To the Editor of the "Nonra-Ciixa Datty News"
S,—On last Saturday afternoon I was visiting a curio shop near Nantao when I was approached by a prote sional Chinese guide who. quite evidently thought T was a Belgenland tourist. As Twas, curious to learn what kind of me formation these gentry hand out to the tourists, I arranged with for.a complete tour of the El City, cost $1. Here are a few of the things he told me: 'That Chinese except the 'Christians' smoke opium. He of course, professed to be a Christian, That Shanghai is governed the Brit last gummer the British army a great many Chinese. heading "Accruing from Cheapness" is probably only understood by himself. There is no. sich amount of cheapness for the policeman tha there is: for the private individual Again, take the item "Language SAS the SOC. Saxisty cal That Confucius lived 500 years ago and that the picture of the sage in the Rice Dealer's Guild was Painted by Confucius himself.
Confucius was. born in Shanghai and the old janitor in.the. Rice Dealers' Guild wag pointed.out-as fiucian priest, a descendant of ins. Me could confer good luck on me for the ridiculously cheep price of $1. (We compro+ mised on 40 cts)
That only about half the Chinese irl babies are killed at hi That there are no robbers in the Shanghai Chinese city as the heads 200 of them were cut off only last week, That all rich Chinese have half dozen or more My me formant, being a Christian, had only I don't know how much additional interesting information I could have received but at that instant we met another guide who has known me for the past ten years and the game. was up. But I had had my dollar's worth.
If that is the kind of rubbish the tourists get, how well informed they must be after, a trip around the world!
Tam, ete.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.