When the Door of Hope began its work one of the first things. which it did was to bring its activities to the notice of the autho who permitted the organization's! notices to be posted in all houses of Chinese prostitution throughout the eitlement, aix occasionally in those uuiside, Although these notices were taken down with the departure of the detective some: good work was registered and th Door of Hope grew to be known as the place of solace for a girl wished to leave the ho into which she had been thrust. Tt was her only way of escape, the only way to gain the freedom which she desired so earnestly.
She was taken into the refuge and gradually her outlook on life changed. She knew that she would have a chance to become a good seamstress, good cook and a good homemaker and that in time if everything went well she would' have a good husband. The girl who wished 10 get away from the past and who possessed decent in-stiners turned to the Door of Hope and found there the life which she was seeking.
The husband comes in due course, also, He is carefully questioned the foreign workers at the home. His ability to take care of a wife ranks among the first considerations, "He must be properly intro-Hduced by a Christian clergyman and prove that he wants a good wife.' This form of "heaven selection" ig not disagreeable to the Chinese) mind and according to the workers fat the Door of Hope the number of matches which have turned out to be love-marriages has been extraily large. feome back to visit the home with their husbands and babies.
Again according to the authorities of the institution the type of prospective husband who is iven the most welcome is the small Christian farmer, be with a few mow of land and of upright living, The girls too find such a man more eligible.
The Fature Like most. philanthropic institutions, the Door of Hope has its qualms about the future. Tt feels, naturally enough, that should the Red element continue to trickle through with its false ideals freedom, work of this kind especially in Chinese territory will be finished.
There are 15 foreign ladies charge of the work at the present time, In the Children's Refuge in Brenan Road about 300 gives are looked after, ranging from the kindergarten age to 20. years old, the latter having been in the home many cases since just past the Kindergarten age themselves.
'At a hospital in the. Settlement' which was one of the portions lof the work removed from Paoshan there "are—between 35 and 40 and in the industrial home there are an additional 40.
The Paoshan property which is pow being used by rabble soldiery has buildings, to meet all the re+ quirements of the work, and a large garden and open space. Fortunately for the institution they had plenty of warning and were able to take away enough to start Keeping" on a somewhat restricted scale it is true, inside the Settement,
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