Brilliant Show at Country Fair 'A fanfare of trumpets and a general rush to.the Pagoda standing in the centre of the Town Hall announced that the Country Fair given by the American Woman's Club' was about to be opened. Mrs. J. B, Fearn, President of the Club, in introducing Mrs. RS. Cunningham who declared the Fair open, referred to' the.modest beginnings of the organization back in 1898 as a "literary society." Since then the American community and the club have grown so large, the speaker went on, that there is dire need for a club home, and hence this Fair. "It is our hope," continued Mrs. Fearn, "that in: time Shanghai may see a large building called the Woman's Building, used not only for our meetings but containing a restaurant and rest room, with a hostel for women. I have the pleasure of introducing to you Mrs. Edwin S. Cunningham, the wife of our esteemed and beloved Consul-General.""
Mrs. Cunningham said: "On behalf of the American Woman's Club I declare this Fair open and wish' it all success. We need your aid to make it succeed and we want you all to help us in this undertaking."? Mrs. Gardner Crane, Chairman of the Fair Committee, then presented Mrs. Cun-bingham with a large bouquet of pink carnations, the gift of the Lewis nurseries.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.