The Archive · 1924

In the Good Old Days

In the old Imperial days poor scholars frequently were helped liberally from funds for t which existed in most Such endowments have disappeared with a good many other good things of pre-Republic times, and despite many advantages offered by Government and also Mission Schools or ambitious but poverty-ickes' youth is having many a bhard struggle totally unknown or rodents in the big city irresponsible, care-free Inds hav-ting a good time.

There is a vacancy for an Andrew Carnegie to discover latent talent in unexpected quarters, eliminate the undesirables, and set on their feet some of Shansi's brainy boys, who Inck rich uncles!

And while we say this, we are not ignorant of the large number of Shansi men who, having risen themselves in the world, are lending a helping hand to poor relations,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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