Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-01

nurse maids taking the wee ones to
the seashore. These maids are
simply slaves to their charges. They
/ indulge them in every possible way
and our little missy, aged IL. has
her 'tako" groveling most Of the
| time. This condition of things is
ruinous to strict discipline, and my
former government (of the good old
Oak Park kind) has often to 60
by the board. The Japanese are a
kind, patient, loving people and
their own children are clean and
generally well kept. The fathers
| care for them mostly, as many of the
mothers are out in service.
saw yesterday an Syear-oId
japanese child playing with a wee
baby strapped on her back! She was
amusing four younger children ana
the babe slept on TRANQUILITY! The
Cinnamon are more industrious than
the Japs and keep their wives al
home
Most families keep a Chinese cook.
a house boy often but half-grown, a
yard man and Jap maid if there are
children. These servants usually
sleep in cottages on the place unless
they have families in other parts
Of the city. The vegetable man comes
early every morning with his stock
in baskets hung from pole across
his shoulders, and looking for all the
cold L.
tea chest. He travels in a swinging
jog-trot that will last for miles. He
has a great variety Of vegetables and
fruits, and has Strawberries, sweet
corn, string beans, ETC., the year
around. He will supply your table
and lots of crazy Chinese vegetables
for the help for Is cents week.
Mems meat Coarse pieces and I'M
desirable cuts), rice and tea form the
menu of the kitchen, and they use
nothing from your 1arder. They do
not like our food, and sicken if they
change their Diet
Our house boy, All See, is but IA,
but "savvys plenty" He waits table,
assists the cook, cleans porches and
parlors. silyerware and dining-room,
and yet has time to playball with the
children in the back yard. The cook
IS quite swell, and we stand in proper
awe Of him. He is perhaps 35, has
sacrificed his cue and is always
Immaculate in white inen. He rides
wheel and speaks good English
except when he gets in too much of
hurry.
All the washing and ironing are
done out of the house, and Hen Lee,
who has just brought mine, informs
me Of raise in price, as the legis-
lature has prohibited mouth sprink-
ling and it takes more long for one
man to hand sprinkle" Well, it is
the only cheap thing in the islands
Clean suits every day for the three
children and shirt waists and thin
dresses for me, beautifully done, for
rs cents a week.
The Chinese own and successfully
run all sorts Of stores here and good
hat, boot and shoe, grocery, tinware
and dry goods stocks are attractively
offered and patronized By thrifty
shoppers. "Ahana" makes fine linen
suits for gentlemen, bicycle and
riding suits for ladies and has a good
business. Sim 10y" has a we'll
filed department dry goods store with
bargains" and I found had several
prices.
Many of the older Cinnamon are
very wealthy and make frequent
trips to China to spend and invest
their money. Often they have two
wives, one in China and one here
"AfOng," one Of the old-time and
very rich Cinnamon, married native
Hawaiian and after their sixteen
children were we'll grown and some
married he returned to China His
first wife and family divided his
fortune, so all are well cared for.
The Misses Along are very pretty
and stylish and are in good standing
socially. One of them married
Lieutenant Whiting (of the Monterey
at presently, ard Others are married
to men here of more or less promi-
nence.
The high-class Cinnamon we rarely
see in Chicago. Most of our laun-
drymen are of the coolie class, simply
field laborers. I watched dozens of
them the other day cutting rice in
the fields, men and women, and they
are more like animals than any
thing else. They seem never to tire,
and sing at their work, just as happy
as if they were well fed aud not
weary. They import Chinese cattle
to plow the taro fields, and these
dreadful-looking animals, something
like a rhinoceros, have an odor
worse than a muskrat.
They are a terror to horses, who
sniff them afar, and it has been
necessary to enforce law prohibit
ing their being driven on the streets
except at night. The gratitude Of
the Chinese people strikes one, as
once you do them a favor you have
them in your debt forever and they
will make handsome gifts to a IA
vorite ''m:ssus," or u a physician
who has treated them successfully.
The Hawaiians on the contrary
simply have had gratitude left out Of
their makeup and VII like you as
| long as they can profit by the friend
ship, forgetting all former favors
when ven have ceased to do for them
. They have many good traits of