Dear father and mother:
Sajikkol,   Seoul,
October 28,   1930
I have  just  finished reading your letter,  which was a
great treat.  l vour account of the Shuler anniversary celebration
exeeeded all expectations;  how twenty thousand  could pass in and out
of|the doors of that house in an afternoon is almost unbelievable.
You did. not even speak  of seeing Bro.  and Sister Shuler,  and no
wonder,   in such a  crowd.    And I   suppose they could not have  served
any refreshments to such a: multitude. ||ti EfjM |
I am always  glad to know you are having an abundance  of
good  fruit and vegetables,   even if I  cannot  share  them.     I  enjoy
them by .proxy. . It was so good^of the Stokes to  save one orange1 from
Bonnivue  for me;   it wa-s very  sweet".     I   shared it with vong Do.    Han
moksa  should also have had a piece,   but he happened|*o be out when
we ate  it. h Som'e  of the  country mission  stations have triedn&aving
some  fruit trees,£but moat have 'given up.    They require too much
attention,   and  the  cost of  spraying and  cartng for them is more than
the  fruit  is worth.    When missionaries  first came  there was no fruit
available  in the' stores,   but now it  can be bought everywhere.    Apples
and persimmons  seem to do best in Korea.    But I would not want any
trees here in Seoul.    We would have to barricade  them like aiijprison,
or have all  sorts of unpleasantnesses with the neighborhood children.
Even the  fewilittle wild hawttoornes and  cherries that are not^fittto
eat are' a  constant annoyance.'t/^he  children climb up in the trees and
break the branches off.' h
I        I had  only one brief visit with Miss Edwards be fore -she went
to Clio on Chun,  and  that was  in the presence  of others.    As  for the
trombone,   the Asbury musician probably  showed me more* than she could
have,     last Wednesday  i   saw him again and we had another lesson.    Again
h£  spoke about my-instrument being a  fine  one.     As  fore•the Anderson
family--  t>erhaps I  forgot to tell you about their passing through Los
Angeles and wanting to look you up,   but they heard about there being
infantile paralysis  in the  clty;§and   so .they drove on to Long Beach
andtstayed there at an auto park till the boat left.'*    '.*/-
"   •'! hope your association with 'Mr.  Lee,   the 'Korean,  will be a
pleasure'toe you and not a burden.     I am sure he must  enjoy it.    ves,
I have  found many younger brothers,   °nd  some  fathers;  and Yong Do is
an older brother;   but the mothers?*nd  sisters don't  seem to come  so
easy.    Korea  is,   or at least was,   a man's world;   and   the women were
pretty well  out  of sight. ' Even now;  though women have been greatly
liberated through Christianity .and Western influence,   I  think it  is
too delicate a matter to attempt much conversation with the women folk.
I  don't like-to  see even Westerners displaying their freedom before
Korean observers.     The Christians probably understand,   but others are
apt to consider it mere vulgarity or worse;  and it will not help our
influence any.     In etiquette and things  of the  spirit we leave much
to be desired by our Asiatic  friends.    Korea  seems to.*suit me very well
in these  things.     I  always did think  it was a   great nuisance  to have
to observe all the little niceties of behavior toward the women.    Here
I have no trouble lin being "proper*1' at all;   I   just leave  them alone.
After church sf few polite "bows across the aisle  forjthe . grandmothers
is quite  sufficient.i Kf ■
"So many boxes  of cards keep coming I   cannot keep track of them.
Several  came  the past week.     The Chakyo S.S.   superintendent came and