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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

JAVA

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Java, the "Pearl of the East" is a singularly attractive spot for the ideal holiday There is something for every taste-and a splendid climate

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BELLES OF PEKING.

AN AMERICAN WRITERS'S VIEW.

Before the Rockefeller Institute opened a medical college and hos- pital in Peking, a few years ago, American girls were rarities hord, But now there are almost too many of them...

The big school for the training of native doctors provided scores of jobs for American-nurses, sten- ographers, dieticians, doctors) as countants and specialists of vari ona sorts. Many of there were sent out from home on contract, but many more aře picked up on the ground. ......*,

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With the Rockefeller milliona to Geckon then on, hundreds of young American women havo de- cended on Peking And although not all are placed at the Peking Union Medical College, most of the remainder, find work in banks, schools, curio shops and offices.

It has often been noticed here that the girls are much more reck- less in their travels than American mon. The latter do not pick up their clothes, buy their steamship tickets and arrive in China, friend- Jess, virtually broke, and trusting only to luck, us inost of the young women do. The men start only. with a contract of employment,' guaranteeing them their passaga money out and home again, and with ample insurance against hard times, illness and the other vicis- gitudes of adventuring.

The term "girl" is slightly mis- leading, perhaps. That is it doon not include the very young. The average age of the American spinsters in Peking is probably thirty-five, and Happers are known only through reading about them. Many of these bachelor-iraids served in France in one capacity or another during the war, after which life at home ademed very tame.

As a matter of fact, few of the young American women in Peking have any real home in the United States. They are orphans, or their parents are divorced, and many of them had fled to Chinu from shattered love affairs. They have started out not so much in | an excess of high spirits as in n

mood of desperation."

For the most part, Peking has greeted these refugees kindly. They are the, belles of the capital and move in the highest diplo matic society. Stenographers and teachers who spent their time be- tween their work and solitary rooms in cheap boarding houses in New York City have come to Peking to Yush from breafast parties to luncheons and from bridge-tena to dinner-dances. Work is not too strenuous here nor hours too long to prevent any orie from participating in the recrea- tions of the leisure classes.

The average salary of these young women here is $150 a month. Most of them pay about $60 for board and room, either at the dormitories provided by the Rockefeller Institute, or at some private home. That leaves enough over bare living expenses to buy the evening gowns and riding. babit required by their elaborate style of living.

"The most serious drawback to the life in Peking of an unmar ried foreign woman is that there are not enough unattached men to go around. American men here fall into two groups-those, who have good positions, and those. who are minor clerks. The first have class almost invariably wives, and the second group are usually quite young and impeeu- nious. Of course, there is an ex- ception here and there, but the general lament at the dearth of eligible bachelors is entirely justi fed.

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Nevertheless, the women who have come out to Peking on specu- lation are nearly always satisfied with the results of their gamble. There are always a few men who can be used as dancing partners at least, and there are sight-sec- ing, curio hunting, tennis, ice skat- ing, riding, Hinh jong and gossip- ping-all of which can be per- formed without male assistance.

A trip to Shanghai, up the Moreover, every one who comes to China inevitably has a strain Yangtze River to the gorges, to the of the wanderlust in his or her Diamond Mountains of Korea, or makeup, and not the least of the even to Japan, is also possible, if charms of Peking to the American two or more weeks can be spared then girls who live here is that there for the journey. And are interesting places to visit there is the longest trip of all, the during vacations. Short excur- one every American girl in Pek- sions can be made to the Great ing always intends to take, the Wall of China, to Trappist or Journey back to the States again Buddhist monasteries in remote via Singapore, India, Egypt and mountain recesses, to the modern Paris.

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