Putnam patriot., 1921-03-11
Get e ljviag In tAs Orieae- Butter $l.lo-Amsriean
 Dollar Worth Two
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 CAefss. Says D~s3nsss Mao

4 will note that we ars in Qns of the provinces 10 hard hit by the awful famine. and also that Shantung is the province claimed by the laps. The Japs are certainly making themselves odious to the whole world. They are bitterly bated here. As to the famine, I shall say little about 1t. It Is awful beyond description. The relief work being done Is a mere drop in the buck ct, however well the world is respond ing, for when fifty-eight million are facing starvation. 1t is a tremendous problem to tide them over cold win ter till the next harvest. But you will read much about 1t in the papers; will only report some local items that you may see what we are doing and interested in personally.
 The American fleet in the Orient is again to summer at Chefoo. Rooms at Rusholme are all engaged for the summer by the naval officers for their wives. The International committee of Che foo met Friday at p. m. and voted to buy 400 mo. Ga mo. equals one sixth acre) of land for recreation grounds for the American sailors this summer. The piece of land decided upon was for sale at $50 per mo. Mr. Certain Chinaman went very quick and bought the land and then asked the committee $200 per mo. They. are now looking elsewhere.
 Lois Giebel has returned from the China Island Mission Hospital where she has been the last ten weeks with very severe case of typhoid fever She was the eleventh typhoid patient to be cared for there this year, ali be- ing children. This is primarily chil- ldrens' hospital. and run entirely for foreigners. There Is also an isolation hospital, a large American Presbyteri- an hospital for both foreigners and Chinese, large Catholic hospital, [ native hospital and large sanatorium here. Chefoo is noted health resort for all inland workers-
 The Far Eastern Development Co. had to close down this week because the employees were stealing so many hair nets. I A Portugese firm has just cleared out, leaving $6.000 debts behind.
 I The Eastern Products Go. (Ameri- can) are closing their Montgomery
 Ward department and the pongee silk
 and lace departments to devote al
 their time to the exporting of haii nets Although a new and small com
 pany comparatively they cannot keef up with the demand for hair nets from New York. They have 500 women at work daily examining the nets before final shipment. They are planning tc
 open up factories in the interior.
 l The servant question may be 2
 problem in America, but it is not here l CD at least as far as numbers go Every home has several at time. Mrs. c. says she has had on the aver age a new cook for every month in the year. Mrs. B. pays out $100 per month on servants. Mrs. M. had Ivery fine house-boy, most clean and orderly. One day she opened her bed room door to find this boy parading before her mirror clad wholly in her best clothes, his own jacket and un- derwear lying on the bed. You may smile; she did not, nor did he when soon after he was leaving the com pound. Mrs. G. hired an experienced man who was perfectly willing to do all the chamber work, sweep, dust, cook. wait on table, etc., if he might have $14 per month. Agreed. But next day after he was installed in the kitchen, s'no likee, no can sweep floor, no dust, no makee beds, just cook. At the first meal the family were in- formed at the table that they could not have the bread toasted; "it toe Imuchee work" He muchee surprised Inc savee why he sent away. Are they problems? Wish you could have g cook, house boy, an amah (woman flor children or serving) or two and 3 coolie and see.
 | Mir. and Mrs w. H. Giebel (nee Edith Cruff, formerly of Thompson) lhave purchased the Care estate on the l"Nine Mound Hill" overlooking the city and harbor. They have named it Quinnatisset and will soon have an
 American flag flying there. British flags predominate at the foot of the lhill where are the Missionary Home, IGywnear, Lansdown Cottage, Kings iholm and Glengarry.
 From today's market basket: But lter, $1.78 per lb.; eggs, 36 cents per dozen; flour (native), $3.5O per 50 lb. bag; mutton roast, 34 cents per catty; lchicken, a cents per catty; sugar, 18 lcents per h.; beef (the best), always I22 cents per catty; sweet potatoes, cents per catty; oysters. 15 cents per catty; English walnuts. IF cents per Icatty; peanuts, IF cents per catty, land best oranges, 15 cents per catty. A catty is Ia ID. Just now an Amer. lican dollar is worth two Chinese dol. liars.
 1 The 2. s. HEn Ming arrived Satur. |day, Feb. 9th, from Shanghai with the southern party of children for the c. II. N. schools. The steamer was char tered and fitted out especially for the lyoung folks who had been connine h. Ia Al