Show accuracy the literary quality of the ilia chinese mind IF Is well illustrated by a story in the travel magazine an american visiting in hongtong Hong kong desired to buy some borne souvenir spoons and with that purpose in mind entered a jewelers store the selection made he wrote upon it a piece of paper the inscription hongtong Hong kong 1906 to have the same engraved on the bowl As ho he started to leave the store the chinaman called him back and asked for a deposit the gentleman gave him 75 cents making a note of the fact on the paper on which he had written the inscription when he called for the spoon the next day it was inscribed in the bowl bono hongjong Hong Hon kong giong 1906 paid 75 cents youths companion I 1 |