The beautiful weather in Shang-balan Monday and on the Whangpoo caused no" lo comment" among Sexson, who deploring the. cool passengers arriving in the President
'Weather' in Hongkong, welcomed the opportunity of "shedding overcoats for a few hours at least. Forlunatemost of them were Shanghai People and. remembered. what pre-Ylous months of March had brought on occasion, "Reminiscing, Mr. Carl Lo Seitz recalled this identical week in 1699, just 40 years ago. Shanghai was visited by snow, to a depth of nearly Iwo feet. He, the "Olson" boy, and the Wilson Inds constructed a boyish sleigh, without any steel runners, but made seats of boxes on top. Borrowing the undertaker's horse, with all Its silver trappings and ele: dant harness, they galloped through {he village, tip and down the Baloo fand over the Race Course, To the Bund they eventually came, where "A" Company and another unit had assembled for drill. The snow proved too much for the soldiers, who were ordered to pile farms, the command then being given for "a snowball battle, company against company. It was no. pla for neutrals, but the hardy lads drove their' sled between the lines, suffering a bombardment, which dees counterpart in New England, Siberia, or Greenland.
Listeners to, the story could not deny its veracity, but one announced that he would' consult Siccawet whether similar conditions were to recall this. yes
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