Unerringly discerning the slenderness of the public purse and the feast of importunity produced by successive Tag Days In Shanghai, the King's Daughters. have. ventured diffdently. to remind the generous inclined Shanghailander that their organization engages in ti gentle form of banditry. They may be reassured, Shanghai knows full well what: it owes to the untiring energy' of these devoted ladies and how admirable are the institutions which they maintain. In a sense they may be described as setting the course for charitable endeavour here. They moke it their duty. diseriminatingly to investigate cases distress and in_so doing they "keep well in mind the'fine philosophy of service which their spiritual leader taught in His time on earth, Shang-hal needs no elaborate explanation 'Of the reasons which make thelt' anxieties specially great at this moment. The economic stress of this city and its resultant sorrows to many a family have caught the most casual eye, The King's Daughters have endeavoured to meet every call on their funds. The strain has been enormous. They serve not only the indigent and the unemployed. They seek to bring health and ree covered strength to those whose means preclude access to amenities whereby Ponvaleseence can be secured. They help mothers to give children better food than the exkguous household budget can offer. It is to be hoped that to-day when the symbol of the King's Daughters is seen in the streets Shanghailanders will for the time being banish thoughts of their own, Unhappiness and give of their com-potence to the collectors, Thus they poses they wilh months of dire dis{ress have resolute-refused to despair or disfen to the sinister counsels of those who have declared that their hope of maintaln~ Ing the ght against indigence and suffering Is vain. The Society is Tnternational, and its work is. noble beyond all question. Shanghai cannot sinus not—let the King's Daughters down,
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