Local Japanese Take Leaf Out of Women's Book Not to be outdone by their womenfolk, Shanghai's Japanese males on' August. 4 launched Popular movement to give vent to their support of the troops in the fole in North Chine, Instead of the 1,000 stitches being. collected by members of the gentle: sex, the men are inscribing belts with the' character 3, meaning strength.
'A. thousand of" these inscribed characters, is supposed to give the wearer of the belt, a thousand-fold of normal human strength. The 1,000 stitches will supposedly protect the wearer from serious harm.
Tables were se: up on August 4, at the Shiseldo book store, Haining and Woosung Roads, where Japanese Passer: by were invited to write the mystic character on cotton cloth The movement was started by Mr. Otomatsu Horikawa, owner of the Kurokoshi Paint Shop, Chapoo Road.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.