The Carthage Evening Press runs the first installment of a travel letter from Walter Lanyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Lanyon of Carthage, written during a world tour and describing Shanghai: street trades plied 'in every inch of available space' (ivory carvers, mask makers, lantern and parasol makers), a coolie's portable restaurant, street dentistry, a joss temple with its incense, fortune-telling ritual and 'chin chin joss' paper offerings, bargaining customs in the shops, the city's divided quarters (French quarter, foreign settlement, native city), and the superstitious practice of dressing some boys as girls to deceive 'the Evil One'. The byline promises a second installment the following day.