In some Associations, as year in Peking, a "Better Babies" competition has been run with great success. Modern young Chinese parents desire to have the healthiest possible babies and as already there is probably no country in the world where the responsibilities of fatherhood as well as motherhood are taken 80 seriously, the appeal in this dircetion should be an especially arresting one.
Health and happiness are recognized as going hand in hand. Equally is this the case with health and righteousness. The Founder of the Christian religion spent 80 much of his life going about doing good to the bodies of men and women that the women of the Chinese Y. W. C. A. desire to follow His example and help their _countr women along these lines. If Chinese women do not develop at the same time as the men, the new civilization which is coming to China must be unstable and how far women can play their part in the social and educational development of the future, must depend largely on the improved physical developement of the present generation.
W.—Lack of Interest by British Women In two previous articles the writer has tried to give some account of the points that most impressed her in the work of the Young Women's Christian Association in China. There are so many aspects of the work of vital interest' that it' is difficult to. keep to the one or two more striking features, such as the call to Social Service which the Chinese members of the Association are making so important a part of their programme, and also the phy-A. sical training and development which they are offering to their young countrywoman.
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