The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-02
PIG TAILS IN SAVANNAH.
The WAY TIE ALMOND-EYED
CELESTIALS LIVE HERE.

OOe6 TO WaJer-A chinese bazar-
The Way They do in the Land OF
Confucius.
Wing Ching's eyes became almost circu-
lar with indignation when bad boy OF few
years and less sense threw open the door to
his Broughton street store, and, with a yell
like that a Comsnche is accredited with,
made the startling announcement that
'Chinee eat dead rats"
That expression prevailed but for q
moment. Wings disposition is not ore to
harbor anger. His usual smile of sweetness
and simplicity came quickly to the surface.
He belly bad boy" said he sententiously
as he went on arranging the queer looking
things he sells as curios fresh from ''The
Flowery Kingdom
"Do you really eat rats, Wingf' asked a
MORNING NEWS reporter. .......
"Ratsl" repeated the Chinaman quickly.
Rats nasty thing, you no eat 'em; China
boy no eat 'em; nobody eat 'em; no good
Bad man made that lie. He live in New
York, l guess. That bad place; lots bad
men there who lie."
WHAT CHINAMEN EAT.
Another Chinaman, a warm friend of
Wing, grunted assent and laughed when the
reporter asked Wing to tell him what they
really do eat.
"Rice, eat lots rice" said Wing. "Get
best in city; cook 1t nice. good. Not mush
like you make it. Nice and"
Here Wings vocabulary was at fault. He
could not think Of the right words.
THE grains are all SEPARATE; all apart, l
suppose" assisted the reporter.
Wings face frightened up.
Eyes, that it," said he; all apart. Chop
stick catch 'em good. China boy rather
have chop stick than knife and fork"
A pair of them were at hand. They were
OF the commonest kind, made Of wood
about foot long and circular, the diameter
being over quarter of an inch. Rich
people, Wing explained, have their chop
sticks made Of pure ivory and tipped with
gold These are costly and make a fine
and acceptable present.
EPICUREs IN THEIR WAY.
Rice, Wing went on to say in his deliber~
ate style, using the plainest OF English,
while it is their main article of food, is not
as many people suppose, the sole one. The
Chinese in Savannah, he said, like good
living, and, according to their
idea, have il, When the
hard-working laundryman wakes in the
morning the first thing he thinks of is his
cup OF tea or coffee, generally the former.
In short time it is ready and drank. Then
about s o'clock for breakfast. This consists
or rice and pork, or rice and fish. or, per-
haps, all three. OF the rice he will eat two
or three bowls-a bowl holding about
pint. A merchant, like Wing, who grows
fat almost without eating, contents himself
with single bowl.
The pork is usually in the shape of chops
They are fried brown, and are seasoned
with Chinese condiments. This is one OF the
most delicious articles that can be set before
the Chinamen. Full justice is done to it,
and to the fish, If any there be. Both pork
aud fish are obtained from the market early
in the morning aud are always fresh. No
one was ever able yet to pass Off stale stuff
on one of the family of Lee, Wing or CAing.
A CHINAMAN'S DINNER
At midday. If he feels hungry, the China
man pauses for few minutes and drinks
another cup of tea or coffee and eats some
cake bought from the baker. Except on
rare occasions he does not cook at this hour.
He has too much work to do to spare the
time.
When o'clock comes around, though, he
makes elaborate arrangements for his din
ner. Ii he Is anything Of an epicure he
makes this meal after his own heart. The
inevitable rice occupies a central place upon
the table-the place of honor, presumably.
AT one side or the other will be found fried
n,
or pork soup, the vegetables of which
were all imported, and perhaps some clans
from the celestial land. Sometimes but one
dish will be there, but more often several
Seldom is it that the soup is wanting.
SOUP DELICACY.
This is deemed an exquisite delicacy
Wings mouth moistened, aud his eyes had
q far away CLEAN of satisfaction in them as
he told OF its merits, The pork is
cut up into pieces and we'll
boiled. Then the dried vegetables are put
in. One OF these looks about as much like
| the moss on the trees at Bonaventure as
| anything else, but it has a savory fragrance
| that offsets its appearance; another looks
| like a mummified small cabbage. There
are anumber Of them, and each one, if what
| Wing says is true, is calculated to satisfy all
the cravings OF the palate
This, then, is about their every day bill
| OF fare. Occasionally they vary it witt a
| little beefstake, but as long as the rice and
pork and dried vegetables hold out the
heart of the average Chinaman is light.
Wing emphatically denies the accepted
story that Chinaman lives on
cents day. he says that
| for two of them over so
cents day have to be spent for food. In
China few cents is enough. There one
can get some fish for or 2 cents, while
with other things and especially with fruits
and vegetables. China is a great country
for them. For every variety raised here
there are two or three kinds raised there.
CHINESE VEGETABLES
Out in California Wing says Chinese veg
etables are raised for the Frisco market
with much success. The Chinese make COM
petent truckers on a small scale, aud Wing
says he has been thinking of ad Using some
of them to try it around Savannah. He be-
lieves money could be made at it, The China
man is an advocate, perhaps from necessity.
OF intensive farming, and all that they
would want would be three or four
acres each. Wing also won
ders why it is that Cinnamon
are not engaged here as cooks and in other
capacities about the house. In San Fran
cisco he aud hundreds of his countrymen
were engaged in that way and gave salts
| faction to their employers. They would
not be willing to work for as low wages as
negroes. though.
Wing, like the rest of his countrymen,
| still longs for his native land. He wants TO
| 60 back with about 81 900 in gold, put most
| OF it in the bank, and be prosperous and
| happy for the rest Of his life. II get two
| wife, then" said he, in confidential tone;
zone for house and one for store"
PLENTY OF WIVES IN CHINA