Not the least of the signs of a gradual return to normal in irrepressible Shanghai is the reopening of many cabarets. Starved for entertainment, the reaction of residents has been immediate, and establishments who have started again report packed houses.
It is true, of course, that the hours are somewhat peculiar, ending at 9 or 9.30 pin. daily and with some cabarets opening at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but this has been no bar. The chief difficulty reported is trying to get customers to go home when the places close, curfew or no curfew.
Among those with entertainment who were the first to adjust themselves to the times was D.D's in Avenue Joffre, who never closed, but
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