"We took advantage of kind permission granted us, to sleep that night on the verandah of the Little bungalow, and made camp the next doy. There was a slight drizzle, but not enough to matter. But our first night in camp it poured, and the SIN. was caught like a tenderfoot—he had not sufficiently slackened his tent which came down. All {he others stood.
"For the remainder of camp until the last day the weather was per fect. The food was cooked by the scouts themselves, each patrol taking a day in turn, but we had for most of the time a coolie to carry water, chop wood, etc. During the first round he cook patrols found the work rather hard—owing to lack of experience—and meals were late though not badly cooked. After that there was a great improvement, and the food was quite up to our usual standard, A few dishes were slightly burnt, but none were ruined, and Barber-Thompson The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Rev. Arthur E. H. Barber, son of the late A. W. Barber and of Mrs. A. W. Barber, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Miss Annie Lee Thompson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson of Knoxville, Tenn, U.S.A. Both bride and bridegroom have been associated with the China Inland Mission. The Right Rev. John Curtis, Bishop in Chekiang, officiated, assisted by the Rev. G. A. Scott, The bride, who was given away by the Rev. A. K. Macpherson, wore a graceful gown of heavy white silk ow on simple lines with a train and cowl neck, Her white veil fell from.a coronet and she carried a bouquet of.white carnations. The bridesmaid was Miss Irene E. Walker who wore a frock of pastel blue chiffon with pink accessories. Her flowers were pink carnations. Flora Nell Howes acted as flower girl in a pastel pink silk dress with blue access sories. Her bouquet was of pink carnations, Mr. William J. Drew was best man and the ushers were Mr. R.
W. Howes and Mr. A. M. Bendtz.
The bride went away in a dress of navy blue crêpe made with three-quarter length sleeves and high neck Her turban was of navy blue straw trimmed with saxe blue and her purse and gloves were of navy blue, The bride and bridegroom are leaving China to reside in Vancouver, B. C.
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