Fainstakingly as though the toys twere meant for their own chien, Bwenty workmen ave busy ina huge Bodown ott in Chapel "habitats ug" them for Christmas. visit to the Rotary Club's toy oepital is. revelation ly the pos sibilities of dolls and engines, story hooks and horns which have done their share in delighting one young owner and now are ready to. be Passed on to another. And it also sheds a favourable light on Shanghai's generosity, for some—three thousand gifts are received each year for distribution by the Clu A chubby little man, past middle age, huddles over his work at a long table cluttered with stuffed animals smug blue dogs and yellow ducks, Pudgy' teddy' bears" and. even lightly surprised givaife, "ile. is Rolling a' distinctly bedraggled white plush canine and "euretully cleaning it with a toothbrask dipped alcohol. Over and over again goes the brush, gradually removing the grime of small hands, too eager to. remember amah's. "soap "and water" admonition. The little old man chuckles, for he has done this pre-Christmas work for years, sets the dog on the table and turns hi attention to a chicken sadly in need of a bath, With commendable system, the toys are classified and put away in shave Ypaen rehabilitated.—Dolls, orderly: succession 1s soon 8" hey
oils, dolls, literally "hundreds, of them, line one side of the room. A flaxen-haired peasant lass, heavy braids dangling over her bite ging ham shoulder, jostles O-Hana-San from Tokyo," vivid in flowered Kimono, while dozens of conventional blue-eyed dolis in pretty frocks. wait patiently for a new home,
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