From a Correspondent, The Swedish Union School on tungshan, Honan, was able to open its new-built school-home on January 19. Since the estab 6 of the school in 1918, wh a very fine lot with some house fon it was purchased, no new Yuildings had been added, but preparations were made during the toyo years to have suitable dormitories built, The, foundations of this four-storied house wore laid in Juno last your and the work on the building was completed just before this spring. term was (o begin. There are altogether 70 rooms in. the house and. besides office, dining and five apartments for mitnager, duy-room for the children and " fow gue rooms, there is space enough receive about 90 pupils.
'The contractor was a Chines, while the Rev. G. Cader 8.U.8. has' supervised the whole work. 'The designs of the house as well as the plana have all been drawn by the Nev. Twan Ehne.. 'The betise is Furpigh: ie light, running rater, and partly with' a heating system. The whole cost ie about 410,000.
The Swedish Union School, which ie a ce-operative enterprité undertaken by six Swedish Mix. sionary Societies and open to all Swedish children in. China, comprises @ public Laver and ugher primary. and High-School, " ro-agnized by the Swedish State, and jis staffed by six well qualified teachers and three assistants, The Principal of the School is Mr. Daniel Olson, Phil, Lie., and the Rev. G. Cederlot is manager for the, School-Home with Mrs. Cederlof as head matron.
Wo wish the School every god prospect during years to: come in {ts solid and stately now Home. tux humorous side of Prohibition, says a New York cor respondent, is illustrated—again. by Federal statistics which how that in the 12 months ended Juno 20, 11,868,469 doctors' preseriptions ordering liquor for: patients were issued in the United States Invalids "thus provided with meilicinal refreshment drank on their doctors' advice _altogethon ions. OF this, whisk; accounted for 1,347,073, wine 30,752, brandy "9,945, gin 8,173, rum 2013, and alcohol 3,156 gu!= lens. Fifty-thousand—physiciang or one-third of the total mumber in the country, availed themselves the privilege of prescribing in= toxicating liquors for thei onte, pati
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