The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-11-26
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[Cor. New York Tribune.l
There are in Hong song few lines
OF business which the Chinese have not
vet invaded. ] have already mentioned
some of them. There are no Chinese
apothecary shops in Hong Kong where
foreign drugs and medicines are solG
though in Annoy, in the midst
of the Chinese city, / have seen one
such having O. fair assortment All that
viii come with the proper study Of med
icine. As an Offset to this deficiency,
there is a young Chinaman who, having
worked seven years with an American
dentist, hi displayed his shingle and is
practicing dentistry in all IFS branches,
with tolerable success. ] have seen
specimens Of his work, and may say |
have seen worse in America. There Is
no lack of Chinese photographers either
in Hong Kong or Canton, thor work in
Guiding portraits of all sizes and views
of Chinese scenes, which are well execu-
ted and meet with a ready sale to tour
lists In landscape painting the Chi
nesc have done little. though they are
making progress in perspectives, ana
some Of their coloring of photographs is
exquisite
Of their embroidery, their carving in
wood and ivory, their skill in the rlak
ing Of pottery and the weaving ofailk,
though these arts may eventually be
carried into foreign countries and have
their influence in o competitive way,
ii is not necessary now to speak. The
Chinese build the houses in which Tive
foreigners live, furnish and decorate
them, ana they clothe feed and serve
the occupants themselves The pleas
ure of being waited on ly reti.
nue. of Chinese servants, the dolce far
niente of life in a summer land, the
seryile homage oierel by an apparently
subject race, crate an atmosphere o.
satisfaction, kind of glamour
VIII ch render sin-visible tho tyranny o.
\ tine real rulers and the industrial sub
lection Of the white race, which is in
eyiiable and not distant.
The initiative quality of the Chinese
extends even to counterfeiting Europeal
and American labels and trademarks
The knowledge of certain small article
Of foreign make has created desire TO
: them in China, and an effort to initial
(, them. So we find at the small shop
!, hinesermaie clocks and watches, an
at the stands Of the street yender
! combs, tooth-brushes, shoe-horns
, pocket cutlery and ra ors, which ar
vastly inferior to the foreign goods, but
as the price is as low as the quality
poor, no one can reasonably complain
The knives and razors often bear yer
Z distinctly the brands of Sheffield firm
whose names are household word
. wherever the English language
: spoken These kni es are sold for 5 {
c cents each, while the rayors, Sheffiel
d brand and all, can be bought for !
,s cents. The last implements are rough
= made, and to the thin skinned man
l. torture to look at, hut with the otht
e articles enumerated they show to whit
}. an extent Chinese manufactures ca
be carried, and at what rates, defyin
= competition, they can be furnished
/ the consumer
Is To hasten their discontinue, tho En-
=. lish colonistS are educating the Chimes
/, in their public schools, and fitting the
x to hold the positions of clerks, boo
Ill keepers, and other places that requi
n intelligence and certain amount
g education. The result will be tina
" speaking English tiuently and easily a
st quiring the necessary amount of cor
h. mercial knowledge, they viii soon
=. the counting-rooms of Hong Kong,
their untaught countrymen lave Gill
le the workshops city trades, and ret
e- avenues of city business. M