On the way down I met a couple of Chinese gentlemen who said that they had come all the way from Tientsin to see the famous beauty pot. After a few commonplaces on the scenery and the weather, they ut searching questions to me' about the food at the temple, vegetarian fare being apparently by no means to their taste, 1 was unable to give them any very encouraging assur-tuees and had they not been already three-quarters of the way up, 1 verily believe they would have been inclined to turn back to enjoy the Meshpots of the hotel at the bottom.
The Huangshan is well worth 3 visit, if only as a. change of scene and interests, and as it is nowadays so easily accessible, it is strange that it Is not better known, Cums mine-owners in North China, says the "Ta Mel Wan Pao," are opposing the proposed sale of the Liuklang Coal Mining Ca, to the Taichi Ca, a Sino-Japanese concern, The Taichi Ca, it is alleged, occupied the Liukiang property and then forced the owners of the latter to suurrender Tt by some sort of a forced sale. to the wearing of unhealthy rubber shoes. These Tuber shoes are no doubt useful in their way on sports and gala days but the students are. inclined to wear them all the time, They are being warned and the men re taking to sloth and leather shoes, with decidedly "beneficial results. Everything should be done to. mei win the health and comfort of the hundreds of young normals in Ta chien tu and there is plenty of room for a Chinese YMCA. with an a tive go-shead secretary.
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