The Archive · 1938

Charities for the Needy

The China Ladies of London who organized a bazaar last month at the Garden Club (after'which the things unsold were gradually disposed of at the Embassy) did extremely well Including £1,158 made by a robe (which By the way is, strictly speaking, illegal) the fund for medical supplies for China benefited by a net £3,415. Expenses were only just over £117, and of this amount £60 went in buying Chinese delicacies, tea, ginger etc, which were sold at the bazaar.

On January.8, the Chinese Ambas-sádor will open, in Conduit Street, an exhibition of Chinese art also in aid of Chinese relief funds. The rooms are being lent, the labour of preparing the exhibition is being mostly given free, and great collectors all over the country are lending their treasures, many of which have never been before. It ought to be a success, for the Burlington House exhibition

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