Feminine Interpreters of Local Hostilities Whatever the liabilities of the present undeclared state of hostilities at least it may be said that Shanghai has had many distinguished visitors as a result, particularly war correspondents. Several women have shared. in the responsibility for gathering Jand disseminating information as to conditions in China, Readers of ator," "Asia, the " "Cornhill Magazine." "Queen," Jand "Harper's Bazaar" are familiar with the work of Mona Gardner, who is in private life Mrs, David Selwin Toit. "She started her newspaper work in New York and was later on the Los Angeles "Times." Miss Gardnen was spending the summer in Japan writing various feature stories and character studies of various Japanese celebrities for American newspapers 'a8 well as for a newspaper syndicate with subscribers amongst Austrian, German, Swiss and South African newspapers:
When the war loomed up the North American Newspaper Alliance com~ missioned her to write a series of articles on hostilities in China and allied subjects, so she arrived here in the early days of the conflict and has remained ever since, studying. conditions here f-om economic and social angles as well and making personal contacts with leaders in various
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