Hangchow, Dec 28, Saturday was a grand day for the poor lepers, when they had their annual Christmas party, Dr, Main, after Mr. Gaunt thad opened the meeting with prayer, thimked the audience, which was quite a large one, for their presence and their desire to give the lepers a little "pleasure and make. them happy. He spoke of the time some years ago when he saw the lepers dying by inches, no treatment being of any-avail, and compared with the present time when. under, the new treatment they all improv. ed, and many of them are now.
The girls of the Mary Vaughan High School interested them acting the story of the Wise. Men sent by Herod to find the Child ind the boys from the "One School gave a short Christ. mas play which was very clever, The Pastor's sun as Father Christ: mas was exceedingly" well done, The children of the ragged school, which is carried on by the Hill staff sang a hymn. Several of the men lepers acted the man who fell Jamong robbers and the good Sama. titan to perfection. The women lepers sang their Christmas hymn, and it was rather pathetic because some of their voices had a quaver due to the poral of the sed by the disaas Although "the disease can now be cured the deformities caused by it cannot, of course, be made good, Two of the lepers gave a very clever logue which made the audience to laugh heartily, One of the lepers showed us a litle, bit of military training which demons. vated that the muscles of his arms and legs were not affected by the disease. Near the end of the preformance one of the lepers ie a song which brought in all those who treat then, visit them, and. help them, really very clever and I had time to give you the of it. Two little boys. and one girl, tubercular patients. from the Fresh Air Homo, sang a Christ, may carol, and Pao-Ken, who waa sent from Shanghai by Dr. Daven-Port and had to be carried up to the Home three weeks ago, was able to walk to the platform and stand while he sung his part, The lepers were presented with pig weighing 120 catties, and. Substantial parcel of cakes, nuts, And sweets each.
The arrangements were in the hands of Dr. Wang, Mrs, Main and stonees with which we have had a contend. we have been able to Protracted lay-up of " parti ion of the fleet, that all the vessels are the after end of boat deck is a steel house for the wireless opera-teachers, and some of the primary. and middle school classes have been dismissed for the same reason.
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