Shaohsing, Oct. 3
Shaohsing men are noted for th een business ability. The widening of the main street and completion of the surface with a tar finish makes St the most popular place in the city, Merchanis vie with one another Sri plans to draw the country folk to come and spend their hard-earned money. The rubber shoe shops have had an enormous turnover lately. Seme days the big shops have sold as moh as 6,000 pairs of shoes and Prices have been cut to the lowest figure for the cheap kinds, which are the bait, and often resulting in the customer buying the better kind for twice Now the cath ing to stage a big splay in view of the approaching when The local proverb states, "trade in the ninth month is. aw' gold and that of the tenth month og silver."
"At the festival. on the eighth month comes ina few days, every: tone Is laying ina large store Moon' Cakes" for that date. The observance of eating "moon cake fon that day dates back to the 13th century when the Mongol dynasty were Yuling the Chinese with an iron Hand, Mongols were billeted on the Ghinese who" had to. provide all necessaries for them, Even the home-Jy chopping knives had to be borrow-2u°and returned each day tothe Mongols, lest they should. be. ured for weapons of revenge, Then the Chinese thought of a pian to destroy the Mongols.on a certain day and dleelded to, sond that message tolled in the "moon erikes" of the eighth month, A brisk trade iv going these cakes; some of the large shops dave selling as much as 5,000 catties each day, The wealthy people like to hive boats and go om the. ca for some hours and enjoy both moon and the cakes,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.