The Archive · 1934

SHANGHAI NOTES

PERISH THE THOUGHT

4 t defiance of taw and flagrant sordor in this munteipalities war moticee fsreat corporate tsien

[ud ought to Nap. Road "jeslerday"atternoan civic wateh—that is, If iis Wake lead to-@ tightening Seriously. It alt goes to. show Shen these modern hussies will ae, Witt Dille "the seven strict reputations Todesty "issued" by. the Shami Magistrate's Ofice only weer in the seven written articles, and violated lots. of unwritten regulations. She was wea! ing @ white tennis shirt, men's white trousers, red 2 palea and very was daintily growned with one of those new Jong-peaked caps now the fashion of our young men about town and Which are a cross between a me-charlie's cap and something ap. Proaching the Australian cricketers' model, Also she was very vividly Touged but not without attraction the proud looks of her -two. male escorts and the surprise of hundreds pedestrians showed. "A foreign policeman pushed his helmet over his eyes, scratched his head and ex: claimed '*Well, Ti be blowed."" A. Chinese traffic policeman dropped his Baton momentarily and muttered darkly "Oh, fle for shame" or something else ike that in Chinese, but neither paid heed to Regulation No. '7 which reads: "The police have the Fight to arrest anyone who openly. dees "the new rules." But second examination they adopted the proper course of procedure which says that, in the case of ordinary women and girls, not government employees, they must reform within a month so the poor girl has three weeks more before she decides that Nanking Road is not the Lido of the Orient.

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