Thus far there was no sigh' of even a single chrysanthemum. ror any lower of any. other species, and there were many long passages and halls to be traversed before the exhibition "in @ central courtyard was found. All down the passages at various. points were men selling rolls of papers where one could "swap" one's entrance ticket and see what one could draw. Further on where the "corridors widened were booths sellicy all manner of things suchos ndies* and children's slippers, vas in toys ete., until one finally reached the main halls. Here were in strange little alcoves unfortunate creatures in cages, in one a monkey, in another, 4 heron and so on, Inside the 100M proper were three or four stages, different comers on which the most masculine looking girls declaimed in graff voices and men in weird oiled garments flapped about to the accompaniment of the monotonous sounds of priests' drums, Chinese fiddles and other instruments, befor a thick crowd of tired and not very interested men and women. Blsewhere there were small billiard tables where two or three intent~ looking Chines" gentlemen' plied their cues. Dotted round them were numerous tables where complicated looking gambling games were played, some in stolid silence and others with heated words and fierce argue ments, the crowd of players drink: ing incessantly the while from small glasses of green tea, and smoking endless cigarettes.
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