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Wed Mar 31 20:29:17 CEST 2010

 four Chinese women in their native

costumes, and was just going to make the exposure, when four Chinamen
who were watching him deliberately stepped in front of the camera,
completely spoiling the negative. The younger
generation, and especially the girls,
will occasionally pose for you, and a truly picturesque

group they make in their queer mannish
dress of bright colors, as they laugh

and chatter in their odd but musical jargon. A few years ago you could
not persuade a Chinaman to talk into a telephone, for, as one of them
said, "No can see talkee him," meaning he could not see the speaker.
Another said, "Debil talkee, me no
likee him," but

now this is all changed. Some there are who still cling to their old

superstitions, but they are few. The march of commerce levels all
prejudices, and the telephone is an established
fact in Chinatown. They have their own exchange, a small building built
in Chinese style, and their own operators. Even the San Francisco
telephone book has one section devoted to them, and printed in Chinese
chara
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