M251 of the International Order of Good Templars celebrates its Srd Anniversary this month and reports continuing success. Over a hundred members have joined up and though the ranks have beer depleted from time to time an average of about thirty active members continue to assemble weekly and enjoy useful and pleasant programmes.
The greatest success, however, the increased membership of the Juvenile Temple, with over eighty active members. The children conduct their own mectings and are in every way a great credit to the Order. The shown in organizing programmes, sports clubs, and outings is indiative of the general outlook of these fine young members and promises well for the future of the movement in Shanghai.
The 1.0.G.T. stands for total abstinence and seeks through Local Option to bring about a condition of affairs that will leave each to choose for himself his own attitude to the drink question, and to instruct the young concerning th> evil habits: of drinking intoxicating drink, of smoking and the taking of narcotis, of swearing and gam!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.