Well Organized Relief at the Convent and Elsewhere:
2,000 to Feed her seems to pass all previous Siecawe andthe num-The f refugees into)
records, 'There are still to be seen processions of weary peasants, Teaded with furniture, bedding and all manner of articles, making their way bong the cobble ones, in ivarked contrast with the lazy' and well-fed suldicr enjoying the Taxury A large number of Sumpane recently arrived from the neighbourhood of Anting and Wusih, and. the craft have been moored not far from St, Catherine's bridge Many of the refugees have joined the already growing ranks of their fellow unfortunates within the Convent. Here the number of women ard children who are now housed has risen to nearly 2,300, which about 900 more than the figure given esterday, A tour of the Convent buildings ives some idea of the work which is being done in this reality' by. the Fathers, who seem find nothing too great a task in ing for the sufferers. Altogether' within the Convent there are some five refugee camps. In one of the buildings adjoining the College have been housed some four hundred people, Here they have been giver outer 4 heap of straw. Through all their trials they seem 4 wonderfully patient and_philosophical" people and it is almost tie to see the number of tuees among them. In the are entertained for a ch_a_ cinematograph performance and to many who come from country villages this must be indeed 1 novel sight.
'There are also camps situated in the Parish Day School, St. Joseph's Orphanage, the Industrial School and the Sisters' Convent. Of these the most worthy of note is the Parieh Day School, where there are over 800 women and children packed together us closely as one could imagine possible. Around the room they have stacked their bedding four or five feet high. How these people themselves for rest at night mystery, but they are a great deal more fortunate than many who to endure the winter's cold At the wateway of the Convent a: least some fifty or sixty people were to be seen yesterday waiting to sign the register before obtaining admis-'A record is kept of all who and each individual is provided ith two good meals a day, while students of the College have gladly given some of the delicacies from their own table as well og gifts in money. The dail est of carrying out this work is) 8200, in food. The president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has given a subscription of $500 for the carrying on of this good work, and from a charitable institution in the tary an [hr ey tin he feot men won
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