What would you say of a man who, in these times, spends a thousand dollars a month on drinks alone, Well, it is done, and here in Shanghai, and I could give you the name and address of the man, but will refrain, I can tell you though, in strictest confidence, that the drink referred to is best quality milk, and the consumers are some 140 little orphans at St. Tichon's Orphanage.
The milk supply will, we hope, continue through the great generosity of one of Shanghai's doers of good by stealth, but it costs, in these days of high food prices, $1,800 a month tu keep the home going, and at the present time funds are down to the last few hundred dollars.
Now, it will be understood why the promoters of the tea-dance are so anxious to make it a financial success, and it will be realized that all who take tickets will be helping a cause which is really worth-while, A better work than that which assists helpless foreign children in this Eastern city, can scarcely be imagined.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.