Petition from Shanghai Women to Council: The Chinese Boy Not What He Once Was Women all over Shanghai are discussing the subject of establishing a registration bureau for Chinese domestic servants, and as a result of many informal mectings the appended petition is being circulated which will shortly be presented to the Shanghai Municipal Council. A large number of signatures have already been secured and more are being added every day. It is expected that the petition will shortly be presented to the Council.
The committee which has_ been active in bringing this matter to the attention of the housekeepers of the city is made up of the following British Representatives: Mrs. E. C. Pearce, Mrs. E. M. Gull, Mrs.
McMichael.
French Representatives Mme. Wilden, Mme. Muguet.
American Representatives: Dr. Fearn, Mrs. F. J. Raven, Mrs, P.
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