys had discarded the Yown and followed a sem-foreign style. the Graves The Female of the Species
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