Another subject nearly related te the foregoing was headquarters, and she deferred to the grumbling (not without reason) about the approaches to the present premises. If. the members wanted a nice, cheery, plate-glass and bronze elevator to a spacious flat overlooking the Huangpu it was in then own hands, and all they had to de was to come forward with their voluntary subscriptions. Did any of them know of any club or insstitution im the world, that was not subsidized and therefore carried the faint of philanthropy, that was run on a subscription of $3 a year? Cut of 1,172 members, only 351 had paid a voluntary subscription, that was, contributed a cent to the upkeep and rent of headquarters in addition to their $3 which went to the maintenance of the Association, If every member would make her total subscription up to say $10 a year, the new Committee could go ahead and enter into negotiations for a headquarters on the lines which she had somewhat airily sketched.
Concluding her remarks on the work of the Executive Committee, Mrs, Gull tendered their thanks to the many men friends who had made life easy for the B.W.A. ang to the Press of Shanghai for their vast generosity in the matter of space.
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