"When they leave, their bill usually amounts to 25 cents which is the cost of a cup of coffee," the man continued, "and when one has to pay rent, servants, light and other bills at the end of the month, you can figure out for yourself how difficult it is to make both ends meet."
There are shoe-maker establishments, electricians, pharmacies, carpenters and many other shops, all of which seem to be busy, even though they could do with a lot more trade.
Bars and cabarets cater to the Japanese civilians and officers mostly, and their business usually begins at sunset and often is still going strong in the early hours of the morning.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.