To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cuina Darcy News"
Si—This afternoon I was very much surprised (not to say. shocked) to receive from the French Tram and Light Ca. a love letter (avec des} Sentiments distingues) to the. effect that "owing to the increase in the cost of materials and maintenance of electric cookers" (?) they are forced raise the monthly rental of same from $2.2 small model and $250 a large one to $10 and $12.50 respective-
En réponse, 1 am thanking the company for sparing me the sufferings of @ double shock in not sending simultaneously a notifeation re! Increase in rental of electric meters "owing to ele. cle." (we know it by. heart already) which however I hope to receive in the very near future} (things these days are moving rapidly. to a climax), Et dites mol, s'il vous plait, chore ie, si jo voulois acheter! cette petite cuisiniére (mine is a small "model) comblen, how much should T have to pay for it in cash. of instalments, et woubliez pas and please do not forget to take into account the amount I have paid already during these four years T have had the pleasure and privilege of using, this petit Westinghouse model?
T have always contended that in the happy comer de l'Extréme Orient, we. Frenchtown ratepayers have always been the happiest. inasmuch as passing and legalizing of all sorts of Squeezes. Increases, short weights. lo, have never bothered our F.C. papas to any great extent, and we have always been spared the walla walla accompanying. such events. in the Settlement. "We, les plus privilégiés, have no say in such matters, cest a dire, we are always presented with a fait accompli.
Eh bien, chore compagnie, comme jo me suis emportée um peu, crest avec beaucoup de regrets que Jo dais finer, Veuillez done, aussi agreer mes sentiments les plus distingues, Shanghai. July 3.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.