1941-08-23 — Page 5

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 23, ́1941,

'DIAL A NUMBER"

A

FEW LEISURELY TURNS

you have the modern "Open Scanmo" to romance.

This 'method of invoking the genie of Aladdin's lamp has been develop- ed in all its artful phases. through, the operations of the various escort bureaux and mas- sage establishments that have sprang up In China's port cities during the fast decade like mushrooms after rain.

China borrows an idea from America for the convenience of the TBM (tired business man)

By T. Paul Gregory

In Clilna, the magle of the tele-

THE WAR

A YEAR AGO AND

TO-DAY

On August 28, 1989, the non-aggression pact between Ger- many and Soviet Russia was a.gned. It was this agreement" which really precipitated the present war. With security to her Eastern frontier assured by the agreement, Nazi Germany felt that the time was ripe, and launched her attack on Poland.

"needled" Scotch. whisky and gain, to enter into the spirit of Yankee escort bureaux should have act, and kept up the "friend only fog can save them from

by enterprising

The genesis of these establish to the telephone directory. The escorts "on duty" is frowned upon, ments goes back to the arid hard-eyed, peroxide-blonde si-and the acceptance of gifts from dot- period of American history when total Prohibition was the rens who responded to the call ing patrons is strictly tabeerd. Inw of the land of the free. Over the wire were escort girls in phono dial is well understood, art Bootleggers and other illicit sense, being prepared, for a it is not to be wondered at that the fee and fow drinks in the bar methods originated by bustling vetulors of

"bath-tub" gin,

spurious champagne often sought their clientele by adver- Lising their telephone numbers in the classified "ad" section of the Press. An innocent-looking Personal in the "agony" column of the daily newspaper might contain the address of the big- enj.

THE FIRST

***

The Nazis made much of the hoping for fog. They consider ship with Russia as long as it invasion." suited their purpose. But their hypocrisy has been all too thinly Rome Radio, broadcasting ir veiled, and on June 28 this year French-“Ratian air mastery of they struck at the Soviet Union, the Mediterranean is becoming

Boun bien the wildest party Hollywood

collect its promoters. operation by the proprietors ver saw.

Strange as it may seem. escort Shanghal massage establishinents bureaux as conducted in the United about ten years ago, the fechug.e States since the repral of Prohibition of building up a clientele by tert- are establishments extering not to phone contact has been speedily

extensive en but to an

feminine developed into almost a fine art, ellentele-rich uld women, mostly

A year ago the Germans and more, and more apparent, and whews, who feel that they should

the Italians, who had entered very soon this sea will be en- gest bootlegger in town, and the good times denied them SAGE PARLOURS to leap inte fully confident. It is interest-

SHANGHAI MAS- the war on June 10, were boast tirely cleared." when they were struggling along such harmless interrogations with their late house

prominence after the Sino-Japanese ing to compare the situation AUGUST 29 over the telephone as, "Has men, though they might be grand- interlude of 1932 were those which

mothers to you and me, regard

then and the position of the in endation of similar establish- the Clara come home yet? might re of the bright lights as irresisu- ments conducted by shrewd Nipanti. Axis forces now.

Below "Der. Angriff" writes-The imply and often did that the bit, and are willing to pay well for penese in Hengkew, employed erinely is a concise picture Axis worries of the English Air interrogator was inquiring after the privilege of having refined, Chinese maidens ng masseuse.

thought a year ago:

Ministry to account for the some awaited consignment of educate young men exort them

ever-increasing AUGUST 23

shortage ol Scotch reputed to be "just off theatres, night clubs and them to places, seusing that the tired Chine.c

pilots and flying personnel are becoming daily greater."

metropoliton

Such

hut spots" of Interest, the boat." To those in the As the result of this donand on the know, the innocuous invitation part of wealthy downgers of sixty of "sking. Clara and the other and seventy summers, the American girla to drop over," meant that esert burenx have built up the customer was placing an order for such items of bottled goods.

DURING

THE

thriving business.

A

business man was just us ford 6 feminine company as his

his Youkce counterpart, soon built up extensive ellentetes and became institutions in the night life of the northern port The popularity of these massage or tours in just as great to-day as they wers The time when they were navelties.

the class

of

Hermann Fiddickow, writing in "Der Angriff:"-"A year ago to-day the announcement of the

of the conclusion

Zcesen, broadcasting to South German Africa-"England has always, Russian pact was given to the wanted splendid isolation. Now world. The German-Russian she's got it!" agreement means pence in the Fast, and if to-day here and there hopes arise that in a shorter or longer time serious tension may arise between Ger- many and the Soviet Union

these

are only English-and therefore stupid." well-

TELEPHONE CALL to one of The Chinese escort bureaux proper these establishments will bring a are said to be a Hongkeng jonov nestly gloved, tuxedo-clad young man than and came into prominence about LATTER of between twenty and thirty who, four years ago with the establish PERIOD of the tumultuous for a fee of US$5.00 an hour, will ment of a number of agencies in the

CIEL her Colony to cater to 3 his elderly clien 'twenties, when Prohibition was

of of swank restaurants, down wealthy Chinese play-boys tempor- openly flouted throughout the own the United States, the telephone Lest one alle dad by night clubs. arily domiciled here on account of

misunderstand, let me has

sililles

in the interior. These became, the connecting link be- ten to add that there is nothing of local bureaux have become

the reprehensible "algolo" in tween the legion of "speak- activities of these paid male escorts. tion to the usual announcement

in the

patronised that they have, in addi- casies" the various houses.

are for part enliege the "mosquito" section of the Cassignation senttered over the Tudents work hit their way, and the nose pres, her own newspaper larger American cities. The agencies see to it that their em- featuring plctures of beauteous tired New York or Los Angeles ployees toe the mark. Every escort female escorts with, of courre, that business man in search of agree- required to give a fuil report of all important essential of securing an Italian-Berlin experts

each evening out and where he' and introduction-the able feminine company resorted his client went. Liquor drinking by phone number,

ubiquitous tele-

UFS

FIRST WAR PICTURE FROM RUSSIA-This is the first picture of the Naxi-Soviet war to bo sont out from Moscow. It shows Soviet soldiers guarding a German plane shot down

early in the hostilities. The picture was radioed to New York.

Good Whisky-

JOHNNIE WALKER

Born 1820-still going strong

Agents for China: CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. SHANGHAI • HONGKONG • "TIENTSIN-

in

The pact has made a Soviet

The "Berlin Borzenzeitung"- German war impossible."

Balance Sheet

That was the tone of Axis

pourings a year ago. Look at the situation to-day, and sec how the tide has turned. The

cies have scored overwhelming struggle, of course, is by no means ended, but the Democra-

successes on the whole, in spite of setbacks in the Balkans. Rome Radio, broadcasting in Count up the following against say Axis successes in the past year, that Britain's frantic efforts to and you will have a vivid idea bring the R.A.F. up to German as to which side is on the down- strength is useless. They de- ward slide:- clare Britain's air power will.

decrease progressively as time 1. Defeat of the Luftwaffe goes on."

over Britain.

Romo Radio, in a broadcast

"Tell me, doctor

·

Are you sure? I can't believe that all this should have started with a tiny cut on the finger! There must be some way of prevent.

ing such awful results... Tell me, what ought I to du?” The smallest cut or scratch is enough for the germs of blood-poisoning to enter. There is only one way to prevent their invasion; they must be killed-at once. Dettol, the oder Autiseptic, can be applied im mediately. 'Dettol is gentle and tender on human tissues, non-poisonous and non-staining to the skin- yet death to germs. Your chemist has Dettol.

*DETTOL

TRADE MARE

THE MODERN

ANTISEPTIC

Reckitt & Sons, Hull and London, England. Agent-Imperial Chemical Industries (China) Ltd., Hongkong.

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FOR ALL TYPES OF CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD FABRICS

2. Failure of Hitler's plans THE STEAM LAUNDRY

to the Middle East-Chiang to invade Britain. Kai-shek's government is falling

to pieces."

AUGUST 24

Head Offee and Works, Tal, 57032 Tel. 21270 Peak Depot, Gloucester Bldg., 2nd Fir., Tel. 20938 Kowloon Depot,

3. Total defeat of the Italians in Abyssinia, Eritrea Hong Kong Depot, and Somaliland..

Rome Radio, broadcasting in 4. Destruction of the Italian Italian "The Italian Empire's navy in the Mediterranean. military activities are well or-

ganized and based on persever- 6. Suppression of the Iraq ance and decision. They are revolt.

always crowned with victory." - 6. Allied occupation of Rome Radio, broadcasting to Syria, formerly Vichy-controll- the Middle East--"Great Bri- ed.

tain's navy is being frightened

by the Italian air force Every7. Progressively-diminishing time British units leave their sinkings of ships in the Atlan- bases the Italian air force meets tic. them and makes them turn tail,"

AUGUST 25

8. The Lend and Lease Act.

9. Sinking of the Bismarck. 10. Axis drive from Libya Zeesen radio, in an English into Egypt halted. broadcast "Britain can repose

no hope in America, She is 11. Increased completely isolated. Does any strength. sane man in Britain still believe

R. A. F.

12. Soviet entry into war on

Britain can win the war?" the side of the Allies,

Zecsen radio, to the United States "No ships can get to, England any more."

AUGUST 26

Bremen English broadcast— "The English public is being shown photos of the southeast and south coast ports being for- tified-don't they see that this is the beginning of another re- treat, and the first stage in handing over these ports to Ger- many?"

Another Bremen item--"The R.A.F. is only one-third as strong as ours, and there is no nlace in Britain it can protect. The Navy is wandering about incffectively. It has had to vacuate the waters of the Far East; it could not save Somali 'and: it is outclassed in the Mediterranean, and there is no British port it can keep open)

Hitler is

a Neurotic

(Continued from Page 3.)

He knows how to play upon the desires and insilnets. He knows how to exploit times of stress, hunger and humiliation. Not only does he know these things, he is amoster of the teclinique of ex- ploitation.

Abnormal Streak

And what of the others in the Nazl heirarchy? Grobbels, the elever but disappointed writer, with the physical deformity. Goer-

forthright if ing, who behind a conceited pout conceals the mên tality of the exonus addict. Stren- cher. former publisher of the

to commerce. It has lost all pornographie Stormtrooper_maga-

Control of the Channel, and can-zine, and baller of Jews.. Each is not even protect the western. trada route,"

Bremen broadcast to Ireland "Neither Germany nor Russie can be broken by any power on earth as long as they are allies."

AUGUST 27

a separate case, and there is not time to examine all. But running through the party, whatever from it takes, we find the exotic nt abnormal streak.

But when all is raid, you must not forget that distorted psycho- logy is not peculiar to Nazi Ger› miny. This undergrowth is every- where. ready to fructly where conditions are suitable. Hitler and his followers do, however, exemp- lify the trend we have been des- tribine and they do so in the most menacing way. They have created In Europe an atmosphere alien to the idents, through which men escape from their lower natures hrd erente

Dr Robert Ley, Reich Labour Minister, writing in "Der An- griff:""German soldiers are In the English Channel-"Our "hannel,” pay the men-and their oyes shine. with the plea- *ant consciousness that preciso ty horo-the. Channel-they is highly significant that Hitler have been called to action." hus morielled his. moral order on two processer' in his own psycho- AUGUST

28

"lóry," namely, anxiety about: kla Rome Radlo, broadcasting in einst evils which have their:

· own insecurity and en endless fight Italian:The British are now Corigin;in hii-own-boscin--

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