Here is another little public prob-more lem that appears to be worrying the police, and which, if one knows one's to Peiping, not likely to be solved soft ge EL in people are committing out of sheer boredom.
Benevolent Union there is the meat monopoly, occupies quite a lot of space press, Of course, we call it by such a common to local condition. prices is a nice way of iL After you have heard of tue benevolent activities of the above Union, you will be disappointed by the following shocking story:—taking advantage of the meat shortage and In spite of repeated warnings, merchants continue to display their wares on the sidewalks in front of their shops. Flower, earthenware, fuel and fruit dealers are particularly bad offenders in this respect. The passage of pedestrians is thereby and the appearance of the streets is led.
'A circular order has been issued by police headquarters to all police-them to make all the shopkeepers in their respective districts remove their goods from the sidewalks. The police are also ordered to exercise stricter control over the traffic on the sidewalks and to expel all stalls and pedlars, who infest certain busy centres of the city.
But the best story of all is this one entitled.
"An Honest Man":—A man by the of Huang Pei-lin picked up in PRB. notes on the street returned it to the owner after waiting for. some time.
The owner, Li Po-tao was on his way. to the Federal Reserve to remit $8,100 to Tientsin, The notes were up in a cloth parcel. He had taken a rickshaw and had fallen asleep, and as the road was very bumpy, the parcel fell from his lap into the road. When he awoke he found, to his horror, that the notes were gone. He retraced the route by which he had come showing all signs of distress, when a stranger standing at the roadside asked him what his trouble was. After hearing Li's story, the stranger produced the parcel and handed it back to him. Out of gratitude Li at once gave the stranger $1,000 but he refused to accept them, even after Li had gone down on his knees and begged him to take them. Asked for his name and address the stranger gave his name, but refused to reveal his address and strolled off calmly in an easterly direction.
That, certainly, is a good story and almost rivals in incredibility all the horrific stories one hears from.
Shanghai.
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