Shaohsing, May 29.
Last week a meeting of the People's Athletic Society took place on the grounds of the Fifth Provincial 'Middle School in the city. Despite the rey, neem wenibary tha participants and spectators' congregated in lange numbers to see the "contests. Competitors came chiefly from the senior schools of the city, and strove for the mastery individuals rather than _representatives of a school. There was very noticeable number of girl competitors. On the whole they showed a high standard of training and staying powers, The new complete Middle School, scholars had a greater number of credits than other schools, owing to bein han those from the J The gathering object of empha Physical exercise as something to be desired in a strong nation. This is truly laudable when, the lament is heard on every "0 how weak we are!" The skill displayed by two very short competitors. in the 800 metre race and the high jump won the admiration of all, showing that the race is not always; to the tall or the strong.
The athletic gathering was followed by another attempt to make the literacy movement the most popular Bing in the city, serie of meet ings and theatrical displays, central and sectional were held in three sections of the city for a week On the first day all "the big: guns in the city gathered in the People's Theatre to hear speeches from men who have more than a fashionable interest in this. movement. Later plays were gi real to all the bitterness and hand! cap of the illiterates from tender to the days of hoary heads, sectional meetings had the a tion of some renowned leaders to sorrows of China's millions owing to age eng illiteracy. The youth, from the schools were ible for much of the acting, helped to answer the question that many] of them put to us, "How can serve my country in youth?" Plans are now being made to get many mass education schools started at hours and seasons suitable to the majority, rather than the convent: ence of those who are to teach, Dragon Boat Festival Of late trade has been languishing in the cloth shops of the city s0 a number set upon the plan of having: genuine cheap sales. Needless to say the people soon realised it and flocked in thousands to see or buy' the goods. A strict look out is still keep for the goods of a "certain country." Those™ on the market aly turnover of more than success of this plan grocers to tread the ime path, so now the crowds are sing outside their shops. All this coincided with the Dragon Boat Festival of other ants of 8 known in thi the name feast day of th when debts have tobe paid. "To the rank and To file of the "people it is a season when' at lerist a number of yellow fruits and: meats have to be eaten luck' Is to. follow their steps to the next festival Here the favour fish, yellow beans, a yellow powder!
delicacies are yellove or flowe in "wine," yellow plums, "yellow!
3 and yellow' powder inkled on the foreheads like' the of mediaeval days at the beginning Lent. Superstition still of ryed at this time as mug:
willow are hung at. the ind put around the house to expel the evil influences oF spirits that bauno the living at festival.
'A New Raitway The success of the Chal Light Railway and its undon gain to merchants, has stimulated the merchants of the large market town of Feng-Otiso "to build a similar section' from Shan, south of Lin-pu {o Feng-Chiao, The road bed is already completed, so is hoped within the year to' have trains running, which' wil serve to handle the "passenger' and' goods traffic of east Chukihsien, "The Tine will be about eighty li in length pet BEeeoue, Feats a profitable artificial in the minds of the fashionable set, the demand for yi the natural product has fallen very reduct has fallen Householders who derived both
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