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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1938.

M. C. L. Has Successful Year

Election Of Committee For 1938

The Annual General Meeting of Our main effort was the children's the Ministering Children's League swimming gala which was to have was yesterday held in the Helena been held in the middle of Septem- May Institute at 10:30. al., andber, and the committee put in hours was presided over by Mrs. T. H. of hard work in arrangements for King, the League's président.

it, but the disastrous typhoon made any idea of a gala impossible and all arrangements had to be celled.

can-

"We have said several goodbyes

The meeting was opened by the honorary secretary who, in giving a brief summary of the minutes of the last annual meeting, said that since the beginning of the year. the amount for allocation of the Our Vice-President, Mrs. Crapnell, year 1937-38 was $9,905. This left the Colony for good at the be- sum has been allotted as follows: ginning of this month, and left with our wishes for every happi-

HOME CHARITIES

ness

"I cannot sufficiently thank the

Neath Home Cots (460) ..$ 970.00 committee for the ungrudging way

LOCAL CHARITIES

Nethersole Hospital M.C.L.

Cot

Hong Kong Benevolent So-

ciety.

in which they have all given SO much time and trouble to the League, especially Mrs. Kelvin- Stark, our Hon. Treasurer, and .$1,000.00 | Mrs. Norris, our Hon. Secretary.

"We hope that there will be se 950.00 (veral children's clubs organised during the summer holidays. Mrs. 270.00 Sayer has kindly consented to hold .$1,000.00] the club at her house for the Peak

Hong Kong Society for Pro-

tection of Children ..$ Blind Home, Pokfulam Victoria Home and Or-

phanage

children. The Police and Prison $1,000.00 branches are, continuing their clubs, and we hope to arrange one ..$ 800.00 for the May Road children. ..$1,000.00

Sailors" 2nd Soldiers'

Home

C. M. S. School Fund Garrison Ladies' Help So-

ciety

"In conclusion may 1 sincerely

our

$ 300.00 thank Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Kowloon City Almshouses.$ 300.00 Matthews for again auditing Salvation Army Home

Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A. Baby

Clinic

Chinese Y.M.C.A. · Factory

Girls' Club

accounts, and the press for their un- $ 400.00 failing help and generosity.

"Mrs. Green has asked me to say .$ 200.00 that about the end of July the new. English and Chinese cookery book

.$

St. John's Ambulance ..$ Lättle Sisters of the Poor .$ Canossian Orphanage

Shaukiwan

Hong Kong School for the.

Deaf and Dumb

Cheero Club

200.00 will be ready, and she would like a 270.00 few new advertisements so, if you 270.00 have any friends, who would let us have some advertisements, it all 200.00 helps in the cost of publishing a

book."

.$ 270.00 .$ 100.00

Taipo Rural

Home

(Boys)

St. Louis Industrial School

(West Point)

COMMITTEE ELECTED

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PLEATED: CHILEFON, An accordion, plested skirt gives grace and movement to this youthful evening gown of chiffon with a soft- ly gathered bodice, a girdled waist line and braided shoulder straps. Made in soft pastel shades, it is dramatised by a corsage of chry- santhemums.

Ten Commandments

For Girls Will They Obey?

st speak clearly, di-

In a new course in manners just 7: Thoù must- started at a college in New York, rectly and acet

$ 300.001 The honorary treasurer

American business girls are told to next

8. Thou must not be emotional or commented on an item in the bas ignore the Duchess of Windsor's ever-sensitive or get thy feelings $ 100.00 lance sheet concerning the sales of choice of fashion.

hürt work. She explained that the drop $9,900.00 in the amount realised, as compar- ed to previous years, was due to the workers having to engage them is to make available to people of selves in comferts for the soldiers moderate means the study of eti- quette hitherto limited to high-class finishing schools.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

The president then made her re-up North. port, saying:

oughly.

The object of this new department 9. Thou must do thy work thor- Fear not to say “I don't know." It's the way to learn.

Before the meeting was adjourn ed, the committee for 1938 was "Before moving the adoption of elected, and except for a few the report and balance sheet for the changes, it remains very much the year 1937, I should like to say how same as it was the following year. much we appreciate Lady North-The complete list is as follows: giris:

cote's kindness in honouring the League by consenting to become our patroness.

cipal

10. Thou shalt not think that men in the office are flirting when they are only being civil. Do not flirt the Printhyself.

1. Thou shalt never use scents powder as a substitute for soap and water.

Patroness, Lady Northcote; Hon- orary Vice-Presidents, Lady Mac Gregor and Mrs. Bartholomew; Lo cal Council, Mrs. Chan Tit Yat, "As you have had the report and Mrs. Eu Tong Sen, Mrs. Gockchin, balance sheet for some days, I do Mrs. M. K. Lo and Mrs. H. S. Mok; not feel that it is necessary for me President, Mrs. T. H. King; Vice- 2. Thou shalt not wear flashy to read it through again, so I sug-President, Mrs. D. C. Edmondston; clothes or screaming colours, re- gest that we consider it as read. I Honorary Treasurer, Mrs. A. Nicol;gardless of what the Duchess of think that the year 1937 may be, on Honorary Secretary, Mrs. Wood-Windsor has selected for parties the whole, considered-- successful, ward; Branch Representatives, Mrs.

..

and the League has reason to be c. c. Stark, Belilios Public School; 3. Thou shalt not put on make-up

idea behind the scheme is that everyone has to be taught man-

neus..

"We were all born savages," says the Principal, for we screamed for what we wanted, grabbed every- thing we could reach, and threw whatever was handy when we were babies"

grateful to the generous response Miss H. D. Sawyer, Diocesan Girls like Theda Barat at There SCIENCE!

4. Thou must not talk too freely

-keep gossip" for thy private life.

of the kind public to its appeals. School; Miss Pope, Heep Yunn Was," nor perfume thyself so that Though I found it exceedingly ir-School; Mrs. Goldman, Kowloon; strong men reel as you pass. ritating when I realised that had Mrs. Ford, Kowloon Dock; Mrs. we made another $95, we would Thompson, Military; Mrs. Willson, have had a clear $10,000 to allocate Peak; Mrs. T. H. King, Police: to various charities.

Mrs. Shaw, Prisons Departments "You all know the charities that Mrs. Bell, Quarry Bay; Mrs. Os have received donations from us, win, Royal Navy, Dockyard and and if all of them are so deserving, Harbour; Dr. K. Woo, St. Paul's I need not enlarge on the merits of Girls' College, Miss Wise, St. Ste- 6. Thou must not necessarily leap any of these. It has been a dif-phen's Giris College, and Mrs. Lei- like a fire-horse at the alarm- when ficult year for us all, as you know. per, Victoria.

Ifive o'clock comes,"

5. Thou must keep thy love life outside the office. »

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