Those who knew Mrs. Morrison at Home and in Peking will be interested in the following note which appeared in a recent issue of "The Times."
We regret to announce that Mrs. Morrison, of Witley, Surrey, widow of Dr. George Ernest Morrison, the famous correspondent of "The Times" at Peking, whom she survived almost exactly three years, died on June 20 at a nursing home in London, aged Early in 1911, while on a visit to England, Dr. Morrison endea-youred to find a private secretary willing to go out to China and able to ful®l the duties of a responsible and not very easy post. The selection fell upon Miss Jennie Wake Robin, of Croydon, a young lady not quite half his own age, who possessed, in addition to the necessary technical qualifications, high principle, strong common sense, and no small personal charm. His friends at home made kindly prophecies of the issue to which this choice might lead. Their forecasts were correct. The secretary proved more and more invaluable, and it did not take Dr. Morrison very long to discern beneath her helpful skill "beauties of heart and mind."? to which he bore abundant testimony in his diary. In 1912 they were married from Miss Robin's own home, Morrison having, with characteristic straightforwardness, in view of their dis-party in age, sent her home to consult her parents personally before he would accept her answer to his suit.
The marriage, as was natural under such conditions, proved extremely happy. In date it near-
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