Putnam patriot., 1920-11-12
NORTH CHINA IS
 MORE LIKE HOME
People There Adhere More to Old Customs Than ln the
 South
For-zer Thszpssn CUi Draws Pen
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 Oar las. mall asked for sootasr sst- ter in print frs-A China zl~zys fcz.1 hfs iz Sozta China roS< inter eating and every tins ~e went oEt szx fzsci1ztng slghts that eozl1 oe written about Pltifzi as91ts t5sy zS zzlfy were. 70. 4 gorgeo15 testhsn funeral procession wIth al I-s noise, c TO lezs elaborate wse1ing CT birthday eele5rztsoz Christian school children out for s walk, the cOol1es win their yzr1ozs kinds et burdens and unique xzyz Of carrying, t1s little travelling i restaurants Of native eelieae5es. tae poor old women with tiry feet beside ] the ~ayzi9e pounding stonss,-l could talk te yoa by the hour about ' all Bu. I had cez5stec from writing thss lzst year only for fear of gesrylng you For pen and ink or cold type can never co justice to these scenes 1; nor can photograph that cannot pic .are sounds and smells.
 But th4 tine the story Is ts be sboz. North China and Le two scenes ard climates are a. different ss those of Florida and Maine. I love the south with the eternal sumner, the flowers and the fruits, the free out door life and al that goes 10 make up th. "lgre of the East" Bat the north, while still China, has tie sneu and look of home Hov eagerly ~e drank in st every pore the new sensations
 
 claiming. Why. this is like homer The clear. cold, bracing air was such eontras. to the heavy hot, humid. southern atmosphere The very dirt looked different. And surely the buildings were different Why do thsy have 90 much whiteyash in the south where the glare is SC painful and here h the north the colors are dark ard restful7 Bricks here are of ten dark gray and the stone houses are of q pretty reddish brown stone. al of which harmonizes with the red tile5 roofs The general appearance Of the foreign homes is Swiss. And with mountains in the background one certainly is reminded Of Switz- er.aad The hilIsides covered with acres of vineyards reminds one of the Rhine THe church sDires i5ok just ike home
 l treaty port that has been aH in- te-1atioHal settlement for many years ae9er has the real Chinese ioak ard aavor But Che Chlseze are here in abundance Gn3ize the 5utH theg ta Get eeH 0 adopt fofeieH clothes and thes aEe mere ..l4ip ps-ef' than ever more naii children wIth bound fsee THeg are the me busy iaHa trious eaIe Here #IaeissHa= l=ze the place 5f tHe aehe5a sessH chair, aud fi5e alone 6aa 8ea e5 i5 t9em aeli sHsfaH They Ie H0t cheap Ha5H~ at AffE cents a ho4s HheH zh haia fs@ #4 ard tme zaaH ta tee tasa e4er l. e97 dollar @ g0 9 ef Ia sunday e1eais2. 0nlY to Gn3 hour changed fas tae sl.tsz a ci5zs
 Let f sfe fe8 eHef5s 6 realfi es da aasa theFe ase fcH I oue's heaHt Hefy har t hurs ta aee t= t#u 5eia9 zta ias=a5# =Wa ta p1lI oae uz. lii e l=s53 f# iife is l5a ite.H Eat fas aa be-4Hse 6f call1e Ea ha efoea. Ehey cannot taIH s8esarl fer i9a Some HH taeg aeeef and cannot g9 on.
 There are bicycles here, horses aad
 veg few motor eass. have seea bat tWc carriages hare. a taey nj at have come f sae ak jiI come from Europe ssa1a 8e believe in e4ta8a's maga' fo health and daily taka tae children for loug @alks be= tRee ihe fsa=HeH aau aad supper the 5ut e4t Brtia neiH bors are al the taa-cuHs and teHais Then chil drcr qll have anahs but five years out hela aas mol get convinced me that . Che5 woman can take the place oi mother. II | sali Ia Hong Kong thaf the mother knew her children only by tHe Chinese amah when she see. them out walking and t is lid thai our woman zeHfarkgi what a beauti ful chilA that was, not knowing t wa. her oHn Cur boy does not know that such thing as au amah exists.
 The great corn fields standing ready to be harvested look like home Th. baskets of perfect peaches. pears plums. apples and grapes also look like home IL was not so many years ago that the missionary Nevius introduced these home fruits here and how they have flourished Next year they ar, to begin making wine here as an in { dustry. The place is noted as d health resort. for its fine schools. for hair ' nets, pongee silk, straw braid, em ! broideries and laces l fear the ed \ itor would put his blue pencil through this were to enlarge on each of thes, subjects
 Thirty-nine years ago Hudson Fay ! Tor. the founder of the China Inlanc I Mission. found this place so beneficial to his health that he founded a san atorium here and began the schooh that have become famous all ovel China. There are three immens' boarding schools brimming over ful of healthy, happy. missionary chil dren. One has all boys and girls up tC ten years old and is called the prepar