Mao-sung recalls, "These dirty miners were laughed at and called beggars by the Taipei dandies, but they were big spenders, and tipped with gold, so they were the favorites of the sing-song girls."
茂松伯回憶，「這些全身汙黑的礦工，雖被台北的藝旦戲稱為乞丐，但他們出手闊綽，小費用金子代替，卻也是風塵女子的最愛。」