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An Australian in China

CHAPTER IV
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Their work is largely aided by an admirable hospital under Cecil Davenport, F.R.C.S., a countryman of my own.

"Broad Benevolence" are the Chinese characters displayed over the entrance to the hospital, and they truthfully describe the work done by the hospital.

In the chapel adjoining, a red screen is drawn down the centre of the church, and separates the men from the women--one of the chief pretexts that an Englishman has for going to church is thus denied the Chinaman, since he cannot cast an ogling eye through a curtain..


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