The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-01-19
A LETTER
FROM CHINA
CELEBRATES HER FIRST REAL THANKS
GIVING In CHINA.
FIRST PARLIAMENT IN TUKIEN
MANY Members Of the Parliament Visit the
Conference. Much Good Hoped for
from These Assemblies.
Ha, Kan. Nov. 81, 1909.
My Dearest Ones at Home:

MY Dearest Ones at Home:
While we are waiting for our boat
will begin my home letter. We
took the house boat about ten o'clock
Thursday night, after the Thanksgiv-
ing ut the Consulate. am sure you
will be glad to know about my first
real Thanksgiving dinner since left
the home land. There were ninety
Americans present. Every one said
the largest number that had ever
been. You see, as our Conference
was just closing, number of country
missionaries who are not usually in
Foochow at Thanksgiving time were
able to be present. Then a number
Of young men have come out for Eng
lish work in the Government schools
so that has also swelled the number of
Americans. The Consulate was beau
tifully decorated with banyon leaves
and the national colors. On one side
of the dining room was the motto,
Thanksgiving" on the opposite
side, "Inankslivinx," while at the
end we're the words. "Lest we for
get. !" A fac smile reproduction
of the first Thanksgiving proclama-
ton issued by John Bradford to the
Pilgrims also being on the wall. The
tables were very home-like with their
heaps of fruit. l will send you my
menu card if l do not forget-a large
turkey gobbler. The supper left
nothing to be desired.
Consuel Gracey was a Methodist
preacher in his younger days, and is
very earnest Christian. He has
been in Foochow over twenty years.
We had such nice time. had to
excuse myself as soon rs supper was
over in order to get the tide. am
now writing on the boat SO you see
we ar. having good trip. A beau
tiful day-,he sea SO quiet-and the
wind, what there is, ia our favor.
We had nice day in the city. the
last day. The girls enjoyed their
visit to Parliament. This is the first
parliament that has ever assembled in
Tukien province. They certainly do
things in business-like way. 1t
seemed a strange admixture of east
and west to see them clapping thei,
hands in applause over an enthusias.
tic speech. OF course we could moi
understand what they were saying.
as all of their deliberations are il
Mandarin, the official language Of
China. One day the members of Par.
liment were invited to visit our Con.
ference. Many of them responded.
There we're several very good ad.
dresses. When one of the young mer
rose to speak, / thought. "That
young man is certainly Christian. -
1t turned out that he is. and is &
graduate of our Anglo-C Chinese co lege
in Foochow. The best part of it II
that he spoke in no uncertain way OF
his belief. He surely had beautiful
face. 1t is hoped that these Parla-
ments in the different provinces will
do much good. If they only hole
steady and do not allow themselves
to be mixed up in revolutionary
m vements. their influence will surely
be great.
Well l fear we are becalmed. II
is very comfortable and pleasant.
but a little hard to wait for the
wind. where one is SO anxious to be
at home. l hope l shall have another
home letter soon. l am not sure il
/ said anything about the boat or
not. 1t is certainly a beautiful
thought. How did the Dow City
people ever come to think of boat ?
There are certainly many things
about these boats that make then
very uncomfortable and announcement
for women. though l had never
dreamed of having it otherwise.
am so happy about the cloth for Christ
mas. 1t will be here soon, no doubt.
/ will write the people all about our
Chr slmas as soon as it is over. The