SS
REALISTIC PEN PICTURES
OF LIFE IN CHINA.
Intimate Glimpses of Chinese Life,
Mountains and Plains as De-
scribed by Dr. North.
Chengtu, China, Sept. 7, 1924.
Dear Home Folks:
At last we are back home again
after ten weeks in the mountains.
Although we had a pleasant summer,
it is always a relief to get back to an
ordered life again. We can almost
fall in with the old American joke
that we have returned from our vaca-
tion in order to get rested.
I returned from my trip into the
Tribes Country bordering Tibet on the
25th of August. The following Mon-
day we went, with two of the W. F.
M. S. girls, Miss Flessel and Miss
Burdeshaw, who had been visiting
Sarah while I was away, to their sum-
mer resort, Beh Lu Din (White Deer
Summit), about forty miles northwest
of our place at Kwanhsien. We took
two days for the trip over; or, to be
exact, about a day and a half. Our
household goods we packed up and
sent back to Chengtu in care of the
Starretts, who were returning to the
capital on the day that we left for
Beh Lu Din.
The trip to Beh Lu Din gave us new
sights—all trips in China seem to do
that, in spite of the number of miles
one has traveled. We had had two or
three extremely hot days just before
we started, and the heat had not yet
gone when we set out. It had been
sufficient, apparently to prepare some
of the most advanced rice crops for
harvesting. We found the farmers in
the field with their sickles cutting the
grain and tying it in small bundles
for threshing. The threshing is done
in the field. A large box is provided—
perhaps ten feet square—against the
inner sides of which the farmers
strike the head-end of the bundle sev-
eral times until the grain is collected
in the bottom of the box. As one
travels along the roads he hears a sort
of muffled report like that of a big
gun a long distance away. He won-
ders what it can be, until he rounds a
bend in the road and sees away across
a rice field a group of men beating the
grain against the boards. The straw
is gathered in large bundles and stack-
ed in somewhat the same way that
we stack our grain in the fields be-
fore it is taken to the barns. Rice
straw has many uses—it is not merely
or principally a litter for the cows,
for there aren't many cows. From
this straw are made “loao-hai” (straw
sandals), paper, mattresses (if they
may be termed such), hats, ete.
During the forenoon our road lay in
the level plain. The sun beat down
hotly on us. The women went ahead.
My coolie and I came two or three
hours later, after we had closed up
our summer apartment. By the time
we caught up to the ladies’ chairs it
was time for dinner, and we found
ourselves entering a hilly country of
unusual topography. The hills were
steep, but not very large at the base;
or if they were large, in the form of
long winding ridges of small width.
The intervening valleys were nearly
level, on about the same altitude as
the plain into which they lead. These
foothills are a bit unusual in this part
of the country. On most sides of the
plain that I have visited the moun-
tains rise abruptly without the warn-
ing of foothills, but here it is differ-
ent. The mountains lie perhaps five
or ten miles behind the outer edge of
these hills. And at this point the
mountains are much higher than most
of those around Kwanhsien where we
spent the summer. For example, Beh
Lu Din is over 6000 feet high, while
our temple at Ling Ngai Si had an al-
titude of some 3500 feet. And Beh Lu
Din is by no means the highest moun-
tain in the vicinity.
Our men carried well, but toward
the end of the day they slowed down
so that by the time we came in sight
of the river which we had to cross to
reach our destination for the night it
was quite dark. This river reminds
me of the deseriptions I have heard of
the Platte River in Nebraska. When
we crossed it was a wide valley full
of white rocks worn round and smooth
by the stream in high water. I won-
dered that we found no bridge worthy
of the name, as we were near a mar-
ket town of some importance. We
crossed a little stream, walked among
the small boulders—or large pebbles,
if you like—cressed another stream,
again picked our way through a dry
bed, and so on for perhaps a half
hour. As I had walked the whole dis-
tance that day—thirty miles, per-
haps—I was a trifle warm. Taking
off my shoes and socks, and part of
my clothing, I lay down in the stream
to cool off. But as it was rather dark,
I hurriedly dressed and hurried on to
the town. We had been told that the
best place to stop was the large Bud-
dhist temple. For it we headed, and
had ourselves nicely fixed directly in
front of the main idol itself, where we
looked forward to a night of rest and
quiet and cleanliness—quite an un-
usual combination in Szechwan—and
waited for our loads, which had not
kept up to us. We were suddenly
rudely disturbed in our dreaming by
the arrival of a group of Chinese,
whom we at first supposed to be mere-
ly curious townsmen come to see the
circus. The leader, evidently a mem-
ber of the gentry, seemed much excit-
ed, although he kept himself well in
hand. He told me that we could not
remain there, as it was their place of
worship. I told him that I was sorry
to have made the mistake, but that the
caretaker had led us to the spot and
had told us we might remain there. I
asked where we might stay. He said,
“Outside.” I had visions of going out
into the cruel—though not cold—
street, and looking for an inn with its
fleas and stenches and filth. But for-
tune favored us. He led us to a recess
in the temple enclosures—these re-
cesses are often more in bulk than the |
temple proper—where the Buddhist !
school was conducted. Here we found
quarters almost as good as the other,
though not quite so clean. Our chair-
men went out to bring in the belated
load carriers, and in due course of
time we had a supper that suffered the
more for its long delay. We were now
on good terms with the old gentleman
and with the world in general. I have
traveled about probably as much as
any one who has been out here the
om emir ree me mt we -
same length of time but never before
have I found any townspeople so par-
ticular about their temples. I have
not yet satisfied myself as to why the
men of Chin Gang Lin are so devout.
Perhaps it is the close proximity of
the foreigners on Beh Lu Din that has
developed in these people a pride in a
religion that has no stigma, “foreign,”
attached to it. It was evident that the
laymen had more devotion than the
priest who showed me where to camp
tor the night.
Next morning early we breakfasted
and started for the top. After further
windings through mountain valleys
we began the ascent. The mountain,
which we could see for miles before
we reached it, is peculiar in that al-
though its sides are very steep for the
last thousand or two feet, has a fairly
level top. On a warm morning, after
a thirty-mile hike on the previous day,
it is no child’s play to climb up an zl-
most perpendicular precipice for a
thousand feet or more, as I found be-
fore reaching the top. I lost the rest
of the party on the way, as I had to
return to Chin Gang Lin for some-
thing we had overlooked. I arrived at
the top and found the cottage of our
friends long before the arrival of the
others, who had been misled by the
chairmen. Even though noon was ap-
proaching we did not refuse the sec-
ond breakfast offered us.
Beh Lu Din is an interesting place.
It was formed several years ago, as
a summer resort, by several foreign-
ers who were instrumental in secur-
ing a ninety-year lease on the moun-
tain top, which was of no use to any-
one. An association was established,
and those interested could acquire
rights on the mountain by joining the
association and building a bungalow.
Now there are some fifteen or twenty
such bungalows, some of them of a
type of architecture that would do
honor to any American resort. The
place has three tennis courts. The
principal difficulty to be overcome in
making a first class summer home is
the matter of water supply. All
drinking water has to be brought up
from the foot of the precipice on the
backs of coolies. The wash water is
secured by catching in large wooden
tubs or reservoirs the rain water from
the roofs. We found these tubs al-
most dry when we arrived, but they
were not so for long.
The most noticeable fact about the
mountain top, at least, to one who had
been traveling on the plain, was the
coolness. At an altitude of 6000 feet
the sun isn’t so noticeable for its heat.
We found it even a trifle too cool ex-
cept in the sunlight, on the first morn-
ing. A second fact of prominence
was the magnificent views of the
mountains to the rear and of the plain
in front. The river, with its white
bed, glistened in the sunlight, thread-
ed by darker ribbons of water. The
plain seemed to seethe in heat out be-
yond the foothills, where the river en-
tered the plain. But next day all was
changed. Clouds everywhere. Rain
fell. The wind blew. The tempera-
ture grew colder and the atmosphere
damper, as the mists gathered round
us, shutting out any view of the sur-
rounding country. This lasted for
three days., Now the water tubs were
full. ‘It was a great relief on Satur-
day to see the sun again. On this
morning were visible the snow moun-
tains, that is, those mountains which
have perpetual snow—together with
the nearby mountains on which the
cold precipitation of the previous days
had fallen as snow. In a few hours
this snow had nearly disappeared. As
the sun rose in the heavens, mists
gathered, until by midday all snow
was hidden behind the humid atmos-
phere. Sunday was another pleasant
day, although by night it had grown
so cold, that we found a fire on the
hearth by no means a mere luxury.
Next morning we started for home,
but that is another story.
I fancy some one at home who reads
this feels inclined to say, “This doesn’t
sound like the story of privation and
hardship which we hear so often.”
No, it doesn’t. But this is only one
story. I could give you, though not
from my own experience, stories that
would make you feel glad that some
of these missionaries have such a place
to spend the summer. But again,
that is another story. In closing I
might mention two things that make
such a summer worth while, even
from the standpoint of those who are
inclined to begrudge the missionary
any few moments when he lives like
folks at home, or when he isn’t doing
something that sounds heroic or hard
or disagreeable. One is this: 1 am
coming more and more to believe that
personality is the greatest single hu-
man element in the success of the mis-
sionary. And personality depends
largely on morale; which in turn de-
pends on mental, moral, spiritual,
physical and social health. The mis-
sionary who has worked all year
among a people with a background of
culture entirely different from his
own, speaking a most difficult lan-
guage, thinking from radically differ-
ent points of view from his own; a
people living in abject poverty, filth
almost indescribable, and complete ig-
norance of the laws of health and san-
itation; a people suspicious of the for-
eigner, often, in spite of his long res-
idence; a people s¢cng suffering
about them daily for vi: ich they seem
to have no concern, so that most
heartrending sights are constantly
meeting the eye—such a man or wom-
an needs the summer away from the
scene of his work where he may re-
gain his poise, to say nothing of es-
caping the enervating effects of the
hot, moist summer in the lowlands.
Any preacher or school teacher at
home who is on the job throughout
the year needs a vacation badly when
the time comes. How much more does
the man or woman in the same kind
of work among much more trying con-
ditions. I am not trying to excite
pity for the missionary. No ome
loathes it more than he. I am not
speaking for myself, as I am not yet
fully initiated. I speak from the
standpoint of a newcomer who has
had plenty of opportunity, even in ten
or eleven months, to observe. Anoth-
er reason why the missionary needs a
good summer home is that he needs
opportunity to read. If any man
neds leisure for reading, itis the man
who at the same time must keep in
touch with the life of two continents;
for the missionary must know what
the people of China are thinking
about—that is, the educated class—
from Peking to Canton, and from Can-
ton to Chungking; and he must know
what is going on at home, for reasons
too obvious to mention.
Well, I fear that I am expatiating
at too great length. Some of you are
already yawning, or falling asleep,
I'm afraid. Some of you are saying,
“I knew all that and more befire.”
Well, even a person ten thousand
miles from home may perhaps be
pardoned, if he is loquacious when he
has an opportunity.
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Weeks-Ahead Program
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21:
ends well. Also, 2 reel Comedy.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23:
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27:
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This fine little star does great work. Also, 2 reel Comedy.
Matinees at Scenic Saturday afternoons on above showings.