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Thus almost from his birth the surgeons of the Lester Hospital have concentrated upon making him over, and a really wonderful job they have performed. The jolly little round face smiles curiously up at us, the chubby legs and hands clutch at the big rocking horse upon which the nurses have seated him. It is hard to believe that this jolly little imp was at birth so repulsive that his own mother cast out that most precious of all gifts—a son.
Should any woman reader care to join the Women's Auxiliary of the Lester Chinese Hospital, she is invited to pay $5 as an associate member, or $1 as an active participant in the work of any one group; and her advent will be greatly welcomed among the ranks of members already in harness.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.