How many years can it be since the, propensity of Chinese servants subject of discussion in any news-"squeeze" their masters was a
paper? Nine years' recollection of Shanghai recalls no instance, nor, perhaps, might even ninety. For "squeeze" in China is a thing of immemorial tradition, s much taken for granted as fogs in London or mosquitoes in the tundras; and every young mistress newly arriving in the Far East receives the same advice: " You must allow certain amount of squeeze. Your boys will only give you bad service if you try to cut them down too much, and they will squeeze you in any case." Disregard for
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