An Appeal To the Editor of the "Nonr-Crana Dart News"
St. Tichon Orphanage beg to request The Committee of the Russian you kindly to publisiy in your esteemed paper an appeal to the public of Shanghai for donations of old furnlture and elothin The Orphanage occupying at present a small house at 85 Rue Paul Remy, shelters and runs its own School for nearly a hundred destitute children, Being of recent creation, having up to now no subscription or subsidy whatsoever and existing only private charity, the Orphanage is in Urgent need of many articles of frst necessity. The committee have already great dimeulties in providing food, clothes and sleeping accommodation'for the orphans. Moreover, the Committee finding it impossible, owing to the limited space of the present house, to cope with such a large number of children, will be compelled 10
Owixe to the continued rise in rice prices in Canton, the Customs Friday announced an embargo on rice exports from Kwangtung prov ince.
New 100-dollar tender notes made their appearance in Canton on Monday to meet the demands for such after the enforcement of the aliver decree of the Ministry Finance, So far $400,000 worth of such notes have been taken by the public, Since the enforcement the new decree Ave da} @ total of $8 million worth of silver dollars have been locked up waiting for change of legal tender notes, learned, Revont reaching Shanghai state that cold weather has been experienced in various Yangtze provinces. Ju Hangchow, the "mercury" dropped to 45 deg. F. on Saturday eve ning while in Tsinan the thermometer registered only 23 degrees. Snow fell in Mingkuan, Anhwei, on Saturday morning following several days of rain, In Wuhu and Pengpu, both in Anhwei, cold weather was also. experienced, remove shortly into a larger building, '720 Route Bourgeat, The new premises will have to be provided with furniture, linen, ete, and therefore the Committee would very grateful to any of your readers who have furniture, clothing. crockery, in fact anything in the household line, no matter how old, that they can' spare for this good The Committee earnestly hope that this appeal will meet with a generous response and welcome the interested public to visit the Orphanage 40 as realize for themselves the extremely dificult conditions of the Orphanage and its urgent needs.
For donations, kindly write or call: 85 Route Paul Remy.
(urs) B.C. Asrarteva, Pros, M, Konortrre, Shanghai, Nov. 15,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.