To the Editor of the "NortH~Cumva Dany News"
Sin—Being one of the unfortunate people who have to use the omnibus as a means of transportation to my daily work, and having had to wait until nearly frozen lately, or thoroughly. wet on other occasions, whilst bus after bus pulls up and starts off again without me having been able to add myself to the already grossly overcrowded vehicle, I have wondered why so many people pass by with almost empty private cars and fail to offer a lift to people they see; standing shivering at stops. It seems to me that owners going straight down the Nanking Road, or even those who make their way to the Bund via the side streets, would. kindle a kindly feeling in the human breast, were they to extend their hospitality \to fellow creatures now and then.
Also it seems strange that the bus company does not consider the idea of, starting a No. 1 bus on its townward trip, one from Seymour Road corner and one from Yates Road corner at a stated hour such as 8.30 am. or even 8.40 a.m.—what a help this would be to those who cannot afford taxis or rickshaws. Is the idea unreasonable?
WONDERING.
Shanghai, Feb. 3, Chinese Music:
In Search. of Information To the Editor of the "NortH-CuinA Dany News"
Sm—A friend at home who teaches music has written asking me to get all the information I can on Chinese music and Chinese musical instruments, Can some reader of your paper tell me where I can obtain this information—either, from books in some library, where I can make notes upon the subject, or would there be some particular book which I could purchase? I have asked at several book stores with no success, and have also inquired among my Chinese friends—no one seems able to help me, and so I am making this appeal ugh your columns.
AMERICAN.
Shanghai, Feb.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.