Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-09-03
The Chinese.


housekcepers need not expect to escape an-
noyance by having Chinese help:
Those who We're expecting relief from
the horrors of servant. eirliSm, by the aid
Of John Chnaman, are dismaycd a. the
discovery that John has an uncouquerable
predicction for the icmlle Cclt. and mar
rics the first Bridget who will have him.
The result is inevitable: Biddy will take
the JohnnieS under her dominion-rd us
of the puzzling Chinese immigration qucs-
tion by absorbing the immigrant-ard
rule us at home more mcrciIcssly than be.
fore.
Moreover, the generally conceded per-
fcctiun of the Chinese in the laundry, and
their excellence as cooks. are accompanied
by little pccular;tics which are, to say the
least, unappctizing.
1t may not bu ccncra'ly kuuwu that
these superior laundry ymrn invariably sprin-
kc as they iron, and in order to perform
this necessary operation minutely aud
equally, their custom is to fiji the mouth
with water and force it through the teeth
in gcnt!e spray, as occasion demands. My
informant declared that she had not yet SO
nit the pocket handkerchief of the family
to this process Unfortunately, this pat
ent sprinkler is an-erously convenient
elsewhere than in the laundry. A lady Of
Oakland, who had for three years rej"iccd
in Chinese cook, chancel at last to enter
the kitchen just as he was putting the
final touch to the laavcs of bread ready for
the oven. Her horror my be ina lined
when she discovered that that the dc'icious
crispiness of the oavcs which had been
her bi.wcckly pride for three long years
had borrowed leave to be from the same
national ja d'cau which had CLOSED her
linen !"
CHEAP MosQUITo BAR.-A cheap mos
quito bar is in vogue among the plantation
hands and boatmen in some parts of the
South, which answers every purpose to the
lettcr-it is common coal oil. A small
quantity of oil is dropped upon piece of
cotton. and squeezed out as dry as possible,
after which the cotton is rubbed over the
face aud hands. No mosquito will alight
where the scent has been left have tried
it and then exposed myself to clouds Of
them on various occasions, without expert
encing the least annoyance. Thousands of
them would hover within an inch Of my
face, and sing by the hour, but none would
dare touch.
THE HOUSEHOLD SCoLD.-Would that
there we're none of these in the land but
there are some who rail and storm at every
trifling annoyance. Such do not dream
that they are digging grave for their own
happiness. They are not aware that they
are manufacturing crows feet for their
faces, and bringing upon themselves in
early life the appearance Of age. Such are
not aware that they are making themselves
more dreaded than loved. Is not this the
continual dropping" which the author
of the Proverbs had so much in dread, and
from which there was no rest but in death !
~ Queen Victoria is said to be a very
decided opponent Of woman suffrage. So
strongly does she feel upon this subject
that she recently testified most euphatical-
ly her commendatiou ofa pamphlet written
by literary lady Of London, denouncins
the woman suffrage movement, and the
women engaged in it. Victoria ordered
highly complimentary letter to be sent
to the authoress, together with considera,
bic sum Of money, to be used for the more
general circulation Of the pamphlet.
pO Minnesota papers speak Of the
remarkable atmospheric phenomenon expe
rieuced this Summon in that State upon
the sudden changing of the winds. They
experience the chillness Of the extreme
north, and 10 fifteen minutes are broiiins
under the heat of torrid cline. They are
not wholly alone in such experience, bu,
seem to enjoy more than their share Of