The Archive · 1938

Hankow's Night Life

Hankow, Apr. 12, Hankow night life has received another setback as the result of an order issued today by police headquarters banning hostesses at cafes, "although undoubtedly many girls seck employment as hostesses in cafes for means of honest living," the order states, "It ig unavoidable that some take tp positions for less honourable motives, which are incompatible with the pritiples of the New Life Move.

Daneing has been banned in Hankow since the start of Sino-Japanese hostilities, except in a few foreign cabarets, which Chinese are not lowed to visit by order of the police Recently, gambling and inviting sing-

forbidden sing at parties were also

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