Members of a hard-working committee of ladies are pitting their energies towards making a success of the Charity Ball to be held at the American Women's Club on May 6, In aid of the School for Russian Children, 7317/1, Avenue Petain. The affair Is being sponsored by Mfrs. W. J. Gande, and she is being assisted Mrs. Carrol Lunt, Mrs. Win, Gande, jr, Mrs. Hugh Middleton, and Miss Lucy Griesbach. The committee of the school 1s also assisting.
Shanghai citizens have for some years felt that this school has a cial claim upon their sympathies Since it has, from its very inception, provided fon a section of our com: munity' which has been the sport of unhappy elreumstances, story, "I don't know who painted it, are now accommodated at the school 1} but The must have been a concealed named above, It will readily be imagined how the boarding side of this institution has helped our children, for unfortunate ly "the parental homes of these youngsters leave much to be desired from the point of view of suitable child environment.
In many eases parents are able to pay a small sum towards expenses, but now, along with our other troubles, we find. this School involved in financial ditteul-
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