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Hongkong Daily Press.

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ESTABLISHED 1857

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11, 1933

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NUDISTI

KOWLOON has

-CATCHING SNAKES FOR

DINNER

ONE OF THE COLONY'S QUEEREST TRADES

There are several queer trades i snake-catcher was at a village nest- among the Chinese in this Colony, ling under the Patsin Range, not but surely one of the oddest must far from Swallow Inlet. When be that of the man who supplice the restaurants with snakes. Euro- peans who have seen these odious creatures slithering in their wire cages in local shops, have probably shuddered at the thought that they could be eut up, boiled and served with sauces for some dinner party. Actually, although we have never ventured to prove it, we believe they are considered as a rare de- licacy. Very high prices are paid for some, snakes which, together with squids, cats and chow dogs, form part of the diet of those Chi- nese who van digest them

always had reputation for dullness, for it has not, until recently, catered for the pleasure-loving public, and has never pretended to be anything but a residential centre. Yet however lacking in exciternente the Mainland may be, it can at least claim to be respectable. Its residents are, in fact, not a little proud of its unsullied reputation, which the K.R.A. does its best to maintain. For this reason alone it is far from gratifying to realise that Kowloon has lately acquired notoriety from the fact that it is the headquarters

The snake-catcher is a highly im of the Hong Kong Nudist Society, portant personage in the eyes of the whilst not many miles away the gourmet and consequently he re members of this organisation ceives excellent prices for the Most of the gambol in a state of nature to the better specimens. mingled consternation and derision snakes used for human consumption of the peasantry. We are not un- come froth Kwangtung and the familiar with the principles and neighbouring provinces, but quite a tenets of nudism, which declare number are cusnared in our local that the human body craves fresh countryside. Hikers who venture air and sunlight, minus clothing, forth in the New Territories during And that if it is denied these con- the week-ends little imagine that ditions the individual suffere both the ground is ewarming with rep inentally and physically. There is a certain speciousness about the tiles, if only, they knew where to

And look for them. Fortunately for the, "Nacktkultur" philosophy, anyone who has rend Edward hiker's nerves, the snakes keep very Carpenter's Cause and Cure of much to themselves, and, like Old Civiliantion "will agree that half Bill, prefer to remain under cover, "of mankind lives in unnatural, The observant will see hundreds of overcrowded and unhygienic sur holes in the hills, however, nad pro- roundings, and that there is much vided he knows the bricks of the to be said in favour of the "back snake-catcher's trade, he will with to nature" idea!. Unfortunately, the conditions which have developed tiles to show their heads.

patience be able to induce the rep alongside our civilisation

and which, we are told, are the cause of so many of our bodily and mental ills, are so interwoven with the social

fabric that a startling retrogres sion, such as nudism, threatens to endanger the principles on which that civilisation is founded. In other words, our ethics and our conduct have grown up side by side with the environment we have crest- ed and are an extricable part of it. There are glaring flaws in our moral beliefs, which include senti ment, honour, chivalry and taboos

qualities which are liable to change in meaning every century. Decency and modesty have been supporting props of Western morality; take these away and the whole structure in menaced. Our civilisation owce more perhaps to the influence of clothing than to any other acquired characteristic. Take away a man's clothes and you rob him of his dignity, and once he loses his dignity he loses his self- respect. Morality is a coin with self- respect on one side and modesty on the other wear the currency their morality suffers. Germaux attaches high importance to physical cul- ture, open-air exercises god sun- bathing, and there is no doubt that

first we saw him he was bending under some bushes above the path- way, and on closer inspection we saw that be. was in the nct of 're- leasing a snake's head from the "V"-shaped fork of his stick. Its eyes gleamed dangerously and doubtless it was longing to get its teeth into its tormentor, but he was no clumsy novice; and with an ex- pert twist he gripped the creature's triangular head and in a flash bad pushed the long, squirming form into the open basket. It measured about four feet in length and was of a speckled brown colour, but, wo- are sufficiently versed in snakology to be able to give its scientific name. Our friend, however, Jassured us with a broad grin and ́a pat on his stomach that it would make “velly fine chow" for some

fortunate epicare.

Smoking Him Out1

The snake-catcher was not at all perturbed by our presence and ap penced to welcome an audience. Smilingly, he show us how he per formed his grim task. A shout from some nearby bushes indicat ed that his assistant, a lad of twelve years, had found another likely lair. Cautiously they follow- ed the course of the underground tunnel until they had found the other end, and here the man wait- ed, forked stick in hand, while his assistant lit a fire in the other hole' with the object of forcing ole man snake out of his retreat. After a wait of about ten minutes we sai a gleam in the snake-catchor's eyoa During the week-cad a Daily and, looking at the hole, watched Press representative had the rare the fat, green head of a large snake opportunity of watching a snake-slowly emerge and take stock of his catcher at work.. He was an under surroundings. He hesitated for a sized little Chinese, of mild expres- second, then cautiously raised his sion, and from his appearance one head clear of the hole. At that in- would not have believed him cap.stant, as quick as a flash of light- able of grappling with a full-sizeding, the forked stick slid under his python. Yet, armed only with a jaw and held his head firmly to the long pole and a pronged stick, he ground. A gentle pull and the goes out to meet the foe every morn snake beauty, measuring six feet ing and when the fight is over, thrusts his captive into a wire cage large enough to hold forty snakes.

The happy hunting ground of our

Mild Man and Harmless Weapons.

was out of his hole and quickly in the basket. "That's a nice meal for somebody," we said with a shudder.

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the centre of the Lounge where he was concealed from the view of many by chairs and columns, these "Wero not always heard so clearly as werd bis higher notes. The chief charm of his voice is its softness,

"Violin. Boles.

which is admirably suited to the the health and vitality, of her certs that have been held in the types of songs he choses for his young people are dus largely to the Peninsula Hotel attracted a large repertoire. Later in the evening he observance of these forms of audience to the Lounge on Sunday physical culture. Thus audism, evening, when items of classical sung also Si Vous l'Aviez Com when it first appeared in Germany music were skilfully rendered by the Pris (Denza) and Elegia.' (Mas- senet), and the applause was so found a sympathetic and enthusias famous violinist, Professor N. A. incessant that he had to oblige with tic audience. It was even encour Tonoff, M.A., assisted by Professor an encorer aged by the authorities until they S. Maclesoff at the piano. The found that instead of freeing the evening's enjoyment was enhanced mind from unhealthy restrictions it actually tended in many cases to by the fact that Mr. La Chop Chi, The violin solos played by Prom create dangerous complexes. Im the well-known tenor sang a hum fessor Tonoff were mostly well morality seemed to be on the ber of songs in French and Italian known and pleasing ploces, and in- increase and the Government has in his inimitable style, for which he cluded selections from Brams, Bee- nów forbidden the cult of nudism. was loudly applauded.

thaven Menuet), Rameau and Hong Kong, which is only super

Erdenko, They were all played ficially occidental, is

less

- The programme wil a tenerous with a finesse which delighted the suitable as a centre for nudist. pne and we not concluded until

audience and left no doubt in one's activities and the very unfavourable shortly before midnight. The first se to the artistry of the per- impression which the movement has part opened with two vocat sales by Forimos Equally brilliant was the created on the Chinese is likely to Mr. Lá Chor, Chu, Argo on performance of Professor Maclezoff, affect our prestige far more than it venute (Diar) and Le Meason

even

is pleasant to imagine. Humanity Griss Fortune (Messager) which who is pianist of exceptional merit, is anything but ferfect and nudism were beautifully rendered. As with suave and sympathetic touch is only feasible amongst men andthods is lave previously had the which enabled him to give full ex ya trigid and measure of hearing him ging know, pression either to a, hackneyed piece women Foverned by Spartan code and who have or Chor Uhi has a resonant, li

To

ed a high standard of conduct practise it in: cosmopolitan Colony soothing voice, with flawless top to Dubussy' eccentric and. Tiky this is to encourage the evils notes that are suited to the most phrasta Golliwogg's Cake again which our civilisation has difficult arias; his lower notes are His rendering of Iszat's prayed and battled

rich and full, but as he occupied

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