Show Professional Gossips In China elderly ladles aro regu Early employed as gossips and they r ti are paid well It is usual for them to r t go to the best houses beating a drum t to announce their arrival and to i offer their services to tho lady of the house as entertainers If their offer Is t accepted they sit down and tell the latest news the choicest scandal and EI anything that they think may Interest their hearers Should their stock In j r trade prove very delectable they most likely go away with a handsome present pres-ent In addition to their regular fee t which is at the rate of about 25 cents P an hour Some of these gossips have l a large number of clients whom they visit at regular intervals i |