. Life and light for woman. ntunder the scorching sun to walkon the yielding sand. Fastenedmy hat tight on my head withelastic cord lest it should beblown away by the wind. Someof the laborers who had beentaking a siesta were occasionallyawakened by the approachingsteps of my father, and resumedtheir work in a sly my assistance was over,splash ! I jumped into the sea. Saturday, August 2. Aw-fully hot day. How unbearablethe heat was ! Undisturbed still-ness reigned all around, the neigh-bors must have been taking amidday nap. While I was sweep-ing the garden, a fishing rod hap-pened
. Life and light for woman. ntunder the scorching sun to walkon the yielding sand. Fastenedmy hat tight on my head withelastic cord lest it should beblown away by the wind. Someof the laborers who had beentaking a siesta were occasionallyawakened by the approachingsteps of my father, and resumedtheir work in a sly my assistance was over,splash ! I jumped into the sea. Saturday, August 2. Aw-fully hot day. How unbearablethe heat was ! Undisturbed still-ness reigned all around, the neigh-bors must have been taking amidday nap. While I was sweep-ing the garden, a fishing rod hap-pened to drop on my head andproduced a bump there as if itwere inviting me to up the rod I set out in the direction of the Hiohama Bridge. Sunday, August 3. Fine, Got up earlier than usual as I had to goto school to-day, but having some household work to attend to I could notleave before half past seven. Hastened to school but I was in such ahurry I forgot to stop at the house of a family to which a message was to. STARTING FOR SCHOOL 19^4] The Child at School in Japan 543 be sent. On my arrival at school, I found Masters Kamimura and Namikitogether with Master Shimiza of the Ko group, watering the plants in thegarden. {^Note.—There are no school sessions on Sunday but schoolgardens are cared for during vacation -by groups of children selected to servein-Totation. A. L. H.) Monday, August 4. Ended review at nine in the morning. Sisterbegan needlework with threads of various colors; red, blue, purple andwhat not. She is good at sewing. Went out into the garden carryingdumbbells. The morning breeze was quite refreshing. Tuesday, August 5. Went to the Hong Kwangi Temple. The priestwas an aged man of about seventy, and with a snowy beard reaching downto his breast. He preached in a most enthusiastic manner. When heemphasized the importance of faithfully keeping the Imperial Rescript onEducation and gave us young people advice that might make us goodcitizens when we were
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