must be up early—a good habit: we must retire early—thus saving on light (and surtaxes thereon).
Enforced economy will make us investigate the merits of bean-curd as a substitute for ham and eggs: Chinese, preferably Foochow, ma ccroni to replace steak and onions: sun-tanned bee-bees for sunkist "ranges, and so on. The only fly in the ointment is house rent—nothing on earth can now stop the landlord and the sub-letter.
J. C. po B.
Shanghai, July 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.