For a long time the weather's
sive. Everyone has" felt the moods ave been grey and unrespanley breath of stormy winds and tomy fand this, week-end, Hangchow again was visited by a ' sweeping snow: storm which covered the surrounding country in a raiment of white, The wintry aspect soon vanished, however, when the rays of the sun cut through the alr charging it with There is a Chinese saying, "To send aal in snowy weather is the act of superior man!" The Rickshaw Mis" sion has actually come into being jand its ministry is bringing warmth: fand comfort to many of these needy pullers who, for the most part, earn A precarious living.
The Lunar New Year celebrations have lengthened out to a much longer period than for many: years past. For early three weeks the people Indulged in mental pause and reftection, Now, with tke Feast of Lan-ferns over, there 1s a general bracing up to encounter life's cares and pas: sion.
Hangekow is fast becoming the Mecca for motor. trafic and excursionists, and the population seems to bbe Increasing by leaps and_ bounds. Special police have taken hold of the {trame problem. Sleepy and dreamy pedestrians are rudely awakened and pushed off the roadway, while rickshaw pullers are receiving lessons in road sense, forbidden to overtake Jcut in. Country folk do not take kindly to strict observance of these rules of the road.
Foreign travellers wish there were less red tape over regulations fof passport inspection. The copying of every particular ridiculous, especially if one just makes round trip across the ferry. In a Journey of Less than 100 miles one has had to undergo this process three [times and, besides, a visiting card is required in the bargain. If one happens to be in a hurry for the ferry for train, this procedure is highly me convenient and becomes " nuisank Another snag to the "foreign guest" is the unsavoury appellation of "for-feign devil," which meets the car frequently, and ig as common to-day, jin some parts, as it was thirty years ago. One wonders why the efficient police officer does not use his in-nonce to our this rudeness, especial-as coming from tke younger genormirroring the activities of city fe, mention should be made of the Inauguration of tke Doctors' Christian Union. "The egremony of organizing The Guild of St. Luke took place in the C.MLS. Hospital" Chapel a few days ago.
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