Fine Undertaking to Redeem the Flotsam and Jetsam of Li Hongkew "Na fader, woder, no chow! Please Minsy, prose Baxter, one copper! No fader, no moder, no chow."
This and similar importunities tare heard on every side iit Shanghai Mothers and babies, the blind, kneeling, wee pire suppliants press for attention. Shocking physical deform ities are paraded to induce sympathy anil alms. Tt is becoming. dificult to. shake off beggars even within Settlement limits. To the callous they are simply an annoyance, to the forder-hearted they' are feonstant pain possible by the careful management! of the Chinese matron in charge of the Home, the ce-operation of the teachers, and the fact that the industrial work done by the inmates provides a small profit for the settloment, besides enabling them to pay daily' wages of 20 or 30 coppers each to the workers.
A Few Disappointments, The women who come to the home, either az residents or workers by the day. are taught to sew, doing} simple tailoring, embroidering shoes, or making stockings. Of—course this work soon grows dull for the accomplished beggars, who are adept in their work. One young girl said "Why should I work for 80 coppers a day when I can get 80 coppers! for doing nothing?" Nevertheless there are many who are glad to be helped to aozual self-support and some interesting and encouraging canes have been reported, Not alli The father who was a rags and bottle man, was reinstated in business at a cost of $1 and hopes soon to be able to provide for his son.
The headquarters of the Chinese W. C. A. are in the Missions Building, 23 Yuen Ming Yuen Roa: here is Spalding "wile to give any information, desired.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.