To, the Editor of the "Nontn-Ciina Datty News 8—Perhaps through the medium lof your correspondence columns GNowr-Cruna Day News"—formed'aa'ty Sin-—The King's Daughters So- nasty burn in the top to-day atacom ciety have been tremendously encour- lug it was parked rear the, Genny aged, by the kindly "Tecopten which they met on Tag Day, Octaber'|when I noticed a Hehted cigarette with Bos was passing along, The amount collected was $4,000, The expense of advertising, tags, describe an are and come to Fest on baskets, ete., was less than $60, the top of the car. As it was smok-Some of this amount was not collec: ing badly T'rushed in to the small stationers shop in_front of whi ted on the street but wan sent in to the car was parked, but as it wa: the society's office. " Our" friend Mentor was cne of the first to not owned by" anyone there they end ina donation only grinned and refus to do anything about it. I am al Shanghai has a good reputation for giving to worthy causes. But Tonger young, and, equally a Uno longer slim, but 1 vas forced even the most charitably inclined ced to be reminded sometimes. The to do my awkward best and finally Ip that the press. gives in. this managed to reach the cigarette butt and get it off, and put out the fire respect is inestimable and the cheer on the very inflammable material. ful, "Kindly courtesy that always was not blaze or anything characterises that help is one of the heroic like that, but it had burned a encouraging things that the K.D.S. largish hole in the litre time fe wan has come to look forward to in its busy! Then I was joined by an yearly appeal. affable man from the stationers who The S.M.C,, the C.MLP. the Tram Ca. these who gave us their space wished to talk it over, evidently. in the. news the "Hongkong As he doesn't understand my brand of cussing. he doesn't know what and Shanghai Bank for banking facilities, those who dispel my idea of the lot of them was, but T did as well as a Shanghai matron posters in their windows could be expected!
Contributed, we would. ye ike to thank each one personally,
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