Well-Dressed Young Ladies Who Weep on Shanghai's Kerbs The public should be warned against the latest method of "higher lass" professional beggars to obtain money from an unsuspecting public.
During the past few weeks, a number of people have been victim mized and Yash young men have sorrowfully had to pay up for a moment's indiscretion.
One night last week, an informant tells us that he was driving his car along Hart Road when his attention' was attracted by a fairly large crowd who were standing around a couple of wailing women. Alighting, he went over to see what was the matter and he noticed two very well-dressed young women sitting on. the kerb, erying. Upon inquiring what was the matter, he was informed that the two! women had come from the country to look for relatives, whose addresses they gave. In trying to find their relatives, they had lost their way and now they had no money to go home so they had. decided to sit down and await the hand of Fate. Carefully taking note of the two women and the addresses. given, our informant gave them. something for riesha fare and left. Inquiries later proved that the addresses given had been faked.
To his astonishment, at the same hour a couple of nights ago, he was! coming along Yuyuen Road when he jaw a well-dressed girl sitting on the footpath. Turning the corner, his headlight was thrown on to the girl and he noticed that she was one of those who had sat in Hart Road few nights previously, Neverthe-_ our informant got down and. questioned her. She spoke good Mandarin and said that she had come from Pukow to find her re-natives, ete—the story being the same, ' He noticed that the girl was very neatly attired and that she nice black 'AS people living in usually wear such expensive things, and, as the girl. was one of those who sat in Hart Road and her story was the same as that! which our informant had heard before, he decided that it was not wise to give her any money, so he left.
Inquiries Inter elicited the information that the girls were professional beggars of the higher class and that they are invariably accompanied by men who lurk in the dark ngs to victimize any young men who might become too friendly with the girl
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.