The old city wall has been demolished. In the spring officials, students, merchants and all others who came under the heading of the able-bodied, singly or in groups helped to pull it down. This was a fine piece of work. The greater part of the city, and this includes nearly all the business section, has been outside the wall for many years. Plans are now completed for the building of a wide road on the site of the old wall and this will add greatly to the cleanliness and sanitation of the city. Modern drains will be built in connection with this road, work on which fs to commence in the very near future, 'Work on the new wing of the' Wulw General Hospital was commenced last year and is now nearing completion. "Patients have already moved in on the second floor and the rst and third floors will be ready for occupancy next month.
'Trips to Hwang Shan' (Yellow Mountain) in the southern end of Anhwei province are becoming more Popular and, without exception, those who go return filed with enthusiasm, about the wondrous and magnificent scenery. Credit is due to the China Travel Service for making it possible for travellers to have a pleasant home (we thousand feet up the mountain, In the hotel fine Chinese food is) served, rates are moderate, rooms are very comfortable and there is hot and cold running water in the bath rooms. Anyone going in his own car can get within a half hour's easy walk of the hotel. Trips are arranged over the hills, the most Popular one reaching a height of nearly seven thousand feet, and the scenery is beyond description.
Tokyo, Aug. 6.
This is the season for' mountain climbing exploits in Japan, "Already 'a new record has been set for the Fuji ascent, eleven blind men have sealed Int, Tate, and Hakuba mou tain has "been conquered by "a six-months-old baby. The baby had help.
was carried to the top by its father and mother, who alternated in pack-{ing the infant on their backs The blind men were led by a G1- year-old veteran who, though sight ess in both eyes, is a' veteran of the mountain trials." The party carried canes and the men had bells tied at their waists. Some wore white cotton kimonos, although most of them were in foreign-style clothes.
felt the wind and the sensation being at a great height" said one.
We have a way of secing, you know; although it's not exactly the same with those who actually can use their eyes.
The new record for Fuji, whose majestic peak is 12,467 feet above sea level, is two hours and twenty mint tes. "It was made by Kanshiro Narita, young and sturdy member of the Tokyo Walking Race Study Society. Narita expected to make the 66 mile climb in three hours. He arose at 4 am. just before the sun-rise, and Pushed straight to the top.
On the same day 11,300 climber: reached the top of Fuji. Most. wer on foot, although many took Vantage' of the" horses which are lable as far as the eighth station, fast parties make the climb night, planning to arrive just before dawn. The sun-rise from the summit is the greatest attraction for visitors ud the ascent during a moon-lit night is particularly beautiful, Frequently clouds which cluster around the peak interfere with the view from the top but on clear days the beauty of the Fuji lakes at the foot of the mountain and the vast greenness of the Hakone district are visible, as well as the curving coast Vine and even Yokohama and Tokyo to the northward, The Fuji ascent is not dimeult in comparison with other famous peaks, The paths are well-defined and resi houses, where one may obtain tea and refreshments, are placed at frequent intervals.
The so-called "Japan Alps," a mountainous district in central Japan, also provide a rare playground for summer climbers and winter sports enthusiasts.
There is no truth to the report that the all-Japan Whisker club is plan= ning a mass assault upon Fuji. The club, which, goes, in for the length, breadth and "quality of its beards, held a recent meeting on the subject and voted it down. The telling argu ment was an assertion that members would be in grave danger of stumb-Ung over their beards and therefore subject to undesirable physical risks, United Press,
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