Bund and Bridge that Cannot be Built: The River Rising: Literary Visitor Frost Ove OWN, Changsha, Mar, 1.
Then, too, to be of any real value, there should be a further 4 Friends in Shanghai ask how our quite as long as the first one, from new Bnd, progressing and the island across to Yoloshan, where dds greatly to residential an life in our city. The building of a stands the Hunan University. Over here in spring, when the azaleas new Bund was planned and discussed ire in. bloom" the inhabitants. fante twelve years ago, the idea then Changsha gain their hundreds {being to make a 100 ft. wide road uring perhaps three weeks in the from the electricity works, outside the old north gate, right along the year.
The whole scheme reads like a Waterfront to as far as the N.K.K, Wharf, No doubt, the Chinese mind fairy tale, and the chances of any serious steps being taken to develop wag impressed by the name of Bund, the original plans are remote. A far fonjurag up visions ofthe One bul better notion would be to expend and of the palatial foreign reside along the Shanghai waterfront money to increase the number of food wide roads through th fea cyerlonkhag the viver at Hankow, Sut'here in Changsha our water: business houses and the residences of the city, where are found front is crowed with endless junk. of the more well-to-do. henldes every sort of small craft.
Fiundreds of chattering coolies are A Literary Visitor for ever carrying cargo across it, To turn to ordinary social events, Some of this and much rubbish apents to be just dumped by the The Changsha Worsen's. Club met this week to listen to a paper reed 'True, the local Government have by Mise Visness, of the Norwegian Mission, on Sigrid Undset's "Critiebuilt up, small portions of the Bund ism of icdern Problems." This paper and road, and the various firms, too, has already been read' by Dr, Vis have themselves. at various times ult, up and repaired bits. of the nese (the speaker's brother) before 4 Literary Society in London, Mrs, Bil near their own premises, but the thickly crowded Ines of dirty Sigrid Undset has writen many hhovels and tambledown mat-bute novels and a few poems; as she her-pressing on the road effectively de Self says, the finds the former a etter medium for both narrative tory any ilusions if we turn our ey city-wards, It would not be worth and character drawing. "There's 10 Sunshine and there azo no smiles in While to put up neat houses, as no good class people would consider my pictures, but plenty: of warmth," says the novelist herself. She lacks fiving among such squalor, A hugo ite tight leat away all this muck humour but has the human touch, as she treats of such cries of the and truck, but Zar be it from me to human soul as: "What am 12" Suggest such 0 xemeds Whence come 1? Whither do 1 go?
Bridge Proposed Born "at Copenhagen, of an archeologist father and. a' poor po 'From a map and plan that hap-Sant mother, she lived in a common sned to see, dating back certainly a ity' "alley." and yet. possessed a jecado, I learned that a foot-bridge rear love of Nature, while the was to have been thrown across on of her girlhood was to tell the Slang River to the island of Shuilustory of medieval "Norway" and bout, the spot where the Denmark, Her mesiern stories are of Club now stands. the working-class who have little island was to be turned into a ple leisure and few pleasures, She sure garden, in which, the citizens writes of love and marriage, chil-of Changsha were to disport the dren, burdens to be borne, and of selves, Such a bridge would have to religion, She has lately joined the be haifa mile in length and would Roman Catholic Church, but, this ite to be at an elevation of over change of faith has not yet affected 100 ft. to allow the passage of high junks beneath it, not to speak of ber "writings," She "has "two litle fons, but has separated from ber steamers which have to move up as husband in order to give a happy far as Taikoo House in order to home to her boys. She teaches them turn, Ona river like ours, which "to walk carefully amongst things covery your has a 40 ft. vise, and in that are easily broken in this world, View of its breadth whether rosebuds or hearts."
it, as well as ind, it seems ridiculous to con-Some of wa reco: iect having seen te so costly a project. reviews of her three most important ovels—"The Wild. Orchid". "The Bush," and "Motherhood." is not at home in 3
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