The Archive · 1937

Many Changes In Few Months

The Who's Who Section, which contains the names of over 16,000 foreigners and prominent Chinese Jengaged in various departments. of hgo in the city, and the Street and Residential Sections, which follo fattest to many changes which have taken place since the issue of the annual edition in January last, and the efforts of those responsible for the work to make it as reliable as is humanly possible, 'The Directory (published at $6, with map of Shanghat $7) Is now on sale at the offices of the publishers and at the principal bookstores, and those who have not yet placed their' orders will do well to secure copies a early as possible abroad would long since have been foreed to close.

America the movement for the studying. of the Russian Orthodox th started at Boston. Mrs, Cram: me says that the first impulse she received in becoming interested in the Russian Church was given her by a choir in a Russian Church in New York. "I was at once drawn toward Russia, This was during the War. We used to. send something to the wounded. After the revalue tion we helped the Russian returees Constantinople. Now more and more Americans are doing what they can for the Russian Church." would be desirable to sce a movement for a drawing together of the Anglican "and Orthodox Churches started at Shanghai.

Hospital Cooling System In the operation room of the Russian' Orthodox Confraternity Hospital a cooling system has been installed whereby the temperature can be maintained at 80 degrees Fuhr, and tower. The air is not only cooled, but humidity is greatly reduced. The installation was made necessary by the fact that in spite of the heat the number of operations has not been lessened, Escaping the Heat Each year Russian enterprises and individuals give more serious attention to places like Point Island, River Rest, Kaochiao and other sites along the' banks of the Whangpoo which are nearer to the sea than Is Shanghai. Each year a greater number of "Russians rent or build Tittle bungalows in these parts, and those Who are.tied to the city by their work go there for the night 'oF to spend. the whole week-end. Efforts made by Russians during the ast few years to spend the summer Chapoo or Minghong were not frowned with success, so that they have nally and permanently Axed their affection on the banks of the Whangpoo between Shanghai and Woosung, There is a possibility that inthe future Russians will build bungalows along the road to Woosung. in the neighbourhood of the Shanghai University. ere the distance to the terminal of the tramway lines is comparatively short and there is a convenient connection by "buses, Requiem Mass Last Saturday a requiem was observed in the memory of Emperor Nicholas 1 and the Royal Family who were executed at Ekaterinbourg on. July, 18, 1918. The Russian Cathedral was filled with worshippers, among whom were representa-fives of every walk of life in the Russian community,

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