Shanghai, May 30.
The month of May being almost out we may with all confidence give our minds to the casting of clouts—some of us have done so already—but we Mike the advice about casting clouts when May is out if only because it keeps alive a good old 'Anglo-Saxon word, for these are getting ousted from' our language too quickly and giving way to ugly modern slang. Not. that "clout" is a particularly pretty word in itself, especially in Mts colloquial sense, and its application these days might lead to misunder-sanding. "Clout" is well enough When we realize that It means merely 2 patch—elther of cloth, leather, or jnetal—but if we had the AS. slgnifcance in mind, and referred to the well-known book title og "The Tailor Clouted" instead of "The Tailor Patched," we might be misunderstood, However, May being out, and leafy Sune in, the month of roses is not so welcome in Shanghai as in the home countries since it brings for us the heat, mosquitoes, flies, smells, and general" discomfort, and moreover, Starts for some of us the most uncomfortable months of the year. We Hear of many people, particularly men, who declare that they love the Shanghai summer but it has oft been noted that, as the years have rolled by, and their bank accounts have swelled, they have made for cooler limes, and Shanghai has seen Uttle of. them later excepting for rare Visits in the cool season.
Sharp by her own poise, deportment Jand gute is an excellent advertisement for her particular methods.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.