Tuesday's ceremony in the presence "ta. small attendance when the foundation stone of the Hut snd Industrial Village was laid, larger number of people who went to. the Customs Jetty with a view' to crossing the Huangpu were disappointed Jat the announcement that the party would not leave for Pootung. There were present many interested Chinese and foreign ladies and a representative of Dr. K. Ting, Director of the Port of Shanghai and Woosung.
Those who went across earlier li the morning had to pass over. a number of muddy roads in order to reach the village. After inspecting the huts and: taking a number jef photographs, Dr. Jones laid the stone, using a silver hich had been used in connexion with the laying of the foundation stones of no other YMCA: different parts of China.
Bouxo hand and foot, and brutal= ly beaten about the head and bod a Chinese schoolmaster was dis: covered abandoned in the open country around Siccawei early on Sunday morning. When he had recovered sufficiently to tell his tale explained that he left his school with $500 to purchase school books and appliances. Apparently his bulging purse was noticed by lawless characters, and when he vencha sufficiently lonely spot he wi set upon by robbers, beaten, boun and left, moving experiences during the three months he had been in China, but this was certainly one of the most thrilling of them all. As soon as he heard of the plan to build these houses in Shanghai, he urged the American committee to help the;|enterprise and now he was thank ful to know that their contribution had aided the -realization of the project. Dr. Jones was most happy to join in the celebration of the laying of the corer stone of the first village. This was a very ficant event. It was only the bes ning of a forward movement that' would have far-reaching results. "We shall some day," said" Dr.' Jones, "insist that those who toil and are weary with the world's Jabour shall be housed in, comfort. [and shall have quiet peaceful homes, ith open, spaces round. them..end, b reg] chance, for, health and, hapa, Jones se that he had hed many!
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