Cool and Pleasant Weather Attracts Visitors Fwost Oun Own Connestonoene Peitaiho, July 5. We read of the heat wave about Shanghai, and of the deaths occurring a result of same.
Here it is so different; the thermometer on my verandah has not yet registered 85 degrees. Why do hol more people come here, and bring the children out of the heat?
There are houses still calling for tenants, and the place is peaceful, more peaceable than any part of China, it'seems to me.
The beaches are lively with visitors nowadays, and with bathers and boaters. Tennis playing goes on all the day, and the cafes are having a ood innings in the avenin Yesterday, the July 4 fireworks and other celebrations came off well. We As a réjult of the closing of the Chapoo Beach area to foreigners only a few cars visited the district during the week-end as the road to the beach is barricaded. Phot had an unusually Jarge number up from Tientsin for the Bank holidays, trains came up full. Many had 10 take ordinary trains, because they could not get berths, but as we have four trains each day running to the beach it was possible to carry all applicants, New Hotels
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