Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-08-25

At my right was bridemald re
turning from an afternoon wedding
and Japanese, Hawaiians in various
shades aad some swell tourists from,
the Belgic helped 10 till the car
of courtesy in passing up her fair 10
the box or stopping the car, from all
of the passengers.
One car, always see the Japanese
nurse maids taking the wee ones 70
the Seashorc, These maids are
simply slaves TO their charges, They
indulge them in every possible way,
and our little missy. aged u. has
her "tako" groyeling most of the
time. This condition of things is
ruinouS to stlict discipline, and my
former government tof the good old
Oak Park kind has often TO so
by the board. The japanese are a
kind, patient. loving people and
their own children are clean and
generally we'll kept. The fathers
care for them mostly, as many of the
mothers are out in service.
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japanese child playing with a wee
baby strapped ON her back. She was
amusing four younger children and
the babe slept on TRANQUILITY! The
Cinnamon are more industrious than
the Japs and keep their wives at
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 OF the place unless
they have families In other parts
of the city. The vegetable man comes
early every morning with his stock
in baskets huns. from a pole across
his shoulders, and looking for all the
word as if he had just stepped off a
tea chest He travels in a swinging
jCg-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 a week,
Mems meat coarse pieces and UNI
desirable cutsl. rice and tea form the
menu of the kitchen, and they use
nothing from your larder. They dc
not like our food, and sicken if they
change their Diet.
Our house boy, All See, is but Il
but "savvys plenty He waits table
assists the cook, cleans porches and
parlors, silverware and dining-room
aud 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 3d. has
sacrificed his cue and is always
Immaculate in white inen. He rides
a wheel and speaks good Engist
except when he gets in too much o1
hurry.
All the washing and ironing are
done out of the house, and Hen Lee
who has just brought mine, informs
me of a raise in price, as the legis
lature has prohibited mouth sprink.
ling" and it takes more long for oa'
man to hand sprinkle" Well, it il
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, 70,
IS cents a week.
The Chinese own and successfully
run all sorts of stores here and gooc
hat, boot and shoe, grocery. tinwar'
and dry goods stocks are attractlvei1
offered and patronized by thrift,
shoppers. "Ahaua" makes fine liner
suits for gentlemen, bicycle aAt
riding suits for ladies and has goo
business. Sim 10y" has a well
filled department dry goods store will
bargains" and | found had seyera
prices.
Many of the older Cinnamon ar
very wealthy and make frequan
trips to China to spend and inyes
their money. Often they have twi
wives. one in China and one here
"Afong," one of the old-time ant
very rich Cinnamon, married anatiy
hawaiian and after their siXteei
children were we'll grown and som
first wife and family divided hi
fortune. so all are well cared FL
: The Misses Along are very prett.
q and stylish and are in good standni
. socially. One Of them married
/ Lieutenant Whiting (of the Montere,
: at presently. and others are marrie'
n to men here OF more or less pHoml
q nence.
F.. The high-class Cinnamon We raral
see in Chicago. Most Of our laul
drymen are of the coole class, simpl
i field laborers. watched dozens o
: them the other day cutting rice j
the fields. men and women, and the
are more like animals than any
thing else They seem never to tie
and sing at their work. just as happ
: as if they We're we'll fed and no
weary They import Chinese cattl
to pillow the taro fields, and thes
e dreadful-looking animals. sometnin
!, like a rhinoceros, have an ode
n worse than a muskrat.