the city but that no fighting was taking 
place. 
“We drove on slowly, and eventually 
passed beyond the rear of the retreat- 
ing army. For three or four miles the 
countryside was deserted, houses 
closed and all as quiet as the grave. 
We were five or six hundred yards 
from the ancient marble bridge at 
Tungchow when there came the sharp 
crack of a rifle and a bullet struck 
beside the front wheel. A second later 
a mass of soldiers appeared on the 
road and bullets began spattering 
around us like hailstones. They had 
opened fire with a machine gun, but 
it was aimed too low and the bullets 
were kicking up the dust just in front 
of us. The soldiers could see the Amer- 
ican flag plainly enough but that made 
not the slightest difference. 
“Fortunately at this particular spot 
the road was wide enough for the car 
to be turned and I swung it about 
in record time. The bullets now were 
buzzing like a swarm of bees just 
above our heads. Forty yards down 
the road a sharp curve took us out 
of sight of the machine gun. The other 
men crouched in the bottom of the 
car. Since I was driving I could see 
all the fun. It was a pretty rough road, 
but the speedometer showed fifty 
miles an hour as we went back. The 
ride became an exciting one. All the 
houses which had seemed so peaceful 
actually were occupied by the ad- 
vance-guards of Fengtien soldiers. 
They had let us pass because of the 
American flag, but when they heard 
the firing in our rear and saw us re- 
turning at such a mad speed, they 
evidently thought that we were any- 
body’s game. Each and every one de- 
cided to take a shot at us. 
“For three miles we ran the gantlet 
with the ultralight covering for the air- 
craft. 
The Bene Israel 
The March membership program will 
be Shanwar Telis: Shipwrecked Jews 
of India. The story of a small group 
of Jews who were shipwrecked on the 
west coast of India 2,000 years ago and 
eventually settled near Bombay is told 
in Johanna Spector’s award-winning film 
The Shanwar Telis or Bene Israel. The 
program, which will describe the group’s 
history, customs, and ceremonies up to 
the present day, is presented in coop- 
eration with the American Jewish Con- 
gress and will take place on Wednesday, 
March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Audi- 
torium; nonmembers must pay an ad- 
mission fee of S3. 50. 
Drama 1A 
A new sky show, The Drama of the 
Universe, opens at the Hayden Plan- 
etarium on March 5. In a series of short 
“acts,” the show presents intriguing 
facts and discoveries and looks at recent 
astronomical theories. Call (212) 
873-8828 for sky show times. 
Toddler Tales 
A program for youngsters will be pre- 
sented in the Education Hall on Sat- 
urday, March 21, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 
p.m., and on Sunday, March 22, at 1:00 
and 3:30 p.m. A short play, Tale of 
Two Whales, using puppets, slides, and 
a film of the birth of a Beluga whale, 
will start the program. Children will 
then have the chance to color pictures 
and handle objects such as a narwhal 
tusk. The program is designed to in- 
troduce 3- to 7-year-olds to the natural 
sciences. Advance registration is nec- 
essary; call the Membership Office at 
(212) 873-1327 for more information. 
Martial Arts 
Capoeira is a martial art brought from 
Africa to Brazil, where it has been prac- 
ticed for 300 years. A combination of 
dance, song, and ceremony that requires 
acrobatic skills, capoeira is performed 
with a great deal of somersaulting and 
kicking. The African-American program 
of the Education Department is present- 
ing a free lecture-demonstration with 
Bill Moore on the art of capoeira on 
Sunday, March 15, at 2:00 p.m. in the 
Auditorium. 
What Is It? 
March 7 is the Museum’s annual 
Identification Day. Staff members from 
the Museum’s scientific departments 
will be on hand to identify and explain 
any and all objects you bring in, whether 
they be fossils, minerals, bones, feathers, 
baskets, cockroaches, shells, beetles, 
pottery, arrowheads, or beads. This free 
program takes place in the Education 
Hall from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. 
Hindu Myth 
The Education Department will offer 
a lecture by Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty 
on How to Prove That a Mythical Ex- 
perience is Real. O’Flaherty, a professor 
of Indian studies at the University of 
Chicago, will discuss the interpretation 
of dreams and visions using Hindu texts. 
The free lecture will be given on Sunday, 
March 22, at 2:00 p.m. in the Audi- 
torium. 
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