29 WIVES AND ALL FRIENDLY
Ho Kom Tong, said to be one ol China's wealthiest bankers ami to possess twentv nine wives in China, is ft brother of" Sir Robert Ho Tong, the Chinese Commissioner to the Empire Exhibition, and he is aged fifty five. Reporters quote him as saying that he iives in amity with all his wives, and that his method is less expensive than that of many rich Americans, who have to pay large sums in alimony to their ex-wives. "Each of my wives," he said, 'has a seperate establishment. They are i.vr-i'dp retiring, frugal, and painstaking women." He sn'tfled when the reporters suggested that lie might add to his collection by selecting a Caucasian woman. Ho Kom Tong was in New York live days, and attended several musical comedies. His comment on them was: "Women should confine their undressing to the home."
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Western Star, 19 August 1924, Page 3
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