To the Editor of the "NontH-CHINA DAILY News."
Sinj—Sinee my arrival in Shanghai T/have noticed to my regret the pallid faces and poor physique of many of my fellow-countrywoman who have resided here several years or $0, Pondering over the causes I surmise the climate alone is not to blame. Is it then the unnatural ife many of them lead! Some of my girl friends will have a cock tail or a W. and S, or several, with the next, their" fingers are stained with nicotine matters not to them whether they get home at 9 p.m, or 6 a. and given sufficient encouragement they'll play bridge or jazz all night, Never for, a moment does it occur to them that sleep, the greatest and most natural beautifier known, is essential to their health and looks.
They all seem to be bent on a mad, mud fling—a mad race for sheer notoriety. They never for a moment think that such a life can't las beyond 25 at the most, when their Jooks.fade and their friends gradu ly disappear, and hereafter, the "shelf" with its. indescribable' lone-lines and childishness is all they' Ihave to look forward to.
The point is. Cannot our young. womenfolk be urged to lead a more natural, rational life? The life, say, 97 per cent. would lead at home. Again, is their never-ending desire or craving for money and motor-ours genuine or merely blunt for the biggest fish they can hook?
Taking all into consideration, is any wonder that the majority of our eligible bachelors prefer less swank and more womantiness? There, looks and physique, they do get from the girls expecially in matrimonial demand nowadays and hereafter if there's not an abrupt change—those from the North.
Tam, ete.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.