Last Survivor

The bird was bouncing swiftly from bat to bat in the Bucharest Badminton Club one day last week when sad news suddenly spread through the galleries: James Walker Brown had been ordered home. Former Queen Elisabeth of Greece and her friend the Princess of Hohenlohe heard it in the royal box.

"Oh," cried her ex-Majesty, "he simply musn't go! We simply can't get along without our Badminton Club!"

James Walker Brown is necessary to the existence of the Bucharest Badminton Club because the club plays in and was organized by the Rumanian branch of the Y. M. C. A. Sole survivor of 47 Y. M. C. A. secretaries sent to Rumania since 1919 was Mr. Brown. In the early days Rumanians felt that it was an unpardonable impudence for the U. S. to send them missionaries of any sort. The Orthodox Church was opposed to the Y. M. C. A.; Rumanian students threatened the secretaries with assault. Under efficient Mr. Brown all these difficulties were straightened out. A gymnasium was built. The Rumanian Y. M. C. A. summer camp became famed. The Badminton Club was organized and the flower of Rumania's aristocracy joined it.

Last week U. S. headquarters suddenly announced that there was no more money to carry on The Work. The club must be disbanded, Mr. Brown must be recalled. Honorary president of the Y. M. C. A. is none other than Prince Nicholas. Last week he let it be known that as soon as his difficulties with his brother and his marriage were cleared up he would intervene on Mr. Brown's behalf.

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