One of the minor blessings of th? British Broadcasting Corporation's new special aerial for the listener in the Far East arises from the attention which the announcers pay to th> weather. So, in putting present heat in Shangh ble to learn of the suffer: in England and to sympathize enam ingly. On Monday night the "heal wave" afflicting London was dt scribed' by the announcer in hear! rending terms. It was, he declared, so "steamy and sticky", Its effects were appalling. Stalwarts on the tennis courts lost their verve; poor things thi could hardly be blamed with the thermometer at such giddy heights, The voice of the informant broke as he conveyed this picture of sweltering London. The listener re ceived the impression of a metropolis stricken by the uneasy sleeplessness of a stifling hot night, the head scorched by a burning pillow and, perhaps, the very sheep which passed through' gates in its sleep-searching brain, already roasted to mutton. Un io"tunately the deep emotion of this poignant tale prevented the sympathetic Shanghailander from knowing exactly what ti temperature was, The muffied voice" murmured some figure in accents wild. It may have been eighty or even eighty-five. Still that was enough. It was plain London was in torment and the Shanghailander gave the fire another poke, tucked himself into the blanketed bed and before dropping off into a peaceful slumber gave a suitable sigh of compassion for London's desperate lot.
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