Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-02-26

THE JAPS IN NEW YORK.
SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR LIVES
AND OCCUPATIONS.

SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR LIVES
AND OCCUPATIONS.
A Female Physician Who Turns Out
to be Worth a Illion-Apartmen
Houses.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
New YORK, Feb. 21.-Unlike the
Chinese, the Japanese living in this
city have completely adopted Ameri-
can manners and customs. They read
lily learn the English language, and
it can be said of them that in this
country they ate strictly law>abiding
persons. I'm this city they are nearly
all merchants or traders in raw silks,
tea and lacquerware. Many of them
came here to attend our schools and
colleges and to learn trades, and sew
eral have official situations. The mum
ber of japanese in New York City is
30. The only female is the wife of the
japanese Consul. In Sixth Avenue,
near 21st street, is their club house.
The Japanese living in the city are,
with few exceptions, the sons of we'll
to-do merchants in Japan. The jap
Anese Consul has list of the names,
and addresses of the japanese in the
United States resident or sojourning
and he knows all about them. The
list shows that more young Japanese
give themselves to the study of law
than to other branches of study. They
generally come to this country well
instructed and informed, and make
very rapid progress in everything they
undertake. They readily comprehend
and are easily taught. On questioning
japanese in regard to learning Ian
guages he said it was great deal cas-
ier for an American or European to
learn the Japanese than for the Japa-
nese to learn English, or any Europe
an language. In this city there are
two silk manufacturing establishments
branches Of the Doslin and the Yam
ratio companies, and four firms which
deal in porcelain lacquerware, play
things and other similar articles,
which they import. The most i'm
portant article from Japan is, with
out doubt, raw silk. Raw silk is three
quarters of the entire Japanese expor-
tation. The silk manufacturing indus
try has within the last few years re-
ceived great attention by the japanese
Government. A few years ago they
had only the most primitive machin-
cry, but now the best machinery is
used. The expectation of raw silk
amounts to $4,000 bales yearly. Each
bale weighs 120 pounds.
Considerably over a year ago a
quietly dressed, apparently self-pos-
sessed and self-contained young wo-
man appeared at Bellevue hospital in
the character Of nurse. She was ex-
tremely reserved but kindly to the
sick and did many acts of charity
without ostentation. She was treated
by the corps of fedgling physicians
who officiate at Bellevue with the con-
descension and patronage which they
usually show to nurses, but she bore
it bravely and went on quietly with
her work. No one paid particular at
tention to her, but it was noticed that
she went on with her duties carefully
and took an interest in her course of
time became known as the most prof.
cient nurse in the hospital. She at
tended to her duties for four or five
hours every day and rarely missed
over day in week. She was vol
unteer nurse and worked only for the
experience. 1t was not until she left,
a short time ago, that it was ascer-
tanned that she was Miss Van Renos-
elssr and that her private fortune ag-
gtegated nearly million dollars. The
hedging physicians at Bellevue hos
pital are dreaming now Of what might
have been.
The growing par:iality in this coun
| try for apartment life in preference to
the four-story brown-stone brownstone
mansions which nave been the dream
and ambition of New York matrons
for these many years past, is striking.
ly exemplifed in the rapidity with
which the new knickerbocker flats on
Fifth Avenue and 28th Street have
been sold and rented. Mr.. Robert
Hone and Mr.. Isaac Bell, are among
the original incorporators and stock.
holders, and Mr.. Bell has purchased
| the first floor corner fiat at an expense
of about $4,000 and will remove to il
frern his old home in 22d Street about
the middle of this month. The posi-
bility of dispensing with the cohort o1
domestics who are the torment O.
housekeepers in a large establishment
and the absence of the staircase, which
is a terror to most American women
seem to be the chief recommendation
for this style of living.
| CHARLES BRUCE.