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Show PASS SUMMER IN TEMPLES I Peking Custom of Which the Only H Merit Is Assurance of Absolute H Peace nd Quiet- H "Temple parties" constltuto u popu- lar form of diversion for tho summer months In Peking. Tho hills to the' H westward nro dotted with so-colled! temples rambling compounds of ono- H story' buildings, built centuries ngo by ' H emperors In memory of departed an- ,H eestors. The buildings Invariably trar ' I round a paved court or often a scries H of such courts, shaded as a rule, by I century-old trees. In the temple proper- I Is still to bo found n gigantic "Buddha" I or Idol beforo whom Joss-sticks nre- I lighted at Intcrvnls by priests and I acolytes, of whom there are generally" I a half dozen all told, occupying a por- I Hon of the compound. It is qulto easy nnd Inexpensive to-- sccuro tho uso of ono of theso temples. I one or moro of tho unoccupied sub- I sldlary bulldlngs--for a week-end, a, I week or the whole summer. -They nro- I entirely without furnlturo except Inso- I far ns'n raised plntfonn whereon the- I Clilncso used to sleep might bo called I furniture. Onco Instnlled tho occupant I enjoys absolute pence nnd quiet by day. I As a rv'n he sleeps In tho company of I ono of tho lesser "Buddhas who Is- I hidden behind a curtain. The only-Intrusion only-Intrusion upon hi nrlvncy occurs when, tho priest or acolyto brings Vood nnd places It beforo tho Idol nnd return, later to removo what the rats have- mS & U4 ft. A number of tho oldtlmcrs In Peklngr hnvo their temple leased year after year and pass the summer there. For- ' tho novice, owing to tho general lack of everything that mnkcS for comfort. onco is enough. It Is a thing, however,, that everybody must do once, , |