Show A CHINESE WONDER Ehiza Ruhamah Scldmore describes In the Century far April a groat national na-tional I phenomenon which she has observed ob-served on one of her many visits to the longlived Chinese Umpire There are three wonders in the history his-tory of China she writes the Demons De-mons at TangChan the Thunder at IjungChau and tin Great Tide at HangChau the last the greatest of all and a living wonder lo this day of the open door while Its rivals arc lost In myth and oblivion On the eighteenth nlghl of time eighth and ninth moons of the Chinese year time greatest Ilood tides from the Pacific surge into the funnel mouth of HangChan bay to time bars and flats at the mouth of the bwlflllovvlng TslenTang The river current opposes for a while until the angry sea rises up and rides on In a great white roaring bubbling wave ten twelve fifteen and even twenty feel In height The Great Bore the White Thing charges up the narrowing river al a speed of ten and thirteen miles an hour with a roar that can be heard for an hour before It arrives the most sensational spectacular fascinating fas-cinating tlda phenomenon real wonder won-der of the whole world worth going far and waiting long to see |