The monthly pay of the "Special Municipality" constables is only $16, it has been ascertained by the "North-China Daily News" from the men themselves. No large amount is paid constables with families.
The dance halls, in conjunction with which gambling and opium rooms are usually conducted, have their own armed guards. One of these. was observed at the door of one of the larger places on Sunday night smartly uniformed and wearing a heavy steel helmet. He was carrying a large-calibre automatic pistol attached to a lanyard, and a large electric torch. Many Chinese "were gambling in a series of rooms adjoining the ballroom, and there was another room where young Chinese were smoking opium quite openly. The narcotic was offered at $1 a pipe but actually sold at 50 cents.
Indecent shows and tableaux are presented at regular intervals in some of the dance halls.
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