Results of this four-fold programme were already apparent. "An atmos. phere of distinct friendliness pervaded the village. Three families had become Christian, The Pootung civie leaders had shown a laudable desire to ce-operate in the promotion of all public welfare work. They needed this leadership to undertake activities that they might have initiated long before they had the vision. Hundreds of people came to inspect the village, By' the end of the second year visitors had come from sixteen provinges, numbering 415, besides nearly 4 hundred foreign friends of six differ cent nationalities. Tt was not long before both Nanking and Focehow were copying the "Model Village" plan became the incentive and" the pattern for government officials who Gesired {0 remove slums and improve living conditions In. other Industria centers. One of the Y staff was invited' by the Shanghai Municipal Government to supervise the four "Workers' Villages" built by. the government. It was proving helptut net only to the residents and the surrounding community, but the pattern was copied elsewhere, was not long until there was 2 Tong waiting list of prospective tenants. Soon the Rotary Club pledged itself to the building of one house to be known as the "Rotary Hut." Four cottages were given in memory of Mr. C. J. Soong (for number of years the president of the Shanghai YMCA.) by his children and "in-laws" as follows: General and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. ana Mrs. TT. V. Soong, Mr. T. 'L. Soong and Mme Sun Yat-sen, Dr. and Min. LIH. Kung. Other contributors the extent of one or more houses were: My. N. L. Han; the Commercial Press, Lid; the Japanese China Spinning and Weaving Ca.. and Mr. K.
Chang. Community Church con: tributed about two-thirds of a cottage and individuals gave lesser amounts as they could afford.
Subsequent reports from time to time of the programme being harriet fon in the " Model Village" showed decided progress. If one wonders what the Model Village has done for its residents in improving conditions, one has only to look into the situa: tion facing the average labourer cut side the village.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.