Nanking Road— ust about opposite the Nanking-Lloyd Road corner—is a most up-e optician's, the Chang Optical They have been tablished in Shanghai for over 23 years and have just opened "m branch at 547 Avenue Joffre, opposite the' Paris Theatre, They deal only in the very best American and German lenses, The majority of holidaymakers, however, will be more interested in their sun-glasses. These are American and most intriguing, They are generous in dimensions, following the shape and size of the socket, not merely of the eye-—thus giving perfect protection from glare. This also makes them very handsome-looking, I saw two q lities—at $6 and $3, The $6 k were of patent Sportsglas in varying s of smoke, with serious gold rims amd flexible ear-hooks, The $3 quality added blue and green as well as the smoke to their repertoire, and were lightheartedly blue. en, white and lacquer-red in 1 it rims and ear-hooks, They w certainly be the cause of such remarks as "That girl's got on a new pair of glasses again—gosh, she must spend all she has on her eyes!"
I also had an opportunity to look through what must be the most beautiful sun-glasses in the world—smoked crystal from the mountains of south-west China. These crystal lenses, which have always been greatly valued by the Chinese, range from $100 to $350. The prices to the fact that, as in the de. a huge block of likely stone may only contain a tiny vein of crystal
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