Shanghai's business houses reopened their doors yesterday to employees after the Easter holiday which was celebrated with enthusiasm.
Local steamers did a thriving business as many vacationists spent the week-end in trips to the Yangtze Estuary, and House-boats were in. evidence at Gough Island where cottage owners report that the surrounding countryside is quiet and green.
Nature has a way of keeping regular seasons in spite of the international situation, and the countryside is donning spring robes with an alacrity which is nothing short of impertinent. Grass grows just as easily in shell hole as it does on the front lawn, and the birds do not seem to differentiate between the branches of a tree and the lonely chimney of a ruined house when they choose a spot to nest.
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