To the Editor of the Norta-Cama Dairy News,"
Sir,—I was touched by the de lightful patriotic spirit and frien ly tone of "Vole non Valeo' letter in today's th sue of the North-China Daily News" Hi suggestion of forming a missionary branch of the Overseas Club is e: cellent and quite in accordance with its aims. May I ask him if he will undertake to get names of Britis subjects up-country working as missionaries and forward them to me?
I think there is a great deal he could do if he were willing. As regards subscriptions, the badge of membership costs 1/- the annual subs: is 6d., and there would.be a small local fee as well for printing, notices, etc. It will be best to say $2 the first year and a dollar a yenr afterwards. If anybody takes the "Daily Mail" (5/- per annum) he can see what the Overseas club is "Yolo mon Valeo" would be quired to celebrate Empire Day, the King's Birthday, etc., in any way possible which will impress it on the minds of the young. We hope to have a Historical Pageant for British Children in Shanghai, on that day. Then we hope to help some poor children at home next Christmas. Possibly give the Lambeth workhouse children an X'mas tree! What pleasure would give them to havea few Chinese dolls or toys (of @ packable mature). Little Chinese pi tures, or amateur photographs for distribution among the children of the Hospital in Great Ormond Street, would be most acceptable. Then when your mames and addresses are known to us, and you have your badges I feel sure it will serve as a link to bind British subjects out here in China, closer together.
The " North-China Daily News" will be the official organ of the Overssas Club in China and I hone very much that the movement will UN
695 cee spread by its means, and that we shall have branches connecting with us, wherever British people are, in China. If " Vole non Valeo" will be as good as his word, I know I shall have cause to feel deeply grateful to him and I rely on his kind ce-operation in this work.
Tam, etc., (Miss) Essyurr Newsery, Hom. Sea of the Overseas Club, Shanghai Branch.
Feb. 27.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.