For the most part, the folks here seem to know little, and care less about the famine raging in another part of the province. Famine posters put up throughout the city with an appeal to bring funds to a certain place resulted in one contribution only. Three days parading the streets and ex-borting people on the street corners and visiting the shops resulted in a grand total of $10. It gives great scope for the exercise of self-restraint and perseverance to keep on talking one's heart out on behalf of famine sufferers when some of these young sprigs so abundant everywhere with their hatred and contempt of foreigners come swaggering up, listen for a few minutes with hat on one side, cigarette stuck in one corner of the mouth, and supercilious expression on the face, and then swagger off again with a sneering remark Exhorting for money." How many times does one say "God help China'? whilst such insects infest her hide. The poor seem more responsive to the suf-forings of the poor. One poor old beggar woman subscribed a hardly-begged eight cash and one of our poorer church members pawned hia only short coat for the cause, retaining only his long garment.
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