Witingfu, Shant, Oct. 6.
On returning from England some months 2g0, a marked Improvement was evident in the city organization. This was due to the powerful personality of Mr, Chao Chih-hwei, who: thad become City: Magistrate. Rutted roads were levelled. water courses Jcemented, and sign posts erected at] Important "corners " of the streets. Local banditry had been ruthlessly stamped out, and the city was more prosperous than for many years, The Dragon Festival, for example, was a time of great happiness. No such display bad been seen for a tons time of lanterns, fireworks and jostling crowds. Our usually hum-Jarum city took on a typical "Chinese aspect. and a visitor easily might [have imagined himself in the more picturesque kind of social centre that so common in the wealthier parts} fof the land.
The model prison is in working! Jorder, and compares favourably with Jsuch institutions in other countries. [There are small weaving looms. for many of the prisoners, on which they make ankle sashes for sale, Thit [Provides them with a welcome ad ion to their meagre income, so that they are able to indulge in a few cigarettes and other luxuries.
The work begun by Mr, Chao it being well. sustained" by the new mandarin, Mr. Chi Sune-po, 9 gra-Jduate of the Tientsin Anglo-Chinese: (College. As he and his life both play tennis, we hope to enjoy more, fof their company than such officials generally have time to spare for u The floods in West and South Shantung were only hearsay to us Until of the tens of thousands made visited two tempies in company with the mandarin, and seen how the women and" children there are Howed and. fed. An order. to une Bind the feet of women and" girls lurider thirty" years of age was met with the practical enquiry as to how they were to manage for shoes. having no. money. One could. not help "thinking how such a. situation would have been met by. the local women "folk in a "Western country, where' Doreas Societies, and sewing ullds would have hastened to show their sympathy by making. shoes for hele needy. sisters,
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fof money have not been small to help feed and clothe these desperately poor refugees. How. they. wil fare the winter remains to be seen. for the subject of fuel is a serious mat~ ter for everybody on this plain. Coal prohibitively expensive and wood scarce. -Kaoliang. stalks are gen= Croy ne for ating fond "and and padded clothes are. the [chet means" of keeping the body Svarm. "Fortunately cation wool for padding garments te cally grown.
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