Leaving Shanghai yesterday for Chùngking was M. Paul Boncour—of the French Embassy in Peiping, who has been here for the past week, Among the many affairs in the visitor's honour was the informal cocktail party given on Thursday evening by Mme. Roland de Margerie, At the Hamilton House, Miss Frances Donaldson is the organizer. "Charter members" of the group—who gathered around the work tables at the first session, in addition to Mrs. Petersen and Mrs, Lee—included Miss Louise Willis, Miss Ray Naylor, Mrs, Kay Harrison, Mrs. Michael Learmouth and Mrs, Warren Bradbeer.
Organization of the new unit was facilitated by the donation of two Singer sewing machines—for machine work is essential to certain types of work.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.