Considerable interest is being aroused over the ball in ald of the foreign unemployed which is to fake place at the Canidrome on Wednesday, December 12, and. the proceeds "of which' will be given to the Salvation Army Employment Buresu forthe re-lof of the foreign unemployed, "Tt may be stated that over 1100 have been registered on the books of the Salvation Army since Janua 1083 Six hundred and sixty of these have either been placed in employment oF have left the city, and there are 460 still on the books. Of these, careful investigation shows there "are in great need of assistance 77 married men with 203 dependents, and 113, single men, giving a total' of 190 of all nationalities, excluding Chinese, Japanese, and Russians, In view of the fact' that the Salvation Army Employment Bureau has now only $50 in its Unemployment Fund, It 1s hot necessary to stress how great the need of assistance, About six hundred persons attend~ ed the annual Ladies" Night Ball at the Shanghai Club on Friday.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.