The light fall of snow, which started at about 3 pin. yesterday, stopped about two hours later, but resumed again after six, covering Shanghai's streets with a thick wane mantle. The busier streets, however, did not gain by the snowfall, si.ce continuous traffic made the roads slippery and dirty, but smaller thoroughfares, where only slight vehicular traffic is evident, presented many with a long-awaited sight of the city u.der snow. Particularly pretty was the Holy Trinity Cathedral, with the tees and roof wearing coats of white.
Another impressive sight was from one of the high downtown apartment buildings. Looking down o. the two-storeyed Chinese houses, one saw a big white blanket, with electri lights to give the snow a more bri liant aspect.
The western district and the parks, both in the Settleme.t and the French Concession, appeared to be covered with more snow than any other place in Shanghai, the Public Garden on the Bu..d present pretty sight, But, if thousands of ringsters looked forward to the snow, thousands found it just another mis more to endure. These were par cularly the numberless beggar Shanghai, for whom the white ma.. tle bore no attraction. Hungary and homeless, they slept by thousands in the streets either on the pavements or at the entrances to shops a..d large buildings. Scores of them die daily and yesterday's snow just added to the number of deaths.
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