1937-09-11 — Page 8

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Here Is A Brief Pen-Picture — ANEJORO

Specially Written For The "China Mail" on Life

IN

SHANGHAI TO-DAY

are wondering what need of them: Before passing on reopen and heir absent wives will say with re- to other matters, however, a crumb with Chinese gard to the relaxation of the Car of comfort may be in order to re- official few regulations. Quite a number assure our exiled fair ones. All the were pretty, of these good ladies

was promptly

South happy in left for points cabarets are cumplaining of "lousy" lent and a good tim

ance

Was

thought that business and there is an unpreced- until a long-coated Chinese forced

his way to the rostram and sand their husbands would be compelled ented run on the Club library.

to stay home from 10 p.m. onwards. The present hour of 11:30 pm. gives

them just that extra hour and a

well known

week and had inde for those town whose Next door at

nd Walsh's the impertur

ed that the place would be bombed babie Mr. A. E. Glover has been at unless everybody left at once. As the seat of custom right along, ex- the well-dressed crowd filed out, cept for the couple of days when half to get into the condition of Quite a fight is going on at the, they found that they had to pass the thoroughfare way, closed. The ing prepared to make a night of moment between those who would between two lines of men in Sun crater opposite the Great World has see the resumption of rea- Fat Sen uniform who cursed them been filled in and temporary repairs it in the one or two places where, like to strictly sub rosa, this is still pos sonable entertainment and the New for their lack of patriotism. Similar have been effected on the building, sible A story is going the rounds Life League which frowns on all scenes were witnessed at the Sun which houses untold refugees Even that the enterprising owner of one amusement, however harmless, while and several other dance halls. The more rapid has been the work of hot spot circularised various for the country is in danger. On Sat- New Life ban, it would appear, also putting Sincere's and Wing

into shape again and both stores -tunate possessors of all night passes urday last the Majestic Ballroom, includes the cinemas.

are now doing business as if no- asking them to loan their permits which has always maintained an ex-

Just what the blue noses expect thing had happened to them, though for the use of prospective patrons cellent reputation for the lines on when they were not themselves in which it was conducted, ventured to to gain by this puritanical display there is still a boarded off

it is hard to say. Thousands of on the first floor families have moved from their own building. capacious houses into tiny flats and single rooms They are advised to keep off the streets; the park enclosed. With the tremendous in- crease in population they cannot linger in the restaurants as they ing round with regard to marvellous escapes and the reverse during the have been accustomed to do, there are too many people waiting. Such two major catastrophes. It is said that Mr. Honigsberg barely escap- s thing presupposes, too, that they

ed the bomb at the Palace hotel. can afford to pay, day after day, the tremendously increased charges turned his car round and positively raced into the other one at the Great World. Three well-know Cantonese nnected with the Chin-

THE

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WORLD GOES BY

By "ULYSSES

There are all kinds of stories-go-

GW we'd hate to hear the published a report stating that the Yankees say that, so far as chairman of the local Entertain they were concerned, the yacht nents Committee was Mr. Albert James Witherdene. We were, of

For such folks the opportunity to race was all plain sailing.

course, referring to Mr. Alfred spend a couple of carefree hours in James Watson

a comfortable air-conditioned cinema ese film industry had been dining would be a Godsend.

Although it is being shelled and women of daily, the men Shanghai still enjoy a

- a popular song. Underneath the Archies?

Got the James right, way.

"We won the Empire by the sword, and we shall keep it by the sword" Field-Marshal Sir Philip

Humanity marches on.

Star Ferry passenger's prayer to Chetwode. departing friend: More power to your elbowing.

&

flat broker.

to have had some twenty-five years'

the

Tai Yuen Cantonese restaura on Nanking Bd. On emerging into the street the gentle- man who had paid the bill discover-

de restaurant fo

Shanghai, as may easily be imed he had been charged too much. agined, still keeps up its reputation. He went back into

anxi, half. as the permanent headquarters of argue the matter

minute later, his two friends were Dame Rumour. Tales of disarmed

blown to pieces outside. A further Japanese military and marines who

tae is going the zounds in Chinese have

sought refuge in the Settle-

street

From the "Happy Mag"- "The window cleaner leaned in "There's lots of money in the estate business. So that if you're over the top sash. He had a merry,

broke you'd better than turn lean face, little dark moustachement persist, though the Council circles of a pickpocket who stole a

and jolly eyes, all of which seemed spokesman has officially denied them wallet and dashed up a sid The Japanese Naval Headquarters followed by the owner, both has not only been captured three escaping times, it has been bombed and burn- ed to the ground twice in addi Visits of those newspaper co dents who have risked the snipers who still occupy the bu lings to the West of North

Road

Some women have no tion. To them a heat wave is a new kind of perm

The foreign professor who forgot his lecture because he was drunk can surely plead nesas

We envy the

paper which dare

Russian fight over the as warm-work.

wear.

Born with whiskers, heh? Mr. Walter Aylward attempted to steal five pounds from a grocer's

He failed because-

put bullets in his

He herded his victims into a floors room from which they were able to are low escape by a back door.

3. When he attempted to run their away he jumped into a taxi, but the driver was not there.

the

down be

aware, until they take the line, that there is

Kid McCoy, former boxer, says 4. He turned his back on a man Nor have all the he takes serious exception to the who had grabbed a bottle. The of Chinese origin. statement that he is getting mar bottle holder caught him an awful to have route big ried for the eighth time. It's the swipe over the skull that laid him ese and ninth.

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