The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-08
sHRGwo CHINESE SERVANTS,
Their Methods OF Appropriations their
Employers Household belongings.

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Employers Household BelonEinga.
A former Detroit young lady, now
married and living at Vancouver. u.
c., tells some interesting as we'll MS
amusing stories of the Chinese, with
which article ~ humanity Vancouver Is
overrun. They are as numerous there
rs are negroes In certain Of the south.
crn cities. and mo- one would think oi
hiring n white servant, because they
are not Ia be had. A "tenderfoot'
family, she says ought 90 set the price
OF their first servant as moderate ms
possible, for, should they pay him
twenty-five dollars month 10 start on,
they will never be able to hire another
for cent less. The Chinese servants,
of Vancouver are not organized into n
labor union. They don't need To bc.
They all know each other and all work
together To the common cnd-to get az
much as they can Of the good
things, The minute newcomer
strikes the town he IN shown around.
That, he will be told by his yellow
skinned brethren, is u twenty. dol
lar house; this twcnty.dollar house,
and 50 ON, and he readily promises To
do as the rest do.
Mrs McF---- tells of servant she
had. She had let u former servant to
whom she was paying twenty dollars n
month go, and hired In his place IA
celestial from "twcntly.tliv dole"
house. The latter was the incarnation
OF stolidity and stupidity. lie conld do
only the simplest tasks and cook only
the plaincst dishes. Disgusted with him
the lady went To see his former mis-.
trcss, to whom she told all.
"lIc has simply been fooling you,"
answered that lady Ling was the
best servant ever had good cook,
who knew all about the choicest dishes
willing and active j only let him 90
because he chased my daughter with n
stick one day. with the avowed intcn-
ton of beating her, But how much do
you pay him."
Twenty dollars"
"Ah, there's the secret Of his lnIi-
ness, lie is merely gnuging his work
10 make IL commensurate with his pay
according 10 his idea OF the fitness Of
things
Mrs. McF---- raised his pay i've dol
lars, and now gets the latest dishes,
etc. She has come TO the conclusion
that the Chinese, especially the serv.
ants, are not such fools rs they look.
They never steal. she says. But
they will lease the household belong
ings just rs though they owned them,
She went to u birthday dinner ut a
friends house one day and was aston
ishcd To see three Of her teaspoons and
two damask napkira all handsomely
monogramcJ. on the table. Her friend
fortunately caught her eye at the criti.
cal moment aud noting the rising flush
ON Mrs McF--'s face, took her aside
and explained matters. She was salts.
fed and resumed her seat at
the table, once moro mnrVcling
at the mixture of shrcwdness
and Independence In the Chinese
character aud honesty, too, for these
things are all religiously returned,
cleaned. 20 their rightful owners. She
had reason later on Ia thank her stars
this was the Chinese custom. She gave
u six o'clock dinner in honor of the
visit OF an eastern friend She wanted
90 invite thirty guests, but hadn't the re-
qnisitc amount of tableware from which
10 feed them all at table. In her di.
lemma she remembered the old trick
and acquainted Ling with the facts,
"Allee light, me sabc. Me gcttce
him, r." promptly responded that worthy,
She and her guests entered the din
ing-room that evening. and Of n verify
Ling had kept his word, for upon that
table was the most varied assortment
81 knives, forks, spoons, dishes, etc
she had ever seen, The ludicrousness
Of the scene flashed upon her, and,
laughing outright, she explained mat
tcrs to her eastern visitor while the
rest Of the company looked on and
laughingly nodded approval. Detroit
Free Press.