Inaugural Meeting at Lyceum:
Impressive Occasion: A New Era in Shanghai The inaugural "meeting of the Association was very successfully held in the Lyceum Theatre last Friday there being a very large attendance and unanimous expression of interest in the project. Mrs. W. B. Billinghurst presided, and was supported by Lady Fraser, Mrs. G. H. Barrett, Mrs. D. Mac-Gillivray, Mrs. J. W. Dovey, Mrs. H. J. Everall, and Mrs. Peebles.
The meeting first adopted the Constitution, this being done on the proposal of the Chairman, seconded by Mrs. Barrett. Two amendments were agreed upon, one that the subscription be $3, and another that the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman of committee, secretary, and treasurer, be left in the hands of the Committee.
Nineteen ladies were nominated for the General Committee, and upon a ballot being taken, the following were elected: Mrs. W. B. Billinghurst, Miss OF.
Belbin, Mrs. G. H. Barrett, Mrs. J. M. Darroch, Mrs. H. J. Everall, Mrs. O. M. Green, Mrs. E. M. Gull, Mrs. D. MacGillivray, Mrs. E. H. Me-Michael, Miss J. Patterson, Mrs. A. N. Rowland. and Mrs. H. G. Simms.
A Wortp Force, Speaking on the general idea of the Association, Mrs. Billinghurst described how the need for such an organization was very clearly manifested on the occasion of the visit of the Health Commission, when Mrs. Neville Rolfe found it impossible to meet the 2,000 British women of Shanghai except in their homes, there being no organization by which they could be brought together. As to their having no Club, one gentleman remarked: "British women are not built that way."" Before leaving Shanghai, Mrs. Neville Rolfe impressed upon them that they must organize, and the matter was taken up as soon as she had gone. In this connexion, Mrs. J. W. Jackson was one of the keenest workers, as also was Mrs. Barrett, who would be leaving them in the autumn. This was no small, local movement. It was world movement. It was impelled by some force outside them. It was not their work. They were there at that meeting because they were carried along on the tide of a great world movement: something great, the end of which they could not foretell, but which they _believed to be good and right. They should, therefore, come out now and take their share of responsibilities, side by side with their husbands and brothers, in whatever work there was to be done in the world. The success of the association, Mrs. Billinghurst continued, would depend upon the loyalty and ce-operation of every individual member. They should therefore
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