That busiest of all busy scenes, Chinese crowd intent either on purchasing or buying, is to be glimpsed at all hours of the day, and even up to a late hour at night, in Shanghai': "Petticoat Lane", recently established shopping centre on Avenue Edward VIL Petticoat Lane extends in hap hazard fashion from outside Poste Mallet up to the Great World Amusement Centre. Its commercial establishments are sporadically sprinkled up the left hand side of the Avenue; they cluster thickly on both sides of a quaint little street which turns off the Avenue just beyond the rear entrance to Poste Mallet, The square which -has long been piled high with bundles of firewood now presents a very much more exciting appearance. The list of articles on sales there would fill a good sized catalogue.
Shanghai's Petticoat Lane presents a cheery, busy scene to the casual observer who strolls down the long line of stalls, and wonders how some of them ever hope to dispose of their wares. But there are eager buyers for all varieties of articles on sale in this busy market. From bedraggled cabbages which are for ever being dipped into a dubious pail of water, to emerge even more bedraggled than before, common snails which might have been picked up off the garden wall, cheap trinkets, odd, utensils such as tro is, doorknobs, etc, to more staid articles such as coal, firewood, meat and fruit, the odd assortment attracts a steady stream of purchasers,
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