, 1896-03-04
TAKE TO WASHING.
WHY THE CHINESE LIKE THAT BUSl-
NESS IN THIS COUNTRY.

1t Is So Much Easier Here Than at Homo
In China-Washing In Ice Covered Ponds
and Beating Ont the Dirt With stones
For Very Small Pay.
Among the thousands of Cinnamon
i'll this city few, besides the store and
restaurant keepers on Race street, follow
any other calling than that of laundry.
man. Consequently many Americans
believe that the majority of China's
millions are laundrymen, who, when
not squirting water through their teeth
upon shirts and linen, spend their time
eating rats and puppies or indulging in
the questionable enjoyments of the
flower boats" The truth is that the
Celestial Kingdoms 450, 900, 900 Of tea
drinkers do II smaller percentage of
washing than any other larg" country.
What little washable clothing they wear
is cleansed in the paddy fields near the
wcarer's home, and only the Europeans
and richer class Of natives require the
assistance of "a washman.
That important item of expense, tho
wash bill, is reduced to a minimum in
Sh'h'' where we HufoPe'h Ci't-'nS II
eagerly souSh' ny young anu oIu mar
h"'4Nes' VIM axe s''" w up VI n'a'
oianS or"ei "hl'e hhi,'s' Nnl'o waist
co''S vi 'hS,hins ~. an ioi 80 C'I'S PER
hundred. This will partly explain Why
our Chinese residents prefer to do our
iauhu's ""A ~ w"i'ihs vi o"i '"oieS
sNs"'ihs 40 'ito h"'iee re
ceiVeu ioi ilohihS al" hn4sHinS s'hSlc
"hi.e shif' Will support nun wv u"yS
II l n''i'eoo"h,'9 Hnoi1i Ae'"'i! ID
.h"' WIEN at "oih pgHin" MS iIoh,ns
po"iu' pre"thi"s 'ne close al il MS NJ
Tie shop' he appieci''es 'he one huiiurea
anu ohe con'ei'iehcrs nav ne co"Iu NJ.
"hoio III Shih'' LUIS, n"t "a'ei' sen
ac'ihS soalS anu M~nSiuoalus nave ho'
yet oeei i''Io'uce" III MS h''ise NUNS
an" nave - neen 'ho"she Vi ny 'He
poor pesSafs ooihs up shif,s ~ 'hree-
quarters !! d GEM "piece' ineIe ,iey
s'ana Oh 'he ioM sHores oi Il pauuF hei",
anAie ueep III me ihuu anu o"He' al"
ai'er soah'hs 'ne Clothes sap 'hein
against 'he sniuo'n s'oheS pun 'iere ior
.hiS putpoas un'il 'ne u'rt becomes
ioosehed anu e"h W ruooeu Out WIN 'he
l"mus.
Wi'hih INC limits Oh inc american
set'ieiieh' "a .ho tie''S poiC VI Shahs-
MAJ are SV'e."i ronus hile' WIN rum
IVY 70 io"' ioet vi l"'hW".er. III sum
ner 'hese rohdS are used by me wash
men ana lof irfisatihg helShooring
p"ooy IL" rice heius' Whi4e III winter
'ne ice accuniuIa'ihs Is carefully pre-
served.
IL IhiAese themselves 40 hot use ice
ZOE any the most reireshihs
arink 10 tieih i'll 'he not Spells Delh2
po'lins ho' YEA "i'no"' mix OF sugar
oinoe me "oNeh' VI 'he ioie'Sher the
Shilaih''h HAS ioun" .iat II pay W pfc-
sef'e 'ie schh'y ice u Sh"nEhai oorins
'he SNORT Mlh'ers' lhe icehouAes sur
rouhulhS thc Pohus are ~" structures
formed Oh WOOD lnnn ana 'hick layers
OF salt nay win me noors raised slisht-
~ ABOVE inc levei'ol inc wafer.
Aoiei'hs ~ MS general RUE vi uoins
e'eiy'iiiis o,reclly opposite u US par
p"r'anS' Iohn 'hihahaah aoes nov De-
iieVe III aiio"ing 'he ice 10 4ofni three
or hlu'e inohes' 'us US soOh aS " thih
sk'n mas formed he breaks IL NJ ana
pushes 10 All through 'he mario" open
ing Oh the s'ofeiouSeS. Inc nle''kinS
Vi MS 'hih ice makes IL necessary ior
.he poor ha'i'eS 10 waite up 10 'ne hips
III me wafer Oh the pohds ana WIN
tahea ana hooks manage 'he ice so tha'
IL can ie''ch .he ~s'orehooSes'
bu' TO return 10 me "ofkhlen' VINO
must WORK ana I'VE IN winter as well
Us III SUMMER. Not haVlhS not water
po'lers anu o,her Injuries he must re-
sort 20 'he a,r'y Iohns no matter no"
coiu the weather. 1pe ice, broken IN inc
quite thick along the edges, making il
necessary very often for the washman
to cut through it before he can inimgrse
his WnStinU Thp StifIpbaI inon i- tlto,,