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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



One of the few policewomen 

 in China lives at Tatungfu, 

 in the northern part of the 

 Shansi Province. The Salva- 

 tion Army made its first visit 

 to Tatungfu a year ago, and 

 now the town boasts this very 

 progressive guardian of the 

 peace, who delights in wear- 

 ing a brass badge on her arm 

 and in carrying a cane. It is 

 her duty to see that small 

 girls in the vicinity are not 

 subjected to foot-binding. 



Fifteen or twenty young 

 girls from a near-by govern- 

 ment school recently called 

 upon the Salvation Army offi- 

 cers, who sang for them and 

 taught them to sing a few 

 choruses of simple hymns. 

 They were greatly impressed. 

 One of the girls admitted that 

 she was interested, but she 

 had always imagined that God 

 loved only foreigners ! 



The territorial leader for 

 northern China arrived In 

 Peking early in 1918. He 

 found 30 officers, who had 

 been wrestling with the diffi- 

 culties of the Chinese lan- 

 guage for nearly a year, able 

 to lead meetings and to give 

 simple talks which could be 

 understood by the people. 

 They were eagerly waiting 

 their appointments in the 

 country of their adoption. 



Very often our officers and 

 cadets carry their beds with 

 them, as the Chinese do when 

 traveling. A thin mattress 

 filled with cotton and a small 

 coverlet and pillow are rolled 

 into a case and carried as lug- 

 gage. 



Tientsin, the commercial 

 capital of North China, re- 

 cently opened three corps, 

 with a contingent of nine offi- 

 cers, while Chengtingfu, a 

 large walled city, and Men 

 Lou, in the Shantung Prov- 

 ince, have received officers 

 and cadets. 



