ANY of Shanghai's charities, caring for the destitute and the sick, come into the public gaze, and obtain public sympathy, but there are a large number of which the average Shanghailander never hears, and which carry on their work quietly and without the help of public subscription.
Such an one is the St. Joseph's Hospice, situated in the heart of Nantao.
This is but one of the many institutions which come under the direction of Mr. Loh Pa~ hong, one of the leading Chinese philanthropists, who also assists the Sacred Heart Hospital, in Yangtszepoo, the Mercy Hospital for mental cases, at Minghong, and many other charities.
A. glimpse of-the work which this {institution is carrying on in caring for incurables, the insane, the destitute, and those suffering from a mult tude of diseases, was obtained by a "North China Herald representative who visited the hospice on May A long rickshaw ride 1s necessary before the Institution is reached. Afler passing through narrow, cob: bled siceers for most of the way, it with a sense of relief that the gates of St Joseph's are reached.
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