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told me they were not missionary or of European influence but were the wives & daughters of Chinese.  I saw an equal number of Chinese women wearing pantaloons but none had bound feet.  Chinese men were equally divided between European dress & the long flowing gown of the upper class Chinese.  These northern Chinese are well in advance of their southern brethren.  Many [[strikethrough]]S[[/strikethrough]] Japanese were also seen at the races.  The women wore the Japanese custom but the men, [[strikethrough]] often [[/strikethrough]] almost without exception wore European garb.