Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-06-28
cHiNAMEN IN AMERICA.


In the Chinese boarding houses OF
New York the thrift which is a national
characteristic rules pre-eminent. In
location every thing is sacrificed tc
economy. The cheapest floor in the
cheapest house that can be found Is Sc
lected. The proprietor, or, as Is usually
the case, the firm OF two or three mem
bers who run the boarding house, fence
of a little room with boards for pri.
vate apartment for themselves, ana
often two or three small rooms will be
made in the same way for hoarders who
are willing TO pay little extra for pri.
vacy, but the rest OF the floor is one
large room, which serves for sleeping
cooking and eating, and Is used for a
general-sitting-room as well. These
rooms are furnished scantily. There
are rows OF hunks along the walls, .
large table in the middle OF the room, o
cooking stove at one end, and number
OF stools. On the table are two tea-pots,
filled respectively with hot tea and cold.
The hunks resemble those on shipboarti,
and are built in tiers. Little knees 81
wood on the upright posts form sort Of
ladder for climbing TO the upper rows.
Instead OF mattresses, each bunk Is pro-
vided with a Competing OF Canton mat.
ting, and the pillows are OF wood,
either log-shaped or made of board like
u footstool. The bed-clothing is some.
times Of blankets but the Chinese who
| have not grown accustomed To American
1 ways prefer eoyerlet stuffed with cot
/ ton. They also take advantage OF the
\ fact, 30 well known and so seldom util
I lied by Americans. that paper IL an OK
/ ceilent non-conductor of heat, and they
! frequently line their bedclothes witt
| IL. Over each bunk Is small shelf, OF
/ which the boarder n expected to place
/ his bed-clothes on arising. There the
clothing remains during the day in
neat cylindrical roll. some person o
tho household washes the mating ans
woodwork daily. for the Chinese are, a
rule. exceedingly cleanly. Thro'
daily meals ara prepared. For breakias
their favorite dishes are rice, tripe, fist
and meat balls, but they may be said {
live principally on rice. A Chinamai
will eat, on an average, probably half
pound OF this a day Dinner consists o
rice, pork, fish and usually som
Chinese vegetable stewed with mea
or poultry, and soup, which Is serve
last. The pork Is seasoned by bcin
soaked in strong sauces like Woi
ccstershiro, and the fish is commonl
dried. All food is cut into convenien
morsels to be picked up on chop-sticl1i
for the Cinnamon will not do at tabl
the work OF carving, which, no insist
belongs to tho KITCHEN. The supper
very light, consisting OF the inevitahl
rice and one or two small portions (
meat. The Chinese are sociable and ~
| ceedingly hospitable. always invitin
their friends 10 meals II they are aroun
, at meal-times. and are fond OF socl,
visiting outside OF business hour
Their hospitality, indeed, is often La
: ish IL is frequent occurrence FOR on
! OF the boarders to provide for tho who
! household special dish 10 supplcmcI
: or take the place of the regular fare I
4 some meal. They devote their evening
: generally 70 social pleasures, visitir
I and playing games % dominocs or car,
/ for triiling stakes. Nearly ali a
r smokers either OF tobacco or opium
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