The first annual general meeting of the International Anti-opium Association of China was held on May 28 at the Y. M, C. A. An executive committee having 20 foreign was and Chinese members elected, Dr. C. T. Wang, the Chinese peace delegate at' Versailles, gave an address on the importance of stamping out the opium curse to save the national honour of China, He stated that she must recuter the field of anti-opium activities in order to be faithful to the contract which she entered into with the world. 4 The annual report of the associa tion, which was presented by the Rev. Isaac Mason, and interpreted by the Chinese secretary, Mr. Li Chi-fan, described the activities of! the past year and noted that several branches have been started through the operations of the Shanghai branch, though the year's achievements are described meagre in comparison with things done at Tientsin, It is hoped that a membership campaign will be undertaken with energy; Aw unfortunate accident happen: ed at the Chinese Race Course, Hankow, on Tuesday. A motor car was being driven by an employee of one of the local hanks together with a lady companion. For some reason the car suddenly swerved and, crossing the bank of the road, went into. a deep ditch where it overturned. The occupants, who wore severely shaken and alarmed, were only rescued with considerable difficulty, and the car was entirely submerged in the water.
Lave on Wednesday night two Chinese women might be seen carrying a lantern and incessantly calling 'Soul' near the tram track on Nanking Road. Presently they burnt some papers, and then seemed eagerly to search for something. To a passer-by who asked them what was lost, they replied that their child's soul was astray as a result of fright when alighting from tram-car and that they were in search of an ant to be the substitute for the soul. They found no ant, but caught a moth instead and went away with it smile ing. It was a sign of the return of their child's soul.
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