In the crisis through which Shanghai is passing the woman's part is important and it is with genuine pleasure that in the problems facing Shanghai in the future the feminine voice will be heard. Speaking at the annual meeting ct the British Women's Association yesterday, Mrs. J. S. Whitney, Acting Chairman, told the story of British women since the beginning of the crisis with an inspiring reference to the "carry on" spirit which makes light of obstacles and Should be cheering to the menfolk. There was general evacuation on official advice to start with although a few women remained behind, but the spirit of calm acceptance of the command to disrupt family life, and the confront ation with vastly. changed conditions on their return find no doleful circumstances in the opinion of Mrs. Whitney. "Dont be depressed by circumstances as they appear at present," she said. "Shanghai resembles the phoenix in its power of rising from its own ashes. It has done it before and will do it again." These remarks are symptomatic of the optimism with which Shanghai foreigners are facing the future and coming from the female side they should carry unusual weight. In spite of unprecedented difficulties, Shanghai is doing its best to recover lost ground and while the spirit is continued there will be the ability to take the blow, on the chin and still smile. British and other women have played a great part during these difficulties, and their work in relief and hospital activities constitutes a bright and encouraging chapter in a long narrative of gloom. The pride which Mrs. Whitney manifested in the record of the Association of which she was Acting President during this period is one to which everybody will add their tribute.
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