Parents of school-children, and es: pecially those with children attending the Cathedral School for Girls, are complaining of the beggar nuisance. Unclean beggars are not content with asking or indicating that they need alms; they claw the children's clothing, and get unpleasantly near, which practice might constitute a danger if the beggars happen to be diseased or ailing. Adults likewise hate the nuisance, but they can cope with it better than can the youngsters. We are all becoming so used to this that we take it as a matter of course. It is impossible to walk anywhere for more than a few yards without being time to time, but Shanghai is not London, and an easy philosophy and controlled nerves are npt easily cultivated in this part of the world at the moment.
But, women, remember, though there are nine lives for a cat, and seven ages allowed to man, there [are only the three ages as stated at the head of this subject for you to choose from: let it be long before you choose the last.
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