The distinguished son of a _distinguished father was able to pay an exceptionally interesting fiat tribute when Sir Charles Little supported his wife in her unveiling of the tablet erected by him at the General Hospital to the memory of Dr. Louis Stromeyer Little whose services to old Shanghai were thus appropriate. ly honoured. 'The presence of Father Sacquinot, the President of the Board of Governors, gave the ceremony special distinction for apart from his personal knowledge of Dr. Little's work, Father Jacquinot is one of the most' unwearied Inbourers in the cause of social welfare here. No man knows more than he of the sulfer~ Ings and deprivations endured by those who have not been able to wrest from Shanghai the opportuni ties given to their more fortunate fellow-citizens. Dr, Little's name is revered for his own devotion to the Some cruse, reinforced as it was by Outstanding' skill in. his. profession. His som, born In Shanghai, has succeeded in the King's service in rising to high rank which, by a fortunate colneldence unparalleled in Shanghai's history, has actually brought him to command of His Majesty's ships on the China coast of his birth. In alt human probability that record Will not be repeated. Therefore the tablet erected to Dr. Little tells a double story of family achievement which deserves due appreciation,
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