Show whew MODERN M MENACE IN CHINA living in house equipped with gas ga ranges and faithful servants has its good points our to tn o story house consisted af 0 two big lil rooms downstairs and sleeping apartments and a tiny root roof ann den upstairs in a tills this root roof garden I 1 spent most of my time and there my son wilfred ed and his amah passed many afternoons it nas as a plew pleasant ant sunny place furnished with painted steamer chairs rugs and blooming plants in pottery jars writes M T f in asia magazine at the back rather removed irom from the main part pait of the house were the kitchen servants quarters and an open air laundry we were really very practical an and 1 modern and comfortable our kitchen provided for an admirable compromise bet between cen old and new methods it had an english gas range and a chinese one but the proper chinese atmosphere vos as pre preserved served by three well nell trained servants ber who called themselves ali ah clung ching all ali ling and ali ah pub fun most Shang shanghai bal servants are called simply boy or ainah or coolie Co olle but ours chose those names as distinctive for servants there as tames james and brid bridget et are ettli us alt ah ching did most of if the housework and the running of errands ali ah ling did tle the mark markling Ving and cooking giving us a pleasantly vurl cil succession of chinese and aslies ali ah voli poh the amali looked after wilfred and attended to my personal wants F from rom the first I 1 was fond of ali ah poh with her finely formed intelligent features lier her soft oce noce and gentle unhurried manner she lind had scrod an american mistress before coming to me but showed a surprising willingness lin Iff gness to adopt my particular way of doing things alether wl ether in making beds in keeping my clothes in order or in entertaining wilfred on the other hand ali ah chins ching elderly graye grave and full of responsibility was very partial to his accustomed way of arranging ran ing furniture and of washing windows and floors if left to himself he would dust odd nooks and corners faithfully but if I 1 made any formal inspection of his labors lie he would invariably yarl ably slight thorit to intimate that I 1 should not be suspicious as a friend explained a form of logic that I 1 found highly amusing ali ah ling aside from ills culinary ability was chiefly antei asting because heiau e his eyes were really oblique as chinese eyes are supposed ased to be and usually are not and r because because his hair really curled as chinese chir hair Is supposed neier neer to do and does occasionally |