Mile. Chow Yuen-lee, a. resident in the French Concession, has taken the initiative in the formation of 1 society for improving the status of Chinese women. The new organization, which has its offices at No. 177 Sin Lou Li, South Chengtu Road, has been named: The Society for Women of Advanced Ideas. One of its principal kims will be the improvement and expansion of the education movement among the young women of China, and, as indicating the trend of its future activity, the Society has already formulated a demand for "liberty in marriage affairs."
'The new ideas are' to be spread abroad by means of a monthly magazine. A reform movement. of this character, once the initial difficulties of organization have been overcome, may easily develop into an affair of some importance, and its progress will be followed' with interest.
Mr. S. K. Chen, secretary of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, had the good news on Tuesday morning that General Li Shun, Tuchun of Kiangsu, has appointed him one of his personal advisers. This is the third appointment of this sort now held by Mr. Chen. He was first appointed adviser to the late General Yang Shan-tch, when Mititary Governor of Chekiang and later by General Lu Yung. hsiang, who succeeded Gen. Yang.
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