Referring to recent questions in the House of Commons on the pirating of foreign publications in China, "The People's Tribune" this month agrees that the position "is most unsatisfactory from the point of view Of sforelgn authors and publishers" ales nog een he me rene sre "sce Fear aR cee" ote lis get prac wag Masa race isoed mes that mod tae is here tablished themselves, with buckets of {ce that quickly melted, thereby add~ ing 10 the refreshing' liquids they dispensed to a thirsty mob. The sun baked the roofs of buses, to the discomfort of passengers, and even—perhaps Impertinently—peeped into the most expensive motor ears, and caused) unwarrantable moisture appear on the elegant garments of those riding therein. For Cophetua and the beggar maid have this in common—their pores will open when the atmosphere silke that of a stoke-hole. Comes a breeze which is not of the Power Company's creating. The shades of night—shades, ghosts, oF kuei, call them what you will—fall suddenly. "And if you want proof that summer is here, just take your feet from the easy chair and push aside the amber fluid and go down to the Bund. There is hardly 9 square Inch of sleeping space on the lawns fronting the river. Surely these lawns have fiched from the Race Course the title of Shanghai's "lungs."
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