The Executive Committee of the British Women's Association, have issued an appeal for more members, in the following circular which has been circulated amongst those already belonging to that organization.
The membership of the British Women's Association has become sadly depleted owing to the unsettled state of Shanghai, and yet never in its history has the need for support been so great.
We would earnestly ask you to try and bring in at least one new member between now and March 31. By doing this, you will enable the Executive Committee and the workers of the Association io carry on their much needed work here.
Will you point out to your friends how necessary it is at a time like the present that all British women should be united. Tell them of the work of our Social Service Board in caring for British subjects who have either lost their all or who have very little means of support; how we pay rents, school fees, hospital fees, provide milk for children ete, hew no British woman would appeal to the Association in vain. We feel sure that ff they realized this work and the work of the whole Association in maintaining and increasing the reputation of the British people in this, the largest, city in the Far East, no British woman would fail to support us.
We thank you most sincerely for your continued support and feel confident that we can rely on your help.
The appeal speaks so eloquently for itself ihat endorsement is hardly required from this journal. If ever the existence of such an organization as the B.W.A. were over necessary it is in times such as these. No British woman should be outside the association, and it is to be hoped that members will accept the invitation of their Executive Committee to repair the wastage in their ranks which has arisen from the hostilities in China
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