To the Editor of the "Nonri-Curxa Dany News"
Sm,—"Tarwan's" letter to-day prompts me to set down in quite plain terms a few things that I think. should be stated in public.
There are other things than house renis that should come down. The majority of non-Russian foreigners "In Shanghai live in a manner they would not attempt to do in their home lands. This statement may be growing: grey whiskers, but It was ever s0 true as to-day. Newspapers dally give such prominence to our mad social whirl as to stimulate extravagance and display. Few people. young or old, are content with "a quiet evening" in a home, although. many would enjoy same if they were not such empty echoes of others. If friends are invited to the evening meal, whether partaken at home or outside, there is disappointment if it 4s not followed by a "show" and daneing at a third place until closing time. "If such events were occasional, none could fairly complain; they are the rule these days. One must" 40 to places in order to keep "in the: swim"=—bad for business, you know, you become a "recluse," i.e, cording to the majority to-day, a person who, while enjoying the com-any of friends, is not prepared to attract acquaintances by' "throwing" cocktail and other parties that not only make him undt for the next day's
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