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Sajikkoi,   Seoul,
November 19,   1923.
.Tour  two letters written  on your return  from'
•Riverside  came  last' Wednesday,   twenty- ohe* day's  on the   journey;
and  the  two'Written at  the  end  of October  came, today,   only
nineteen days' in  transit.     I   received  five 'foreign letters
today*,   which was  quite  exciting.     One was  from1 Ernest Zent-
graf'of Princeton. (Ocky's  rich,   New nrork  roommate who entertained  us  last winter,   and went" to -Palestine   this   summer) ;
one wa s* from Kir. -hieltz,   one  of mvnarishi oners ha t West Berlin*
and  the   other  from Krs.   Fryer  of Saskatchewan.     The latter
enclosed a  picture   of their house,   which I   shall   send
you will  also be  interested In'reading her letter.     I  ;
send  it  too as .soon as  I  have answered   it-.. \i-ri
The  letter y^u'enclosed'from. Bernie was  certainly
profuse  in thanks,'ahd  I- appreciate your letting me   see  it.
Of course  everything, outdoors here has been, frozen before  this.
I   see  chrysanthemums  on  sale,   many  of  them like..the .small  old-
fashioned  ones  that  grew in the East.     The handsome  large  ones
for which  the  Orient  is  famous all -seem  to be .grown in pots,
but  I   think you need not  fear  that your best  vrill  be  out-rivalled
by  them 1     The  Swinneys; bought "two- pots.;   one with  two white balls
"was   fifty  sen,   th £   other with'one  red blossom was  forty  sen.
At  th£ nublic   2*reehh6user near "2s.stteate are ' verv larp*e  nots with
two  or'three dozen'branches  to each", plant  tied up  to  form a
perfect mound   of  flowers  over  the  top.     The   single and  * cactus'1
varieties are   trained down  over  one   side  of. the  jbot  like a  vine
and Wired  in place,     HPien  these 'are   set   on, receding; tiers   of
shelves,'they nre very  effective.
Persimmons  can  still  be had;   apples are  in market
all winter;   and now  tangerines are  being imported.     I  have not
seen any  persimmons  that at all approach  the■sixe  of California
persimmons.     But Ktoreaate  famous  for'them.     The  foreigners are
very  fond  of  them  for breakfast;   (the Korean name   is    Kam  )   and
someone   said  the'v understood now why'Korea, is  called  the  land  of
the morning calm.
The  silks  bought at Bullock*s  sale are very attractive
I'm  sure  you look well  in the dress. 'I  wish you could  see a
little'Korean child dressed, up;   you never imagined anything so
brilliant.     The   seeds  is all   solid-color   (unlike   the  Japanese
cloth,   which  is prodigal  in design).     Think  of a  little   jacket
of  the  most dazziinr Jtriit   grass   green with  yellow  collar and
blue  cuffs, 'a'^ougainvillliskirt,   crimson  stockings,   versa! Ill on
bow  over each ear,   and a   coat  of the  same  green lined with
scarlet;     then Imagine ' about  thirty  of  such  combinations,   and
you'have an Idea  of what  our Sunday School was like Thanksgiving
morning  (for Thanksgiving here  comes  on Sunday in ilethodist
churches).     One  girl, sang,   and  then the  group altogether  sang,
with motions  illustrating the harvest-   and  I  never  saw American,
children do as we.11
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In the church  service the members brought'in their
Thanksgiving offerings,   bags  of rice and apples;   and  they were
all   spread  out  on a  long table  in  front  of  the pulpi+ .     The paper
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