If Winter Comes Few are the compliments extended to the Siccawei Fathers by the general public, How-fever accurate may be their long record of pre~ ction, it only needs a malicious turn in the weather ona fine day when somebody has planned a picnic to east the reputation of this
spect, the public is worse than the farmers. Wenerabte frstitation into aiseard. To this 2e-Toast, the farmers only want rain when the ground is parched, and sunshine when there is 8 superabundance of rain, but the public wants the right weather every day., What the public Thursday considers the right weather is a source of dis business [cussion far beyond the limits of these columns, will }but the sage fathers have the knowledge, with be the proposed revision of the Neutrality public approval, that the recent forecast of break in the weather has proved to be correct. Autumn coolness is upon us and although Its wet under foot few people will regret the change, Summer this year, although not exeessively hot, was irritatingly Tong and consi rose high to the heavens that there istenlly disagreeable, unfit the common pala never be any relief and the perspiring Shanghai summer. with its horde of personal ailments, would never abdicate its dictatorial place in the seasons.
Ju the last few days there has been considerable drop in the. temperature—just fas Siccawei announced, A' long spell of temperature exceeding 90 degrees has ended and It'is now at least 15 degrees cooler, bringing more restful nights and sounder slecp—a condition gratefully appreciated in this period of tress and tension. "Fair charmer sleep" and other invocations fi the mind with classic rer ection and make the subject of artistic and philosophical import, But to the Shanghailandfor months of fretful tossing about the bed, aurated pillows and nightly eondicts with all the insect pests of which local fats are heir to, hails with joy a message of more rejoicing than poetic muse can convey that the weather has become cooler and a good night's sleep is pos sible.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.