"Bachelor" certainly started an argument when he wrote to the correspondence columns of this paper comparing Shanghai and Homeside sitls, and it was but natural that the' champions of both should speedily arm themselves for the fray. There is much to be said for both types. "The Shanghai girl has an "undoubted advantage in the knowledge of local conditions. acquired by residence in the country, which the girl from the homeland can hardly ever be "expected to obtain to so full an extent. That she is any more or less. frivolous than her sister born in their native Jands it is impossible to agree; there indeed very little to choose between them in this respect. This may be said for the home girl, she may not arrive here with all' the oise that is claimed for the you woman who has Feared in Shanghai, but she is certainly not backward in acquiring it, She is, however, likely to have had a completer all round education, for the facilities in Shanghai for a young woman to round out her Schooling are not to be compared with those which are offered in the home lands. Those who allege that the young woman of Shanghai is better dressed than her sister at home are, obviously, not completely informed on the subject, for visits home confirm the impression "that the home girl is just as well dressed, sand Just og well kept as any young woman of her class to be found in the Far Bast. Indeed, the whole question is one on which it is not only difficult but also dangerous to Keneralize and the real answer to "Bachelor's" query must ultimately be one which is no answer at all, but merely an -evasion, for "It all depends."
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