To the Editor of the "Norra-Cama Datty News."
Srr,—In to-day's issue you give a precis of Mrs. Neville Rolfe's scheme for social service in Shanghai. Apparently the scheme has been sent to the Moral Welfara Committee, and they have forwarded it to the Press to give it publicity.
May I point out that the very organization suggested b; Mrs. Rolfe is in existence already under the name of the Shanghai Civie League.
This League has not elaborated its aims in quite so detailed a manner as Mrs. Rolfe has done, but her suggested objects and those of the League are really identical, and its sub-committes have all the matters mentioned by- her before them. This being so, it seems unwise to multiply such organizations and waste time and effort by doing the same work in different places.
If any of the "many women of leisure and men of means in Shanghai? possessing "an ample allow ance of intelligence and ability" to whom Mrs. Rolfe refers, feel constrained to devote their gifts to social service, might I suggest that they investigate the Civic League they may rest assured that it will afford scope for the use of their leisure, intelligence and ability and quite possibly their means, though at present the League desires brains and personality more than money.
I am, etc., W. Rossins, Hon. Secy. Shanghai Civic League.
Shanghai, March 3.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.