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THURSDAY,⠀⠀ · DECEMBER 23, 1937.

SOOCHOW, heavily bombed by

Japanese warplanes, is a

City of Lovely Women

By Florence Dean

To be happy on earth, one must be

born in Soochow So runs an old Chinese proverb that is quoted in China to-day as often as it was 2,000 years ago.

For Soochow, ancient before Shang- hal was born, has for centuries kept Its reputation for scenic beauty, for wealth, for culture, and above all, for the loveliness of Its women.

In days of the old regime, when a man could not choose his own wife but must submit to his parents' cholec without seeing the girl before marri- oge, a bridegroom felt safe if he knew his bride would be a Soochow girl.

That was almost a guarantee that ho would see a pretty face after the ceremony, when the bride's veil was lifted.

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CO-EDUCATION to-day has not

spoiled the tradition. Young men and girls of Soochow meet in the schoolroom and walk together on the college campus, attend cinemas and dances together, and, if they fall In love, marry. Sometimes there aro mass marriages, 20 or 30 couples at a time.

The Kamble of the wedding-vell has gone, but Soochow keeps fis re- putation for beautiful women.

I have met Soochow women mar- ried to men in all parts of China, and unquestionably they have

charm peculiarly their own-a southern gentleness and tangour of manner that is in keeping with the soft, sibilance of the Soochow dialect-D different from the rolling gutteral of the North, the curt harshness of Canton or the shrill staccato of Shanghai.

They are petite, these Soochow women-with delicate features and the naturally small feet so important to beauty in Chinese eyes,

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THE wealth of Soochow hangs on a thread-the thread spun by the allkworm. And the life of the silk- worm depends on the groves of mul- berry trees whose rich, dark follagé enhances the beauty of Soochow's environs.

The city itself is built on islands in a great lake encicled by hills. Be- cause of this it has often been called the Venke of the East.

The Chinese zay, "Under Heaven, Hangchow and Soochow," placing it second in their list of beautiful cities. Crisp and neat in a brocaded silk gown sult from ankle to knee the girl of Soochow to-day hurries about her business or pleasure on high-heeled suede shoes of the newest American pattern and with her hair curled in the latest London style. She keeps alive in our generation the old tradi- tion that Soochow is the home of beautiful women.

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CENSUS AGENTS VISIT THEIR RETREATS

33 MILLION CARDS DELIVERED

New York,

More than 100,000 postmen, throughout the United States, Hawaii and Alaska, to-day delivered un- employment censis cards at nearly 33.0000,000 dwellings. It was the world's record nostal delivery and the United States' first rystematic attempt to collect complete details of the pre- sent unemployed population.

About 4,800,000 forms were- de- livered in New York City alone. To make certain that forgotten men and homeless

women were included special agents were ordered to tour the underground railway tubes and the honeycomb of subterranean re treats used by down-and-outs sleeping places.

A further 25,000 cards were de- livered by these agents. The Gov- ernment seeks exact details of each

case.

QUESTIONS ASKED

Among the questions asked the head of each family are:

Whether partly or wholly unem- played and whether able to work: Number of hours worked Just week and in the last 12 weeks;

Training, occupation, Industry and experience;

Age and sex;

Number of persons In the house- hold and number partly or wholly unemployed;

Number dependent on head of households; and

Income last weekt apart from re- liet payments.

In a message accompanying each card President Roosevelt states: "12 you give me the facts I shall try to use them for the benefit of all who need and want work and do net now have it."

The census is entirely voluntary and the Government relies on a high pressure publicity campaign, re- miniscent of the wartime's Liberty Loan drives, to obtain pubile support.

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