Edgewater Mansions of Friday, August the evening to raise funds for the Tsingtao American School was a huge success. There were fully 1600 people of all nationalities atiending. The whole of the floor was packed, including the commodious balcony. There was dancing to the hotel orchestra, which was in fine fettle, Games of chance, including" blackjack, roulette, cage-dice. crap. fan-tan, poker, Russian Bank and others, lot teries.with cash prizes, lotteries for cakes end hams, dancing competitions for sailors, and civilians (Chinese and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.