Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Looting men but women who Are ravishing. In Shanghai there used to be four ethereal wearing Sisters Wong whose father was chinese and whose Mother was swedish. They All made Rich marriages to Chin Ese and after their Mother died feeling sorry for their lonely father they got together and bought him a new wife. Which shows something else about chinese life. You May have come to like eggs Foo Yong and other dishes in chinese restaurants at Home but in China there Are hundreds of succulent dishes that can vary the a c or k rations. Chinese cooking for thousands of years has perfected Sweet sour sauces or ways of baking pork Rice and fennel together. Early italian travellers supposedly the uncles of Marco Polo brought Back the idea of Spaghetti and chinese noodles Are a amp Good As an italian pasta. Watching a Noodle maker a who throws the dough in the air. Pulling it out into a Fine even strand As if by magic is Worth an hours entertainment. The chinese theater is also Worth seeing. At first it sounds like a riveters Competition for the main accompaniment Are Drums and cymbals but after a while you will come to appreciate actors who can hold an audience for ten minutes while they thread and with an imaginary Needle. Chinese actors who Are All male also Are acrobats and we once took some members of the american olympic tumbling team to an actors school they were amazed at the agility of the kids. They said in fact that with a Little special training chinese actors could win the olympic tumbling events with their hands tied. Sing song girls Are another matter. They do riot appear in regular Heaters for it is a modern idea in China to have women in the theater like the Geisha they Are invited to menus parties smokers if you will where they sit Between the men pour their wine and generally entertain them. One of the biggest entertainments and a All free is bargaining and Street arguments often combined. Almost every one gets the buying fever. Markets and Street stalls Are uttered with the gadgets and accumulation of 4,000 years of civilization and i knew one Marine who was the despair of his first sergeant because he always was going to the thieves Market outside of piping and coming Bock with a suit of 16th Century Armor which did no to seem to fit in his locker or something equally As Bulky and practical. But there Are thousands of beautifully made boxes. Intricate and Well made Silver jewelry Silks and furs All of which will make handsome gifts for the folks at Home. Always the asking Price is about three times the Worth of the object and you offer about a tenth of it. Then the fun begins with every one within earshot taking sides in the Jovial argument. No one gets angry and every one has a Good time. Parts of the treaty ports like Hankow tientsin or Canton look american with big Bank facades and apartment houses but the average chinese City has High medieval Walls around it and crowded streets behind which Are spacious Flower filled courtyards. You cant see into the courtyards through the Gates because All chinese buildings have a spirit Walls. These Are placed behind the Gate the theory is that evil spirits who travel Only in straight lines cannot get in. The Countryside has been cultivated until it is neater even than that of England. It is studded with graveyards m Groves of Trees mud walled villages and temples. These last Are often the country resorts of China where people go for a vacation and some have Many buildings set m gardens even pools that you can swim in. One Temple outside piping houses most of the remaining eunuchs who used to guard the women s quarters of the Imperial palaces abort the dirt in China one illustration might suffice. My Wile and i were on a Sedan chair trip in Yunnan North of the Burma Road. At the end of each Day we put up in a chinese inn. And 1 had Learned to throw out the Straw that was on the Board Beds. We were late one night and when i did this i noticed that in the glow of my flashlight the boards looked As if they were covered with bark. On closer examination the a bark Quot proved to be a five deep layer of Pale bedbugs the bloodless queue waiting while their fortunate cousins in the Straw fed Dot powder will be a valuable War weapon in Ami a trips main ii Pramita Cuc it it i hernia Tribune Tani 21 Hue at Bern Paru tor me us arme a forces As i Monement to Fie 1011� news do on unan tru lip the or the information Ana education Otma non Tousa let. Ivs get �0-s 41 4b ext 14 Content oaten a he Arm Ana Vais tens Entee a As tet Ona rat Mailer Marca 16 1641 of it Fie Post office York w f. A a he an of won t rt7 s vol 1, no. 6. A Ven if you Are lust going into the line
