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WEI PEH T'I
39 Rowe letter dated 29 January 1903.
40 Rowe letter dated 17 February 1904.
41 Rowe letter dated 5 January 1905.
42 Rowe letter dated 1 October 1903.
43 Rowe letter dated 5 April 1904.
44 Rowe letter dated 24 August 1905.
45 Ibid.
46 Rowe letter dated 5 January 1905.
47 Rowe letter dated 2 March 1905.
48 Rowe letter dated 5 April 1906.
49 Rowe letter dated 1 October 1903.
50 Rowe letter dated 5 April 1906.
51 Ibid.
52 Ibid.
Appendix: Letters from Edith Rowe to Louise Strawbridge (Mrs. George Strawbridge) of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania:
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Yangchow January 29-03
My dear Louise:
It was so kind and thoughtful of you to write to me here and send the book "The First Christmas". Both the letter and book came to me Christmas afternoon, so they had a double appreciation.
My hands are so cold today I cannot hold my pen very well. Our house here is very comfortable, but we have no fires except in the sitting room and dining room, so the thermometer ranges from 30 degrees to 40 degrees in my room. I enjoy it for our Chinese clothes are very warm. You would laugh if you could see me, so we did at each other when we first put them on. Would you be interested for me to describe what I have on? We wear foreign underclothes, but try to dress as much like the natives as possible.