Paulsen, Mrs. Charles Rayden and other British and American ladies, who gave their time and interest to establish a home for under-privi-ledged babies, The Cradle has existed up to the present. Since its organization, 154 babies ranging between the age of two weeks to three years, have been taken care of, and fourteen babies from poor Russian and foreign families have been suc" cessfully adopted into good homes.
As a consequence of the recent evacuation from Shanghai of numerous British and American families, "ing The Cradle was left without sufficient support and the remaining members of the Committee had decided to close it up. Having been made sware of this decision through the good offices of M. A. Jaspar, the Russian lent Society has, de-tided up this very necessary and useful work and to carry on.
'A committee of patronesses composed of Mmes. J. Barraud I. A. Boutourlina, E. A. Altadukova, S. N.
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