It was somewhat amusing to read. that a Shanghai woman driver of ten years standing had been refused a driving licence when going through the tests at home. One hears people sey that if you can drive a car in Shanghai you can drive one anywhere, buianyone who has driven nich in England will not agree with that. There are many pitfalls and [gins for the driver at home which do not exist here (except the gins). There are the built-up-area signs, notices warning of inclines, and incidentally terrible inclines with elbows to them which we have never to negotiate, In ignoring the halt sign, however, our Shanghai woman driver showed herself less observant than a certain horse which got much publicity at home about {wo years ago. It appears that a Nottingham tradesman's horse took fright and ran away, causing much alarm and some damage. Several brave attempts were made to stop the beast, but he continued upon his mad course from the village to a denser populated area. Then an auresidents in the vicinity, three cvdlies have lived through the Summer, so we are told, taking care of the place and sleeping near dead cholera' victims. One " explanation may be that Chinese eat only freshly cooked food, but coolies, especially uch as would undertake such terrible work, are not particular about health rules and may keep their chopsticks in horrible proximity to corpses. Chinese children, many of tus have seen, playing and eating not too far away, and with rice bowls alive with Mies from the horrid re-posi tory. Yet they were fat, bonny children, and seemed to thrive, while our friend little Anne, who has everything sterilized before she touches it, seems to catch everything which child is heir to. How' comes
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