men's Christian Ass ciation, spoke of the general interest that the Chiaese have displayed io the formation of! the Young Women's Christian Association and expressed the conviction that a large Geld of usefulness was open before the new organization.
Women's Christian started ite first work io yearn ago when opened a special effort in behalf of the mill women in the Yangteepoo district. On account of ber failure in health and consequent retarn to America this effort had to be soap ended temporarily after the first yes The home jast opeeed is to be contro of an effort on behalf of educated Chinese women, some of whom are graduates of institutions of Westera learning. Misa Grace Coppock, the] present General Secretary, arrived io China three years agy and since theo dereed herself to the Chinese laogoage and to " stady of Shanghai fas.a field of work. The effort has met with " welcome from the Chinese women of the higher ud farnished, Mise Coppock was joined more than a year ago by Mise Alice Fitch, who with Mise Tiog, are now in charge of the work,
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