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[Hand‐written]                Chungking, Szechwan, China.         `            May 27, 1917. Dear Ones in Canton: ‐       How we did enjoy that bundle of home papers, and what a fine variety – they were so well wrapped they came thru in fine condition.  I was surprised to learn I have a birthday gift coming.  So good of you to remember me, and of course I shall be glad to receive it inasmuch as I can still wait till December before I will have to add another year to my age.   I note just a suggestion in our Mother’s letters fearing we are telling just the bright side of things and that there is a lonely, homesick side we keep mum about.  Now, Mother, maybe such a time is coming, but I am glad I can say so far there has not been and no signs of its coming either.  We are busy and happy, enjoying life and looking forward to the time when we can be an active factor in the great work about us.   Lewis is secretary of the Missionary Association, composed of the missionaries of all the denominations here, so has to provide leaders for the prayer‐meetings held every Thursday evening.  Last Thursday he could not get a leader so lead it himself.  Wish you all could have heard his talk, it was so good.  One of the missionaries after the meeting when he shook his hand said, “God bless you, Havermale.  You are going to go greater things here then we have been able to do.”  [sic]  One of the ladies said to me, “Are you not proud of your husband?”  I told her I always had been.   If you know anyone taking the “Missionary News”, there is an article on the city of Chungking I believe you would be interested in reading, in the Feb. 1917 number, entitled “A contrast.” I’m sure your dress is very pretty, Mother.  I like the way you made it.   Last Friday we attended a farewell reception given the French Commissioner of Customs and his wife.  Next Saturday we are invited to a picnic at the British consulate.  The Britishers here entertain in honor of the King’s birthday.   I do not believe I ever told you I have put up (or rather the cook did) twenty quarts of cherry sauce and jam.  The cherry season was a month or so ago.  Also made some jelly of a fruit that tastes like our red‐haws but in yellow and about three times as large.  I do not suppose you ever thot [sic] you would be unable to tell the difference between plums and peaches.  We have been eating a fruit the past week that has the skin and stone of a plum, the size and color of a peach, and pulp that looks and tastes like peach or plum, whichever you happen to have in mind ‐‐  Puzzle  ‐‐  what is it?   I am glad our letters have proved interesting ‐ but fear the time has already come when our letters do not contain so many new things of interest.  We are quite settled in a daily routine now the only disturbing factors – Chinese oders [sic] and fleas.  These are increasing with the hot weather.  But it will not be long now till we go on the hills and there escape the oders [sic] at least.   We had Chebanse popcorn for supper tonight.  […] have also […] the Chebanse paper with our letters in it.             Lots of Love,               Clara. 

Chungking, S •••Wa, 27th, 1917.

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•• though it h.dI a•• fraid th.tlet •• introduo.

I teel .l.o.t t •• pted to •• K. thi. letter .pp •• rb •• n .ritteD .ueh •• rli.r .nd then dela,ed on the .a,;tor,ou .ill haTe w.ited • long ti •• b.t •• en l.tter •• But (h.re• T.r, original esou.e) I haT' be.n bu.y a •• rabbit.

Fir.t ot all, Clara and I thou ht that atter all our pro.i ••• to .endyou and F.th.r Tol.trup the book. of Tiew., we had bett.r get do.n to that.nd .tiok to it until it wa. tini.hed. So that took letter-writing ti.e tor••e.k or .or.. But now at la.t w. h ••• it oo.pl.ted, .uoh a. it i., and.ill • nd it b, the ••••• ,il a. tbi. lett.r. W. hope "th.t it will b. long-.r of inter •• t than the l.tt.r •••i.ht h •••• ritt.n.

Atter a.bil ••• will haT' to •• k. one for our •• l ••• ,- a••oon a' w••hallb••bl. to g.t .uitabl. rintin~ paper troa Shanghai or Vanoou.er, a •• e ar.no. olear out ot photo •• terial •••••oa. old .tuff th.t Ur.p •• t ha. had onhand for two y•• r.. W•• ay Dot .ork on it until Autuan a. the we.ther i.g.tting too .ar to aa • it .at. to riek fil •••nd p.p.r in th••olution ••

Anoth.r job .hioh I h ••• h.d i ••• r.ing a ••eoretary for tbe 100a1 Oh.ngtReli.l 'und a •• ooi.tion. Tb. A.erio.n Oon.ul .ppointed •• ODe of the thr.eA•• rioan. on the aeneral Co ••ittee; tbi. Oo •• itte•• leot.d a. "oret.r'l andoon.e u.ntl, I b.oa.e ••••b.r ot th. Iseouti •• Co •• itt.e. Th. ForeignPr •• i .nt ie tb. Fr.noh Co •• i •• ion r of Cu.to " the Chin •• e Pre.ident i.the ,r•• i4ent of the Ch •• b.r of Co•• eroe ( the ao.t pow.rful guild in theoit,~ tb. tor.ign tre ••ur.r i. tbe Chungking po.t ••• t.r, and the Cbin •••trea.urer i •••• rr w.alth, ba k.r. Oth.r .e.b.r. are the Chin .e Coaai •• ion­er ot For.ign Aff. r'J th. - b•• d .clul- ot Chungkin ; the .an".r ot theprinoip.l A.iatio Shipping Co.p.n7, .nd of oour •• the A•• ric.n,Briti.b,Prenob, and J.pane •• Con.ul.. I oan't •• , that I haTe be.n enjo,inl thenu.erou. co •• itt.e .e.ting. whioh I ha •• had to call and .tt.nd. for I ha ••to depend upon the a •• i.t.noe ot the Cbine.e .eor.t.r, tor the ao.t of theite.'

iand ~be ino ••••nt t.lking and oig.r tte •• oking wit bout .ooo.pli.hing

an,th ng -fet. a1 go.t-: but it doe. ,i •••• a good opportunit, to get ao­quaint.a w th the Chine ••• en of .ft.ir ••

I w••• ade oha** •• n of the Co •• itt •• on A.u •••• nt. for the thre.-da,B•••• r to b.gin to.orro •• orning. I wa. gl.d ot thi.~ tor it .nabled •• to.e what little in'lu.no. I had to tbrow out the lotterie. whiob •• r. pro­

po •• d •• p.rt of tbe .0De,-.akin .oh •••• I oon.ider thi. no little triu.phnotwitb.taDding the taot tb.t there ••••• r, little oppo.ition, •• in Is.ou­ti •• Coa.itt.e •• eting. the lott.r, wa. oon.ia.r.d a. the big thin, .nde •• ryoee know. th.t ga.b1ing i. tb Obin •• an'. be •• ttin« .in. One •••• itand he.rl it loina on •• ong ,oung and old whene •• r w. go along the .tr.et ••They u.e diO' t do.ino •• , .h.el. ot fortun., lot., -bead. or tail.-, -.hootingor.p.-, and a .o.t •• r, thing ot the kind I h ••••• er .een.

The .ffair i. to b. b.ld upon the ground. of tb. n •• Cha.b.r of Co.a.roebuilding.. Thie in it •• lt i •• b.autiful .ite, .nd in th. b.nd. of tb.J.p.n••••nd Chin ••• d.oor.tor. it i ••••uaing the .ppear.noe of • for •• tbo.er. Th. progra. go •• On ino ••••ntl' fro. ten A.Y. until l.te in tb •• v.Ding. Th. toreign oonoert .t whiob I .ing i. fro. 4 to 6 P.W. Tb.re.ill be Cbine •• tb.atrioal., .nd A•• rio'D Coney I.l.nd, Kn~li.h tea-*oo •• ,Indian B•••• r., and I don't know .h.t .11. 15,000 tiok.t. h •• e b •• n i •• u.d.t 50, e.oh, .nd ,with .p.oi.l .d.i •• ion to tb. r •• t of tbe .bo •• , th.y oughtto get in a lot ot aon.,. Tb. Cbin •• e .r••~ oonfid.nt of it. suoo ••• thatthree •• n ha•••lre.d, .d •• no.d .5000. tor the i ••• di.te relief of the d •• ti-tute in Chengtu. I h •••• lr.ad, told IOU ot the figbting whioh ••• t ODtbere thi. Spring .0 I'll not go o.er that ground .I.~ ag.iD.

I a••ur•••• ,.pathi •••ith rour .Dxi.ti •• o •• r th. pro.peot. of ha.ing.on. and broth.r ••• aoti •• p.rtio p.nt. in the world-.ar. I .urel, be"th.t .uoh a .t.p .ill not b. n.o ••• ar, tor A. rioa or tor our own rolk.,butatter re.diDg tbe Dig •• t whioh Juet 0 ••• to h.nd fro. 'ou, it hardl, ••••••• it A.erioa oould retain h.r •• If-r •• p.ot and .t., out. Th. ol.u.e inGoodl.t'. l.tt.r a.king 'OU tor 70ur -00 .ent b, Wonda, .orning- i. equall,be.ild.rin« to u.. W. dOD't know wh.t~er h•• a, no. b••• rri.d or off tothe war. • r •• h r hop. it i. n.itber,- ,.t.

Sp.aring .bout th.t bunoh of paper.,- the, .re oertainly a tre.t. The ••ar. the one. ,ou .ent to u. dir.ot1,. Th. oth.r p.ok.g •• ha.e not ,et b.entorwarded to u. troa Cben tu, I u.... There ••• no .ore po.tag_ to b. p.idOD th.... Cl.r •• a,. th.t with Dige.tlDelin •• tor L I •• ue, eto., eto, it.ee•• as if .e .ere baok in our little library in vh.ban... Atter r •• dinatbe l.tter printed in tb Oh.b.n •• paper (al.o ju.t r.o.i.ed) •• do not WOD­d.r that tb. Li •• Wire Club a•• e it up after the .eoond page, nor th.t inthe olipping oonoerning tb N.gl, dinn.r P.rtf' the .riter oonolud.d, -whatthere wa. left ot tbe e.enina- etc. But don t .orr" •• '11 begin to .hort.n

up a lot a•• oon a. the n.wn ••• of thinf. w.ar. off. For that r.a.on ••are tr,in, to paok in all the thiDa. wh oh ju.t no. 00 •• to our notioe•• inoeoth.r .i •• ionari •• tell u. that wh.n w. g.t u •• d to thing. we _ill not thinKth •• worth writing about.

We are looking f~r •• rd to the oo.ing of the birthday pr •• ent •• I thinkit i •• ighty fine to h •• e th •• oo.ing tOfether like thi.. I al.a,. ha ••thought that Fat. wa. rath.r unkind to 0 ara. ha.ing her birthday 00 ••• 0Dear to Ohri.t.a.. What you ba.e oho.en.too. i. ju.t _hat w. n.ea ana willb•• ighty glaa toaet. Clara wa. lookin, for .hirt .aterial the other day.but the ChiDe •• keep a different line ot OOttOD .tuff in etook tha~ we areready to ad.ire.- .ilk. i. e 4itfer.nt .atter.

I •• e that you are .till worr,in, juat a little bit about whethertbere are dootore •• urgioal inatrument •• deadl, dope. and ho.pital equip.ent.h.re •• ar.. t ••• ina •• d I And likely to b•• ~~r•• er we .hall be aenther. after. But we .re not e.peotin, to .ake u.e of any of thee any ti •••Unfortunatel, for Uethodia" and for the Chin •• e. eo.t phy.ioians are notreo.i.ing their prof ••• ion.l trainin, wh.re Chri.tian influeno. or theai •• ionary appeal i. b.ing .ad. to th... Se.en U.thodi.t Ho.pital. betwe.nh.re and Shanghai. though fully .quipped, and a •• ur.d of pati.nt •• oou,h to.. a k e t h • a 1 a r g.1, s. 1 f - • up p 0 r tin,. h a • • II a tj, t 0 b. 01 0 • e d for 1 a 0 k 0 f a 00 tor.willing to take up the work in China. Her. in Cbungkini. botb the •• '.U.BHo.pital for .0. n. and the General Ho.pita1 tor ... n b ••• be.n 010 •• a. The'.'.11.8. phy.ioian. Dr. Id.llnde/i. returninl fro. furlouah thi. Fall howe.er,and we are now plaaDing to gi.e up our ~en.r.l ho.pita1 to the O.nadianewho ar. uDd.rtakini to do wh.t it ••••••e A•• rioen Uethodi.t. oaD't do.-getout •• tr. pby.ioian.. In Chung~in , th.r. are .0 •• Cbine •• phy.ioian ••ork­ing independentl, who •• re train.d lour own Dr.UoCartn.y .h.n h •• a. work­ing with u.. But the aoney appeal to th. Chine •• i. irre.i.tibl •• and it is•• o•• dingl, h.rd to keap the a.n .e train.

Dr.UoCartne1 i. oon.id.r.a one of the b •• t phy.ioiaDe .nd .urgeon. any­wb.re. but ha. the ai.a' •• tag. of a t •• p.ra.ent whioh antafoni ••• e •• rJonewho i. a •• ign.d to work with hi •• ana our Chungking Ho.pita i. by no aean.a on.-.an artair. Dr.UoC.rtney wa. off.r.d the Wuhu Ho.pit.l wh.r. h •• igbtha.e tbing. bi. own way. but oho •• rath.r to witbdraw .nd to praotioe ind.­penaently in oono.otion with the A•• rioa -Chin ••• Drug Coap.n, of whi~h hei. p~e.ident. H. look. after our trouble ••• hen we 6 ••• any. 80 far ouroook~ .y••• and Clara' •• aooination ba.e been the only oa ••• fro. our fa.ilyh. hae b •• n o.ll.d upon to look after. B.eid •• D~.UoCartn.y. there i. Dr.Sb.ridan of the C.U.U., and Dr. A••• ,. a aur,eon in the a.r.an Ar.,& who l ••a Hoapital ot hi. o~n h.re. I bop. thia .et. lour .ipa at r •• t. ~n Cbenatuth.re ar. thr •• Bo.pit.l. and .i. for.ign pb,e oiane•• nd two a.nti.ta. Inf.eobow. our owo Dr.bil,e.trand. .

Two bite of n.w. in the.e l.tt.r. are •• p.o!ally inter.etin,. Th. tireti.: wDr.ld •• rd. b.g.n reyi.al •• etina. , •• terday. Alr •• d, the gr ••• i. I.tti~gr.en. w Th •• oond i.: • It i. thundering-ber. 00 ••• Harry to .upp.r. w I Jknow rou !noluded 'h •• e for .y .p.oial d.light. loan h.ar Luoil •• a,.·I'.glad t wa.n't I that wrote it. for ono •• • But of oour •• I h ••• doo.oredthis up .ligbtl,. We .njoy tb. jok •• , .lway., 'OU know. i.eD Sooop'.idea. with reaard to n •• t .u••• r'. bathing suit ••

Sorry to hear of the tbre.t.ned .oar1et-f ••• ~ 0 •••• Hop. Maloola•• oap ••• Aunt Letti. ba. had .nougb trouble. witbout th.t one. But ahe ha.l •• rn.d to bear up bra •• 1y.

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Chungking, Szechwan June 11, 1917 

Dear Ones at Canton:   This is the fifth day of which will be at least a three weeks separation for Lewis and I. Lewis and Mr. Manly left last Thursday morning for Tzechow. I am afraid Lewis will not be able to write for a few days so will send a short letter to help fill the break. I received my first word from Lewis last evening, sent after the first day’s journey. Even tho [sic] it was a hot day Lewis said he had kept cooler in the chair than he had upon the upper veranda studying “Ballir.” (our Chinese ‐). He had every protection from the sun that we knew to provide – a white cover over his umbrella to carry when he walks; a thick pad which fits the top of his chair to keep the sun from beating thru; it also has a white cover over the top and white curtains to reflect the sun’s rays; and for the hottest days a number of towels to wet and hang around the chair to cool the atmosphere. The days since they left have been hot but there has also been a fair ‐. Last evening it began to rain and this morning it is quite cool. I think now it will probably remain cool till they get there which is three days after today. He has taken the cook with him to prepare his food and foreign stores so he will not have to eat Chinese food.   I am sorry Lewis has to spend his birthday on the Road. Last year we were on our way to New York at this time.   Last evening I received your letters sent May 7th. Isn’t that making fine time? Only two days  

2.  over a month coming. I am inclosing them with a letter to Lewis this morning.    Now, Mother dear, you must not let the trials of other missionaries cause you to worry about us. We are not in the war zone and the attitude towards foreigners have entirely changed since those times. We have found it most interesting to hear some of the older missionaries here tell us about their experiences during the Boxer times. Mr. and Mrs. Manly were here at that time. But the Chinese have since learned that the foreigners, the missionaries at least, had come to help them. One of the greatest trials I have heard of since coming here is that of some of the English missionaries whose furloughs are due but they cannot go home because of the war. Women and children not being allowed to travel. There was one father and mother whose furlough was due and whole children are in England. They have not seen them for a number of years. When they reach Shanghai they were told they could not go to England. It surely must have been a severe disappointment. I think they finally decided to go to Canada for a change and rest. But, Mother dear, you see those trials cannot be ours. We are safe, well, and happy. And when I think of the work we will begin after another year or so I can scarcely wait. I do not think there is any doubt now but that Lewis will have evangelists work – be a missionary in charge and district superintendant. He will be as a father to the Chinese pastors – encourage  

3.  Them, advise them, etc. It is a work with great opportunities. And if that is his work, I have a dream of what I hope may be mine, altho [sic] I have told no one. It is to travel with Lewis and be supervisor over the Chinese village schools. Where ever we have a chapel we have a boys or girls or both boys and girls school. But this is only a dream and  only time will show us what our work will be.   I think the doctor you referred to as having just returned home is Dr. Irwin and wife. They left during our Conference rather suddenly. It was hoped he would have remained till another doctor could have come but his wife seemed to have quite a little influence and they left. You asked why Yard’s did not go at the same time. Their leaving was governed by the arrival of their baby daughter. They went just as soon as Mrs. Yard was strong enough to travel.  

  You speak about its being a late spring there, Lucile. We are told the hot weather is a month late here. By this time however we have had some very hot days. One lady put the thermometer out in the sun at noon one day. It went up to 122, then she brought it in for fear it would break. Every hot day I have taken a long nap after dinner. While Lewis is gone I am staying out in the country with Mrs. Manly. I will help with some of the examinations in the school here. The last three days in the city was  

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spent packing things as a protection against moths, rats, and thieves. As soon as Lewis returns we will go on the hills.    The fruit we were unable to recognize turned out to be the apricot. We are still enjoying them. Peaches will be on the market in a week or so. We continue to have great varieties of lovely flowers.   When on the street one day last week I saw about a dozen loads of wedding gifts. The bride must have belonged to a wealthy family. There were silk garments, silk quilts, dishes, vases, ‐ jewelry, etc.   Our last telegrams have mentioned the conscription taken and the number registered. As long as a person can serve his country as well by being a producer as by being a soldier, we hope the men of our families may be the former.    Now, Dan, last but not least, I wish to give you my congratulations. It does seem “so sudden” but this is a turn and circumstance as well we may always expect in the matrimony state. I always love to hear of the romances connected with our Civil War, but I sincerely hope your and Hazel’s romance may have no dark clouds because of the serious state of affairs in our country.   Lots of love to all,   Clara  

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Dearest Mother and All:    And now I am in Tzechow at – Committee Meeting while Clara is some even days journey from me. As business does not begin in earnest until tomorrow morning, I shall try to write you a letter this afternoon. Not having your letter at hand, however, this may hardly be called an “answer”; and since I have not my carbon copies with me, I may either repeat, or leave out some news which should be properly accounted for.   We made proper preparations for this trip overland. The house at Chungking was thoroly [sic] dismantled in anticipation for our going to the bungalow immediately upon our return to Chungking. The carpets, draperies, curtain, etc. were all thoroly [sic] cleaned and sunned, and the woolen stuffs placed in padlocked chests between layers of leaf tobacco. All trunks etc. were placed in a small room and that room securely locked – making access to valuables as difficult as possible in case of robber during our absence.   We bought a new sedan chair for Clara, having it made to order. The older one, I shall hereafter use, when I use any, although I have needed it more during this past month than at any time since moving to Chungking. In hot weather they claim that it is advisable for a newcomer not to walk much. Notwithstanding the fears of the “weaker brethren”, I walked a fair distance morning and evening on the way to Tzechow. I felt no ill effects whatsoever. It was very much warmer in the States last summer than it has been here thus far, 92° in the shade being the highest.   Our sedan‐chairs are now all decked out in summer‐curtains of white, with a heavy pad in the top to keep out the heat of the sun beating down. We have white covers for our umbrellas also, but so far as I can perceive, it only makes the things heavier to carry.   Mr. Manly rode his horse through, and thereby was able to scratch about four good maps a day. His plan was to ride for quite a distance and so get ahead of me, and then loaf or sleep until I caught up with him. We slept in our churches and school houses fire nights, in a Taoist Temple, once, and in an inn the other time. I fixed up a contraption with bamboo sticks and curtain rods, which can be fastened to my folding cot to hold up the mosquito netting. This scheme was much admired by the numerous Chinese who always congregate about the court or door way when such preparations are being made. But I’m beginning to get a melancholy comfort out of jollying with them now. For instance when the crowd gets too big for comfort or presses too close, I stand up and announce that I’m about to sell tickets and 25₵ each to see the foreigner go to bed, and of course they scatter. If I’m trying to eat and their curiosity does not abate rapidly enough, I explain to them   

2.  as – as the occasion will permit that even a foreigner has to eat a little bit once a week or so in order to feel comfortable. They usually melt away quite good naturedly; for they see the point, and they know I’m only in fun. They are seldom as discourteous as our American boys are when they call out mean things to a Chinaman, a “dago”, “a nigger”, etc. If a Chinese gets rude all a fellow has to do is stare at him steadily, and within two minutes he will make his getaway in great confusion.   We had foreign breakfasts and Chinese dinners. On my birthday, we were given a fine “mien” supper by a Chinese host, and on Sunday feast was given in our honor.   At present I am the guest of Dr. Leljestrand and Rev. Torrey and am being well cared for. Well, I’ll postpone the conclusion of this letter as it is time for tea – and the men are all downstairs.  

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  This is the morning of the 15th and I have just received your letter and Lucile’s forwarded to me from Chungking, written on may 4th. They must have made a quick trip through.   In your letter, Mother, you make reference to the depressing and excruciating influence of the missionary less for that day’s meeting. I am quite sure that the incident cited in your letter are not at all exaggerated but perhaps exceptional. We meet but very few of the older missionaries who have not had to undergo great sacrifices , but all are agreed that there is a law of compensation at work, and as Mr. manly was saying the other day as we were going along the Big Road together – the strength of the missionary is his viewpoint, namely, that the first and important aim of life is not happiness but “The Kingdom of God”. I argued with him for a while, maintaining that “happiness” the converse side of “harmony” and that “harmony” is the fundamental basis of the Kingdom of God. My plea, was that “happiness” must be distinguished from “pleasure” the former referring to that which is deepest within us; that the lack of adjustment to physical environment produces physical pain or disease, and the same thing is correspondingly true of lack of perfect adjustment to our spiritual environment. But harmony of necessity must produce happiness, and effect cannot be separated from Cause.   Well, this is just my way – start a report or a letter and lapse into an argument. The center of my plea is this, however, that however great the sacrifices of which you read, remember this, that there was ultimately a full compensation in happiness, ‐ a sense of duty done. The missionary who had been so near home and was so suddenly and was so suddenly change. Was free morally and actually. He could have taken the bit in his teeth as our own Dr. Irwin did, and have gone home notwithstanding the protest of the mission. And in the end, I think that the missionary of whom you read will be far happier than   

3.  will Dr. Irwin. However, Clara and I haven’t been forced as yet to put my theory to the proof. Our cheeriness was actual and well‐founded.   We receive the gist of the warnews almost every day thru the telegrams which the bodies of the W.H.M.S. subscribe to, but the personal effects of the war upon the home‐folks, etc. are not usually told in the telegrams and papers. I don’t’ suppose that you will be able to write all you want to when matters get serious, as several of our missionary friends in China state that their letters are already being censored, presumably because they have German names. And of course, even though our has been anglicized somewhat during its decades of sojourn in America, it has a suspicious aspect.   Your report of the Convention was interesting. You will probably hear a lot about missionary affairs next year when the Centennial Jubilee begins.   So our birthday gifts are on their way! I spent my birthday  on the road as I told you. A letter from Clara tells me that I have a birthday car there from Mrs. Riley in Galesburg – The memory of that woman! On the date of my only birthday anniversary in Alpha, I was at her home, and people were telling about the dates of their respective birthdays. She said that she never forgot a birthday. I laughed and said that she had better not tax her memory with mine. She replied that what was more she never wrote them down. From that date to this, she has not failed to send me a birthday card, and it has never failed to come either the day before or the day itself. This time it came with your letter on the 11th. Your book is on the way; I secured some more negatives from Pilcher, and the first safe day after I get back and we get some paper, I’ll print a series for you to add.   Your new position in the Sunday School is a responsible one. From the looks of it, you have all  the responsibilities of the S.S. Supt. without the name. – to you!   I should think that a good plan of yours and Harry’s, Lucile to have a garden spot. War or no war, the world is learning that such a plan is advisable , it seems. We had strawberries the other day, not many but good. The apricot season is just closing, and peaches and plums are now on the market. 

  No, Lucile, all our windows are doors like the ones in our old house, in order to us all the air possible. Hence the difficulty of using screen. We have enough of the latter with us, you know, to screen a whole house, if we only had the same kind of windows. Other solutions for the rat problem from Clara’s brothers are, first “to break off friendly relations with the terrorists” – or, second, to “hire a rat‐coolie” as we seem to have a coolie for everything else.   Well, glad problems are settled so satisfactorily. With love, Lewis 

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My 1Iey Vie.- Chun~Kin~.

JulV 6th, l~l·.

Uearest Nother ana Al1:-it has ~een a ion~ t e since 1 wrote you from Tzechow

ana no' we are in/the ~u alo opo~ltbe hills nd trllD~ to make-~elieve thatIt isn't bot. fortunatel" tbe eltre ely bot weather aia not catch us .hile.e .ere upon the roaa to tze b w. ~ rine tbe wbole week of finance Com itteesession it las cloudy 0 rainy, ana conse aentl, 81rl, cool. tbe sinessconsidered at ucb 8 session IS ~uite var"ea ana of re~l importance. thelest Cbin Annaal Conference looks after all local financ s, giving account tothe ~oara at New ~ork. Appar ntly tbis is unilue 8 on tbe issions at orkout here.

The l"inance Comanttee ekes estima es,pri aril" and auoits accountsof the 1ssion treasurers~. It flIes the salaries or su port of isslonaries- ,

na their cbilaren both on the fiela ana on furlough, akes provision CorChinese teacbers orIn tbe flrst tlO ve rs, f r rents, furnitare, (reight,ana rave; lIes tbe salaries of tbe Chine e preacbers ana t acbers; arra gesfor c r DIPS for el ctea Chin e s uaents at ~ arain" ~Chools. Ua1~cho01St U llege' ana J naries; prov1aes for tbe Hospitals ana ~ea1cal 'ark:accoants for prop rty. reD ed or owned, llo.iog for 'atcb eD, taxes, insaraDce,rep ir, na palmeDt or collectIon of rent; it also pur ases n w propertv

on it own initiat"ve, or co r the action of i i idu 1 lssionaries, 10the case or e ergencl s. ThIS last provision as Just proveo lts i portance1n the case of tb recentlY parchasea adOitioDS to the Union Hi~h ~cbool atChQD~k1ng. 1'be Ch nese are ~Qite varia~le factors in such transactions. ~ou

have to catCh tbem wbile t e1 are feeling Just ri~bt. :omething senti entalattaobes to all Chi e e e tate. ana t e Ilfeng~ ai- superstition 1S many ti esconnected therewlth. It lis almost 1 po sirle to get a large piece of lanowb'cb aoes Dot contaIn ODe or more to ,bence theIr unwillingness to part witt180d ana the specIal prov1 ions for protec ion of tbe e raves. then, tbe teliefthat tbe" changei g of tb topography of the land t1 excavatlng or ~uilding 1111excite tbe evil spirits to at aCl the se er, akes parchase olfficult. Just~efore Ie arriveo in 'est China, the opportunity ca e loa reetly to purchase a~ 00 tract of lana adjoining t flrst SIte of t e Union HIgh ~cbool. ~r.

anly and ~r. feat ~ rgslned for a satlsfact r1 price. ana an option was secur­ed. Tbe Can ian Methoaists seeing its necessltv a~reed to its purchase afterIon eSSlons in Uo ittee, ana tooK up tbe matter Iltb t elr Ho e ~oard. Uurpeople advanced tbe onev. ~ougbt tbe lan, securea ano r glstered tbeir titletbereto. Just t.o a is tefore tbe agea ana superstitious .idOft placed her ob-Jections to the trsnS8c lone J st in be nick of t' e! ~eanwhile, tbebovernment IS erecting a lar~e Technical ~cbool w" bin a balf-mile or less ofthe Union Hlgh ~chool, a our tract of lana ano all adJoining thereto has in-

creased more than fift7 percent In value. fat the ~anadian ~ethodist moneyhas not vet come; recaaee theIr Ho e ~oard 'apparently does not trust tne JUdge­ment of the misslonarles on the riela, and must go thra several months of redtape in oroer to ~e satIsfIed.

tbe r'inance Uommittee ~rants forlou~bs, discusses the ~lssion policy, ana1 donlt knol what all: there wer forty-sIx Items on the a~enda. Une of themost important was tbe plan of cooperatIon WIth ~r.ft.~.t18ckstone wbo is ad­ministrator of the 8te.art rona of over a m111ion oollars. the ~lackstones

ana ~r.8te.art of VallfornI8 are fIr telievers in the pre- i11enlal comin~

of t e Master in perso 0 this world, 0 rel~n according to ~itlical propbecyfor a tboasano years prIor to tbe JUObement ana the nesurrectlon. They do notfall Into the error of setting a oate, tut ~elieve the comIng to te I inent.Tbeir chief concern is i meoiate and rapid ev ngelization of the world. theIro IV educatIonal POlICY, tb refore, IS concerned with Prl ary eOucatl0n alone.tbe, .il1 cooperate lith any organization wblCh 1S not anta~onlBtlc to theDrrelief, financing evan~elistic campal~ns, and lower prImary schools. we potup a sp enOla progra bicb 1111 enlist practlcallV.ev ry one of our lorkersIn tbe 'est Ublna Uonference at an adottional cost of ~j',OUO. for tbe nexttbree or four years. fte bave ~very assurance of reoeiving this help.

rbe return to Chun~~ln~ was also WIthout oisa~ree ble inClaent, ana onlythe very last oay as bot. ~ut i eala ely p on y return the weath r ~rel

• r ,ano has een around UU~ r. 10 he clti ever SInce. ~ven up bere itis only ten aecrees less, tut ae have ~ulte cool ~reezes ahlCb locrease invl~or and coolness every evenln~ a~out , f.~. 60 that Ie are assurea of a gOOdO'~bt'S seep. the e are mOS~ultoe6 everywhere ~y the mIllions, ana lIttlea ers or ~oats all most as numerous ana bad. ~ut ~os~uitoes rei~n at ni~bt

Ibile tbe mamers rQle ourIng the aay. vonsEquently 0 r nettIng IS sufficientto proteot us Ihile Ie are defenceless.

We have lararo~es, ~eds, all ~inds or cbairs, aesKs, tookS, oishes,cooking utensils, ana practically every ho e convenience up here, and it 1111cost us less than $'.UO gold for the round trIp. fbe COOk ~oes to the CIt,tllce a week for supplIes, aDa the ail- an deiiver our letters ana papersdlreotly here. ~onda, our teacher will taKe op his 100gings in tbe servants'luarters, and In the earl, mornIngs we lill contInue oor study. Uurlng therest of tbe tl e we are adVlseo to 00 ligbt reaolng or sleep. In the lateafternoon Ie call or reoeive ~uBSt ~ nt 0 ele cise or recreation. Un Tburs­days Ie have our ~iSSlon prayer-mee ing, aDa on 8unoays at , P.~. Ie go tothe HIll Cnuroh for union preaChing servioe. r'ive to SIX denominations arerepresented, ana not only the Uhungklng community ~ut mISSIonaries tbree tofive asys lnlano co e bere for tbes tlO or three Qn~earatle months. 1 bavetbe honor of preachIng the fIrst ser on of tbe season thIS coming ~unoay.

the Ubarch is a trICk tUllain~, plaInly seen from wbere 1 8 nOI slttin~, asIt is situateo upon a bill, al gonallv across the valley, ana three mIles

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away. 'e walked over there to prayer-meeting last evening, and although It ~las not our larmest day, 10U loul0 have thougbt fro our c!otbing's condttiontbat Ie haa been caugbt in a thunder-sboler. It araly seemeo possible thatIe could perspire so mUCh.

"ell, China has a ~ancb upon the throne a~ain, and temporarily she issupposed to te a monarchy. e ar all londering what this lill mean for uSwho are in ~zecblan. A n I governor has teen appOinted, ~ut lith him it ISM~arety first I- and knolln, tete per of the people ana thelr aversitv to" '1a onarchy lthe revolutlon resultiD~ in a ~epu~lic baYln~ ~egun here' be pro~

fesses to elieye that tbere IS a mistake in the te egra , and thus rar b b snot acceptea the po ltion. Untll tbat tlme there lil1 ~e DO fightin~ be e.

Poor Cbl a J Unly Chrlstlanity with its ethics and morality can save herAmerica is a Child in the ma ter of -gra't Mcompared 11th China. uraft or !·s1ueezeA in ChOna IS lOOked upo a legiti ate from the COOk to the president, ­and it s ems that decades are n eded to teach the lts harm••et they giye ~

greatest ~"Ji.* praise to a patriot Iho Ives ana aies poor, and conslder ioJId al. ~ut ~r~Peat upon bis return fro ~hanghai las aving that the e rersof Congre s at Pe 1 g anO other officials were ap arently dOlng otbing ~ut

elling JO s, a 0 feastlng. It las Ibolly inefflclent.

'e bad ~alte an Ame lcan Fourtb 0 J ly over h re. the Consul receivedin the orning, ana "n the afternoon, t e lea co u lty entertalned theforeigners at tat ~r. cUa tney's bun alo. A patrIotic program was render­ed, at Ibicb tIme 1 sa g. the ligbter part of the amase ent las a rOlin 0

match between a couple of tbe ~tandara Ull men, fol10lea ~y another ~etween ~

Goraon ~anlY and another ten-year-01a. ~ .~cU tney' speclal contritution W8

pop ano gin~er-ale kept OD tap to all comers.1n the eveDlng aLl the AmerIcans remained r r a pIcnic supper followeo

y toasts. ~1 toast las n~preao- 'a~le Patriotls R. t ere las a splenOId ~

s pp r enJ01ea ~yt thirty-tlo adult and even chilaren. 'be last .event was '3rea! Chinese lre-or s.- not 10ite as rrllilant as those in A erica. rut cer­taln!1 pretty 8n~ espeCIally novel. 'e all baa a gOOd ti e, ana were no

here near! y a tl red as Ie ere last e r in oor ChurCh !"oarth, or the yearetoren tbe trl-Clty Uele~r tl0n. 1r

thankS to yoa, 1 have a fine lot of agazines ana papers to re a up ~

here, the accumulatlon of t e lee~s While 1 bave t en aVe r:e have receivea ~

notice f om ~b n~b 1 ror the e rapPID& R 1n csnv8s" of the paCkage from home.1 ao not knOI wby that las necessary, ~a am gala It las done. tbe paCKage

s not yet been receivea, ana Ie are boping that It dia not go aOln in therecent reck of a s all stea ~r on the Upper lan tse. lell, it is Qinner timeana 1 a enlt any more to s 1 JU t nOI 1 lal, eJCeptlog,- 1 love yoa ! r

Loti gly.

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~ame Ua" Afternoon.1 tno~~ht that 1 las toru IritlD~, hut while we were eatin~ our dinner, vourletter of ~av 1, came, and now I am going to ada a postscript. ~pring andflo ers and garden, fiela dals anu pageants, have cr ated and atmosphere inIbieb Ie can try to proJect ourselves tbro tbe earth to you people. ~our

anxieties In tbis larti e bave tecome ore acute than ours, altbou~b we, 1telieve, b~d an experience and consciousness of its nearness prior to yoursolinc to the tact that we ere in the mldst of people whose sons and daughterslere eIther at the front ·somewhere~, or lere enCaced in special service atho e, and 1uIt rei or 'bee Iss·onaries litb Ibom we are ac~uainted havegone 81reaay or have received their com iS5ion to go to tbe front as engineersand airectors of creat companies of Vhinese tatourers hirea ty 'reat ~ritaln

to dig trencbes.When Ie think of the POSSI ilities or Vants going, we Clory in the fact

tbat he is not insensl ive to the importance of the straggle nor to his dutyin it Iben be flnas that be is' needed. Uut here the Vonsul has sent allA ericans 8 notice to ra ister as a ~ualif·cations etc., tr tbirt. years ofage or under. 1 a Just over the line, r.ut tbe next call ay incluae e.tbe call af the ~oaro 0 ~ishops as recent!? p ~li~hea is certai 1y a miChtyone, isn't it ~

~o re askiD~ again Ii b reg rd to tbe ma~az-nes ana papers. ~es, 1thInk the a a i e neas such as you have teen sending i adequate. We ~et thenew paper beaalines in heater's tele~ra s ore or les re~ larlv. With regardto postage, etc., 1 have Just learned that t ere i~ a new p rcel post treatyIberet¥ a tbru to Vhun~king rate is cb aper than the scteme 1 told you of,Iberery 811 was forlarded to Cbun~kiD~ fro ~ban~hai at dO estic rates. 1tmay te that yoo already know of tbis; for 1 have Dot had to pay any postage­on the 18 t few ack ~es. ~vEn tbe other 8Y 1 nev r had to pay more than~4f x. per paCkage. e surely can afforo to do tbat.

WIth recadd to your comine bere, our pl D las for y u to let us knolapproxImately Ihat time you coula come, and Ie co Id p t yo into touch witha West Vhina mlssion rv returnin~ from furloo~b in tbe ~t8tes. And, if youc e at a ti e e'co 1d r turn lith you, well ana gooo; or Ie coula send youtaCk lith a missionary going home. 1 guess thIS' S it ~s 1 re emter it;for it las Vlara's plan,- not ine. NOl tbe boy - I It10 to carry this·-aowD to the Village, as the boat leaves for the 08St to orrOI mornin~.

Affectionately,

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[Hand‐written]                Valley View, Chungking Hills.                 July 6, 1917 Dear Ones in Canton:‐‐       Here we are nicely settled in the bungalow on the hills.  I am out on the veranda writing and I wish you could see the view I have, and wish it hard ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  I have now been sitting here fully fifteen minutes without writing a word just gazing and wondering how I can describe it for you.  The bungalow is called “Valley View” and it is well named.  As you look down you see an immense crazy quilt a mile in width and several miles in length.  The irregular patches average about fifteen to an acre.  Varying shades of green is the predominating color.  They are composed of corn, rice, tobacco, and various vegetables.  There are also patches of a redish [sic] brown where one crop has just been harvested and the ground is now being prepared for the next.  Distributed among these are a hundred or more little farm houses, and here and there a fish‐pond or a large stone‐enclosed grave.  Each patch is outlined with a cross‐stitch of green or brown: The green vegetables on the dykes between the fields and the brown a narrow wad or foot path.  In the very bottom of the valley a white ribbon can be seen wound in and out around the fields – This is a Big Road to the southern provinces.  This great quilt extends almost to the tops of the hills on either side of the valley where the edge is finished with a fringe of pine trees.  I am still wishing you could see it.  How fine it would be if you all could spend the summer with us here.   We almost live on the veranda – eat, study, read and write out here.  I know you would like that, Mother, The Bungalow consists of four rooms and two baths.  We have two rooms and Mr. Peat two.  The kitchen and wash room is built apart.     Lewis returned all well and safe a week ago today.  The next day we went into the city to pack dishes, stores, books, bedding, etc and Monday we moved up here.  The servants are a wonderful help in moving.  When we left Saturday evening to spend Sunday with Mrs. Manly, there were still two peloes (a kind of straw or bamboo basked used to carry things in) of things to pack.  We pointed out the things, a pile on Lewis’ desk and some on the floor and told the cook to pack them.  Imagine Lewis surprise – Monday morning on going to the study for something in his desk to find not only the things on the desk but the whole desk gone.  The stone lids had all been stolen off the stove (Mr. Peat’s bungalow stove) and part of the oven door.  We that it useless [sic].  The cook took a standard oil tin, cut corners and mended it up in general.  By noon he had rolls baked as pretty a brown as you see anyplace.   I got this written too late to be inclosed with Lewis’ letter but will keep it till next time.             Lots of Love to all                 Clara. 

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Valley View, Chungking Hills, Szechwan August 2, 1917 

Dear Ones in Canton:   I am up at five o’clock this morning in order to get my share into your letter before the postman shall come. He generally gets here before breakfast.   We have just received notice of a change in both time and place of Conference which will increase our responsibilities. It is to be September 19th instead of in November. This will hurry our studies  as there is a certain amount we hope to have finished before that time. And it is to be held in Chungking instead of a five day’s journey from here. Thus instead of guests we will be hosts. It is very probable that we will be asked to entertain the Bishop. The cause of the change is that Bishop Lewis expects to leave for the States in November.   My first examination is off and I feel quite happy over results. In the test on Radicals I got 99 ½%. I do not know if Lewis has ever explained what they are, so will try to do so briefly. They are 214 characters, the first seven made with just one stroke, the next 21, two strokes, and etc. till the last which is 17 strokes. One of these radicals is found in every character and is the key to using the dictionary. It is necessary to be able to recognize the character and know its number for example I see this character (Chinese character) and do not know it. I look for the radical and see (Chinese character) which is pig and number 152. I turn to 152 in the dictionary and there under 3 the number of strokes required to make the rest of   

2.  the character, and there find it – It is a pig under a roof and means home. The test was to write the 214 radicals each with its correct number. These are the last three 212 (Chinese character), 213 (Chinese character), 214 (Chinese character). On reading Chinese, and translation of English into Chinese I got an “(Chinese character).” Mr. Peat in comment said, “You did very well, indeed.” Consequently my “happy feelings” I am now beginning the Gospel of Mark in Chinese.   The summer time on the hills is not only the rest season but the social season. Our bunglow [sic], however being somewhat distant from the rest, we have it quite [sic] for study, and still can dip into the social events whenever we choose. Last Friday evening we attended a party on the other range. As it would have been quite late before we could get back we were asked to bring our nettings and stay all night. We also had – carry over a change of clothing because even tho [sic] we waited till the sun was low before walking across the valley our clothes were uncomfortably wet with perspiration on reaching the other side. We have a like invitation for tomorrow.   We have a Bible Class that meets every Tuesday evening on this range about a mile from here. We always carry a lantern when we are out evenings and Lewis generally has one hand filled with rocks as a protection against dogs.   One morning this week at seven o’clock we felt quite a decided earthquake. It was felt all along this range but have not heard if it extended further. The beds shook, the timbers of the house creaked, and the nettings swing back and forth.   Lots of Love to All ‐ Clara 

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  We now have ready for the painter eight dining cha[irs,] one china‐closet, a buffet, and round extension table, a dressing‐table with large mirror, and bed‐room chair, a chiffonier, a bed‐room screen,‐ ‐ all of oak.  Also two mantel clock cases, three round serving trays, eight picture frames of varying sizes: all of hong‐do‐muh which is a beautifully grained rich‐brown wood, to the Chinese what mahogany is to Americans.  The total cost thus far has been about $135.00 Mexican or approximately $80.00 gold.   I see I have only a little space left, and I just want to use it to say that if you do not receive Christmas remembrances in time it will be because we have decided to wait until our “furlough” missionaries can take them down to Shanghai with them to be mailed from there.  That will be a safer plan.    Lots of love to all,             From Lewis and Clara. 

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Central Illinois Conference Kankakee District               METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH             CHEBANSE, ILLINOIS           LEWIS F. HAVERMALE, MINISTER  [Handwritten]             Chungking, Sze.                    October 14, ‘17 Dear Harry and All;‐‐   My typewriter is on a rampage, so once more you will get a glimpse of my handwriting.  I know that in law I’m not compelled to bear witness against myself, but I’m reminded that I’ve left your letter unanswered since May 14th.  I hadn’t intended to, but that can’t “save my face”.   The language hasn’t been conquered yet.  It begins to look like a life‐long job.  If Conference just holds off a little longer we’ll be able to get off most of the required examinations in the book work, but the spoken end of it hasn’t made the progress one would like to see.  I can catch the drift of unconnected sentences usually, but guess wrong a large share of the time.  While at Fu Lu Tsang on that evangelistic trip where I heard only Chinese, I made considerable gain in understanding, but I’m afraid I’ll be losing that soon.   Last night, I lectured at the Young Men’s Guild to about two hundred Chinese on “Habit” or “The Highways of the Mind”.  Practically all of these men are students of English, and this lecture business is a scheme of the management to give them good solid stuff each Saturday night, and at the same time give them a chance to test their knowledge of English.  I sent my manuscript to the Chinese General Secretary the day before so that he might figure out the meaning and get acquainted with the vocabulary.  He then acts as my interpreter, and the students have a means of “checking up” on their English by his interpretation.  Together we gave them seventy minutes talk illustrated by chalk drawings.  They appeared quite interested            [2.]  and I think they really were, as psychology is a subject that is not being taught in China many places.  No Textbooks are available, and consequently a vocabulary has yet to be invented.  However, I “cut” all technical expressions, and used illustrations and concrete instances freely.   Another difficult thing is teaching music.  I have a Chinese textbook on Harmony which I hoped would help me in definitions.  I am teaching a class of thirty out at the Junior College this semester.  I am trying to make it a Normal class so that they will catch on to methods of teaching to be used by them in turn as they go out to take charge of public schools.  They are picked men with from two to three years’ previous study of English.  I prepare my lessons in Chinese, but use both languages in the endeavor to make things clear.  I think we will have a good time together.   Am doing quite a little reading on the side as I have opportunity.  Today, I completed the reading of Bernhardi’s “Germany and the Next War”.  There are some good things in it, but most everything is so contrary to our ideals that one is rather inclined to get hot under the collar as he reads it.  Of course he takes the viewpoint that the citizen exists for the State inasmuch as the State is the highest sociological unit which can be developed.  That war is the 

great civilizing force of the world; that Germany’s rise is civilization’s greatest asset, but that the world is being denied this great benefit because of England’s and France’s “entente” to thwart her by any means.  Nations are not to be judged by those standards of morals set up by custom for individuals.  A nation is justified in the abandonment of any “wornout” methods, or in the repudiation of any treaties which may hinder her expansion.  History alone can decide whether or not she was justified in her methods by the results achieved thereby for the world[.]               3.    Other books read have been: Rauschenbush [sic], “Christianity and the Social Crisis”, Blackstone, “Jesus is Coming”[,] Hugo’s “Notre Dame”; “Toilers of the Sea”; “The Man who Laughs”, and “Ninety‐Three”. Edgar Allen Poe’s Short stories, ten volumes.  Scott’s “Waverley”.  A. Dumas’ “Forty‐five”.  Holcombe’s “The Real Chinaman”.  Bashford “China” and seven modern novels, besides a few other books already mentioned in my letters.  Besides these I read practically all of the “man’s” papers which come in the home parcels.   I think that you will agree with me that I ought not to get very lonesome at this rate.  But there are not many demands for our evenings, and our noon rest hour, and time while riding in the chair give good opportunities.   Once in a while also, a social function breaks in.  Last week was the time of the Chinese national holiday lasting three days, Wednesday Oct. 10 corresponding with our Fourth in importance to them.  We took Thursday off, instead, as the Standard Oil Co. sent out the enclosed invitation.   About fifty‐four other foreigners accepted the invitation, and at ten‐thirty A.M. were put aboard a commodious houseboat to which they had given the name “The Lugger”.  Thirty coolies “tracked” the boat up the Yangtse for a ways.  We had the adventure of the bamboo rope breaking and the boat drifting back downstream for a time.  But at last we reached the place where the Standard Oil Company is putting up two oil‐reservoirs.  The smaller reservoir holds 50,000 gallons; the larger one has a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons.   Our crowd consisted of missionaries, foreign shippers and merchants, and British marines.  Refreshments on the boat consisted of sandwiches and lemonade or lager beer.  Cigarettes and cigars were also passed freely.  More indulge                             4.  in these things here than one would think,‐‐ only the Canadians and Americans among the missionaries being consistent abstainers.  Dinner was served in a large enclosure at five tables, on each of which was a suckling pig roasted whole.  We also had chicken, potato salad, apple sauce, mixed pickles, bread and butter, cake and coffee.   The cave was the chief attraction.  This appears to be a real find.  In quarrying rock, in the hillside, the excavators broke through the roof of an ancient cave.  Further excavations were made revealing the sealed entrance.  Within were found seven “joss” idols consisting of a cat’s head, rooster, “Lady of Mercy” and I don’t know what all.  The cave was about twenty by six by six feet high, carved in oblong shape.  On the side was carved out a bed‐alcove, and at the 

end a small stove.  The cave is estimated as being of the Han Dynasty some 2000 years old.  This hasn’t been confirmed by expert authority as yet.    We were back home by four P.M. after having a very enjoyable time under the circumstances.  By the way, our kerosene range was used to cook the meal, and having been tried out and found satisfactory was purchased by the S.O. Co. for the sum of $25.00 Mex. which is almost that amount in gold at the present exchange.  So I guess it paid us to bring it out.   Well, it is a quarter to ten P.M. and some work ahead, so I’ll ring off.  I haven’t given you much of any Chinese news, but there’s nothing definite.  Peking is sending her soldiers by steamer and junk into Szechwan now.  None of our missionaries can secure passage to Chungking on that account.  We heard today that there is fighting three days out; but as it is Szechwanese against Southern troops, that may be a guarantee to Peking of Szechwan’s loyalty, and matters calm down.  Meantime, the European conflict seems nearer to us than Chinese civil war so don’t get scared for us.  With love to all,                Lewis. 

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2ell, we atill hear the firing ocoasionally, but many of the ~ore1gn

community ar inclined to 100 upon h whol thing a8 theatricals in­te d to i e th en tion-lovina Chin e 0 e justification of thelar numb r of soldiera living off of the country. the th atr1cal.muat ur ly be om hat re&li t1c,h BT r, a. ur en-. Ho pital has inthe n ighborhood f txty P ti n a, ounded orth rn .oldi r. hey arm~,u.Ytal~twound thoush, and th re abe n but one ca e of t9Ilt1A1IiU.

Y going on . ~ ..eet t n r of our w • J'U t now e he.other things to think a.t.J " to t 11 th t. Word ha b n receivedthat.. h~. een appo~ ~d 0 Hochaw. It c urpris atter 1;for at he t e wh n w decided r in in sting and hold the tortther aeem d but littl tho ht t t anyth1 1. th r echow wprobabili y. c w r or. r1 e th di a point d. • f 11out our UI co~c1ena. in th ter, d 1 h. on th c biDet tolace u wher it 8 thought.. 1iht 1n the long run be able to do the

b t ork tor the 1••10. I 417 t tnk ba h y look upon this ap-pointment other t t poruy ure, • yet I unable totiaur out 8 wh t 1t w11l e t r u. i tutur,.. ra of this tirsperio •

och 1.do atr!, Iwarr1 cent rabers. We willb it.case h wou r quirehazardou app in n.en'. .By' ear phing thor.e '0 me , u. a ciiy a thtrd of 'he w up,by boa., conne ion. c b. de o. qu1ckly",0 be mad a ho •

The main point of &dvantaa in the appointment 1 h t it shouldhaT wonderfully benet1cial influ nee in helping u an xc lIen'working knowledge of he 1 u e. ju.t MUST talk Chines • Therewill be eom r aahina and \eachin&' to b don fro 'he very b 1nninal 0, which w11l oeca 10n e tul prepar 'ion in th pulpit talk••you.ng Chin • P 8 or will • in charg of ~he church work in gen ral .0tha\ my work will f r he r en' be lar ely adviaory with no ex~ra re­aponaibl1it1ee. Ano her thing is tha wh n" are in a foreign co un-ity there ar con.tan. de da on e and atrength for comm1'. m e 1ngsoc1 1 tunctione,lolo., and the lik., of which w will be re11 ved forth1s year. !he th1.na- are of in imable advant •

On the other h d here are dis dvant ge in the ppointmen'. thestation i_ now believed to have been est b11sh d thru an error of policy_Our mi .ion doee not u ual y h v foreign pastor_ over a church. !.heforeigner i8 kept for dminiatr tiT. ark 0 er larger are. But 'heterritory OT r which 0 e would n turally & ini ter trom Eochow may belooked after wi h qual • fro 81 her Qhu k1 or Suilins. Up '0 thitime there baa b .n neilher tro chool nor a strong Church her.,and the g n r 1 opinion itt. wi 1 0 time eell out 0 nother de­Domin t10D which folIo a differen policy.

Then too, if ppoin ed 0 Tz c ow D1etrio' at the present t1m., i'would be a pract1c 1 n ceesity for m to be laraely dependent upon thW.F.K.S. worker ther , which would cause 10 of pre tise fro thChineee viewpoint making work harder thruout the re inina year of thappointment ther. Hochow willI. bring me cloasr to the Ohin s., ~

enable me to cquaint myself wi h heir church problems in such a ywhile I am learning the langu a hat 1 ter 'on when full r aponeibll-ity of a large nature i given me, I sh 11 be ble to make jud amentith more confidence and have the nee s ary 1 usge to make myself c1 ar-y unQer8tood~ Thue,whil for th presan the ppointment seems to

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CANADIAN PACIfiC OCEMI SERVICES LTD

R.M S 'EMPRESS OF PUSSIA

Near", ff Hagus i,12/7/17.

Dear Friends:IUD so glad to get the letters from you

t~o. I surely appreci te the poe and picturetaken by Lewis. I showed it to several of thegirls &nd they renarlced . bout the unuBual phe~

oaenon. I'm sure I never saw anyt.11n3 Ii {e it.That book WuS so interesting, and it seemed sogood to hear fro~ Canton friends once more,and to know that I am backed by their interestand prayers.

I \as disappointed too not to get tospend more ti. e in CW1ton while there a yearB.30, but I was Just going through on businessand couldn't spend a longer time there the.Had hoped I might get back agai~.

It w~s interesting to learn that Lewisand his wife took this same boat. Their de,scription of seasickness sounds very realisticund the other girls tell me it is true to life.r had to ask them for I did not e ·per enee it"self. Only one of the other girls and myself

out of our party of ten escaped its p~gs. Iconsider myself very fortunate, and yet aybeI ~BHed something from y experience. Ha~ Ha~

I did huve trouble in keeping my equili riumwhen the bo:..t as tossing about at its worst.Glad to note they have not been at all home­sick. I h~~ven I t yet and am hoping not to b •

Yes, we cer~ainly did have good timesin ... i:ission and Bible StUdy Classes. I shallalw ys reoelJ,ber then. The last I heard of r.Bail" was when he was teaching in Champ ign.

This has surely been a deli6htful trip all the way through.I've seen two thin5s I have always wanted, the ountains and the oceanin i t.s greatness 0 I had been on the GUlf, but never on a larger bodyof ater. It. a glorious standing on deck \' atching those immense lallsof w ter, e~ch followed by a deep trough that made the bOut nitch fromstem to stern in a very lively ~anner. The accommodations in this boatare very good. Our cabin boy is so thoughtful of our confort.

7e have been on the ocean now a little over two weeks nd aredue at Shanghai at lea t by ~onday morning. The 1 st three d Y8 we havecoasted along the islands of Japan, and the scenery has been so picturesque,little viII ueD dott· lu the e''lores, and here 1 ...1 there a Ii lthouse ona rock utting out into the w ter. t ti~es e ~~ve coDe very cloae toland. s we vent into the h~rbor at Yokohama we caught sight of olduji, their s c ed ountain, sticking its white-capped he~d up into the

clouds. iss Slate pointed it out to us, otherwise I don't think wewould have seen it s thc ~ir was not very clear" Looking 11 about inevery uirection we could see literally hundreds and hundred of sailbo'ts o

The horizon was simply lined With them, und they cert~inly ade as prettya picture "8 I h~~ve seen. Here I?..nd there lay J p ese jwlks, wit oc-c__~sionally a stear..tbou t of greater or less 81 ze. We had been anchored out­side t'le hb.rbor u.s we ~~re not pc i tted to enter till c: fter inspection.TIe quarantine officers came and took a 1001 at every person on board,cr<;.;'\1 fi st a then passengers. Follolin the came the off'cers toe~ ns ur pass_orts. Tre we were allowed to lnnd.

Ie epent c -rul hours both in Yokohama and be, visiting curlo::-:,»)3 - -~~ _ t'le:" stores. e 8a~ 0 many interestin sie,ht and people~

e saw SOLle very interestL G and a."1US.i.ne signs, such c..s: 'T ....llor 0::'-,(ir ~ <'t, .r.:, " 'J'" ~") " II "J ..... - "', ca.:1dy and peanut," "Dr. Ito Dooestic - i alsIs Hospitu.l, II "God. h2.th .l.ow:c.1 n nill ntis s111e, II II. brolderyer. 1I

.""l.t ~.O" L~·lo .... ~') 1.) of the s ion~U"'ie6 met us and t, 01" us out tot':e . 11 ~l J' t, Cf' • 1', -:"'" .1 ..... · . ._"'J, etc. The .....1rls seemedso 51~u to ha e ITi L Jl,!:',: ') c", ~.'': r.:t.. :"', . _.~:) :' !.' '-.- i '1 t~rn. Shetook us 1. 8ld introduced s '/'1 11:,; th.; 11 L ...... ,,"..:;, L.. :.t. _ L.":'. T ,';oJ "'.;

'3; ..l.t.el ') 1 t',e 11 0_ beSide 10Vi tables. Then beG' 1 50 .Geri ~ f ')0 D ,).13 ;'::1 3ilcJ, t'l) ,'h 'Ie H<3'Y'e .1Ot ·..t':>r7 • _ ')flcient 1n the Japanese '.:et'1 (.;.0

"e :l .. Go c .1.1'11.' .1 j' 1l... ·. .r3' "" rides, "'-'1.lc 1 w~.s t 1'" re:.l. zationof one of:y chll',Uo,:!. r'-,) .:.,f.·..:; \1_,"'~1 t::> l"'·.l:; 1.1 J.:;; _ t'U:l].•,[oJ 13tt~(1 a c"I~ll~ J_ :l~lle:;, 'nt :J~ [1., I"", 'Jl 3_ ,',8 we c)uld not vlelltc~ '" :) _ '11 ·j'l):'~.

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Clara l • ne •• frea home i. all qocd. Soee have ha3 theall ha! reoc~ered. Arthur Coha~an and wife are ee~iing uaw~eani~g of Faitb a •

The desoription ef Luoile l • dre ••• oun~. vory prett,,- but oapenoiTe.Better turn lIli •• ionar~,Luoile, and ooeo out here "Ilere ,ou oar. "ear aire •• until it io all "orn cut I We eapeot to qet along until we are aboutreai, to go heee. The lcnq .umber helps u.. Sprinq in China begin. onyour birthday, Februar, 5th.

I think I aentioned i~ ,last letter that two brcthors b, the n.meef Yang "ere being hel! here by the ma~iatrate fer the eKeoution of a canwhoc tbey had been ordered to eKeout. a. a robber. The cagi.trate olaim-e! to •• that the man oaeoutod "a••1.0 a .embor of our ohuroh, but thatI havo .inoe learn~i to be fal.o. Well, I had the pleasure of eeourfinga ten day.' leave of ab enoe tcr th m to return to tbeir ho=e r~r theboli~a,., and toda, I reoeived • pre.ent ot a ohio ken from thee. We arehoping now to ~et a full aoquittal for thee •• a new Qa~i.trate ha. beenappcinte! for this diatriot who 1. not their enomy.

Thi. w.ek has boen a we •• or feasting. An eodo cent a •• ooiation fortho Mid!le Sohool proposed fer Tleohow, wa. atarted by the forDer paltor

C our ehurob here, Vr.~u~q. Tbi. i. org.ni •• a soa~.hat on tho line. otour inauranoe oocpaniea at hODe. Eaoh ~.n loan. a oortain acount ot oa.hto a ooacon fund, and this in turne1 i. lDa~ed cut to other • Tb.~ i. arotation ot me~ber. durin~ the n.xt tew ,ear8 80 ole,orl, arr~n~ed, th.toaoh &an ha. hi. turn at the ua. of tbe ~one, for a oertain length of ti~e,

and all eventuall, ree.i,e a~ain the .ri~inal a~ount ocntribut.~, and ,etat the end of eighteen ,.ar. l the Uid!le Soboo~ will be pc.seal.d of anuneLoucbered endowcent of $lV,OOO. 00. Weanti •• , the ohuroh 1a re­aponsibl. tor the «iving of a t a.t to the aeeb ra of thi. olub onoe a ,e.rat their annual Q etin~. I had to ~tart the .all arollin«, a~a ted fort,­ei~ht ~en taioe at a ooat of $88.00 tinoludin~ pri~ted oon.titutions 11.00Tbi, mono, .ill be returne! to e one year frea date when t~e intere.tfir.t 00 •• in. A•• ~eoognition of this a~4 tor othor oon.ijerationa, I.a. eleoted tre •• u~er of tho .he-.an~. Loto were 4raw~ tor the crderi~ wbioh the .e~ "ere to have the uae of the aone" and 4ioo "ere thro~~ t(ldetermine tho nuaber ot da,. durin~ the fear eaoh ocul~ ha,e tbe u.e of it.Th •• hele proo.4ur wa. yery noTel-and intere.tin~ to •••

The root ot tho Da, Sobool has been raio04 three toet .~d the worki. all finiehed. I have a letter froe Vr.Peat ooca ndin« me for qettin«behind this work ani pu.hinq it, but the oredit is realI, due the prinoipalYr. Tanq. At anr rate the job l • done an4 I .inoerel, hope it i. ione right.We h.d an eaperlenoed Chine.e o~er.eer to leok ~fter it· a. I wa. bue,.nou~h up here at our o.~ houle.

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.enti~e tbe ·oucquat.- or wloquat.·tbe amall thlnqs like pluca, .n~

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Clara reml~da Ie that Iin the oanlie! fruita, Uuaa,.hay an ora~qe-li.e ta.to.

The co~le pioture~of Waloolm are Tor, intere.ting. He i. prett,olever t i.nlt he? It'. b qinnlnq to loep u. quea.ing "kat to qi,e himat Chr1atlll •• time no~.iay•• The, gro~ ao fa.t, that "e are li.ble to Ccr­~et just what lind ot things are .uitabl.. T~ia ,ear .e trieS to give hi~a ,tart at eta p oolleoting. Had inton30d to aend hl& a re«ular albuo forthea but le.t the addr ••• of the COlllPany just at the oritioa1 time, .0 Iqueue the ata~p. "ill have to !e this ti e.

Dr.Regera l picture looko natutal, and the write-up ot hi. w~rk atthe fr~nt doe. bia oredit. Raa Rarr, returnea 'let, or i. he bel! forthe wor~ of rooo~otruotion ? We are w ~je~~4~ wheth r Dan waa rel.a.e!tc oontinue hi. ~ork in oolle~e. It i. harf to tell just whioh woula bethe eKperien ~ he will be moat qrateful tor in after ,ears,- the oompletionof his ocl1eqe "ork, r a shar~ in the work "o~or there w• It m , be thou~bthat oollege i. be t, ani th.t ai!itional traiuiug aiqht be ot ine.tiaablebenetit to hi in the work ot reoonatruotion either at hoao or abro.!, whi~1. boun! to la8~ for the neKt few ,.ars.

Clara jeln lIle in heaps of love to you all,LOTein«l"

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