M. C. L.'s Successful Afternoon:
Six Thousand Dollars and More to Come The Town Hall took on quite a changed and delightful aspect. on Saturday afternoon, with stalls Yor the sale of dous, toys, childture, amd innumerable other artiren's knitted goods, cane turn:
cles, a tea room set off at the end by bamboo fencing, a shooting gallery at one side, and two long chutes with mattresses placed at the bottom for children to land upon. It was the occasion of the yearly bazaar given by the Ministering Children's League of Shanghai, all the proceeds of which go to various funds for the aid of other children, both in Shanghai, in some of the outports of China, and in England. The proceeds from this year's bazaar surpassed all expectations, $6,900 in cash having boon handed in by 7 o'clock on Saturday night, the amount not including the number of chits or orders taken by various institutions, which will be added and announ later.
The bazaar was managed by Mrs. H. H. Fox, Secretary and Treasurer of the League, ably assisted by Mrs. Trenchard Davis, who acted as assistant secretary, to both of whom great credit is due. Madame Wilden, who was to have opened the bazaar, unfortunately was ill and unable to do so. Sales began at 3 o'clock and things went so rapidly that many stalls were completely sold out inside of one or two jours.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.