Shortly before Christmas Miss Alexander had an
inspiration to invite the children of the shopkeepers on the street where she
lived to a party. Mrs. Finch also attended. The blind Bahá'ís Mr. Tomonaga Noto
and Mr. Kenjiro Ono sang for the children, and Miss Mochizuki told them Bahá'í
stories. Fifty-eight children attended. The next year at the Christmas party
there were seventy-seven and in 1922 more than ninety, including some mothers.
The year after, 1923, Miss Alexander was in China on Christmas Day. She wrote
that a wave of homesickness came over her to be with the children again.
Mrs. Finch and Miss Alexander are at the top, left corner. Mr. Noto (with
glasses) is near them. At the top, second right from the tree is Miss
Mochizuki. Next to her is Mr. Futakami. In the right corner is Mrs. Futakami.
Behind her, almost obscured is Mr. Ono.
