When a little Hungarian Valentine Holdosi, set forth in th earlier stages of the local war to rescue a weirdly assorted select of pets from Ford Lane, Hongkew after a perilous trip through Pootung. his grimy face wearing do or die" expression, his heart set on one thing, the safety of his animal pals, he little realized that he would be ihe recipient of the highest award which can be given by any animal lovers' society. Word came through to the SSP.C.A. yesterday that Holdosi had been granted the Wheatley Cross by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Recognition of his brave deed will not even stop at the conferring of this distinction upon the staunch little Hungarian lad. It is expected that the Humane Society, also a British institution, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also have something up their sleeves in the shape of awards to accompany the Wheatley Or Thus an unknown urchin, with nothing except a passionate love for animals may soon be proudly wearing three medals on his diminutive breast, and hearing the appreciation of his brave deed voiced by pi inent Shanghai residents.
The S.S.P.C.A, are to arrange special ceremony for the presentation of the medals. "Virtue its own is reward" does not prove true in his instance: for the stout-hearted action of the Hungarian lad has echoed around the world, and Shanghailanders are by no means *he only ones to recognize and appreciate a hero in their midst.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.