The Archive · 1939

House of HI Fame

Fortunate Meeting With Relative Causes Rescue

On suspicion that she has been forcing: a 15-year old girl to become a there of a house of ill fame, Mrs. Lu Chen-sze, alleged wife of Lu Ruming, was brought before the First Special District Court yesterday on a writ of detention pending further investigations, The victimized girl, Wang Ah-mow, a native of Soochow, was returned to the custody of her relatives by the judge.

Police evidence was that the accused woman's husband enticed Miss Wang to come to Shanghai from her motive district, promising to train her to be a dancing partner. It was alleged that instead of keeping his promise Lu "mortgaged" her to a House of ill fame in Kuling Road for a few hundred dollars.

Last month, the unfortunate girl unexpectedly met her aunt in the street and. told the latter of her suf-forings. The aunt reported the matter to the Shanghai Women's Relief Society and, acting an behalf of the society, a Chinese lawyer reported the case to the Sinza police, resulting in the accused being arrested, Her husband is still at large.

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It consists of a new and improved Valet self-stropping razor, strop and three blades in a hygienic moulded case. The New "99", which provides the simplest, quick hest and most écoriornical method of shaving, is better value than ever Before.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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