combined with a huge block scart made to te Ina bow at the neck lends tophistieated: touch to. this ensemble fresh from abroad. The small" hat {Will be convenient when windy days the illness which has confined her to} the Country Hospital for the past five weeks, will" make it necessary for ber to remain in hospital tor} another throe weeks, at least. However, Mrs. Ayscough is quite cheerful about the stroke of bad luck which prevented her trip to Peking, for she is enjoying the visits of those of her acquaintances who. braved Shanghai in summer, and when she heard of her extended hhospitalization, promptly issued an informal invitation to those of her friends who Yemain in town to call on her at the: Country Hospital instead of at the Grass Hut.
Mr, and Mrs. George Fitch are now in London. having travelled that far on their way back to the United States on long leave. Their daughter, Mise Marian Fitch, who has been spending the season in Peking. is in) Shanghai at the moment, but-plans a return to Peking very soon.
And #peaking of personages connected with the "Y" in China, a word Should be said about the departure of Miss J. Perkins of the International ¥. W. C. A. for a month's holiday the north, Miss Perkins left on the 15th to be at Peking for a time before travelling through Mongolia.
Miss Mary Lawton, who was bora in China and retains a fondness for the country despite her long residence {in the States, is among those returning to America in the Empress of Canada. Miss Lawton has spent the summer with her parents in Kuling.
'A few who deserted Shanghai for the hottest weather have already returned to enjoy the cool evenings in store for'us all before the more wintry winds usurp the gentle breezes. Among them are Miss Eve-Iyn Varley who is back from a holi day spent at Karuizawa, and Mrs. E 'W, Sturtevant who is back in town with her daughter.
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