At this meeting the civil governor of Chekiang was represented and greetings. and telegrams were read from the World's Committee of the, ¥.W.C. di A, from the Y.M.O.A. Convention at Canton, and the official representatives from the Y.W.C. A. in other countries gave the greetings of their membership. The National Y.W.C.A. of China thus adds its eight thousand members to the thousands of other Christian women in 27 other countries and becomes a part of the largest organization of women in the world.
The delegates returned to Shanghai by special cars, provided by the Shanghai-Hangchow' Railway, arriving at dinner time on Friday, Some of them proceeded at once to their homes, and many are held over in Shanghai awaiting a sailing. Secretaries, both Chinese and foreign, met! for two days' conference, beginning on Sunday afternoon, in the home' and garden of Mrs. O'Ben on Kiang wan Road." Tea was ° served at the Y.W.C.A. Normal School of Hygiene and Physical Education on Saturday and an entertainment provided for the Convention delegates by the students of the School.
Mrs. Fung, delegate from the Chengtu Assogiation, started on. the long trip to Szechuan on Friday in company with a party of missionaries. The Changsha delegates are uncertain as to the date of their return, owing to the unsettled conditions in Hunan.
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