The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-14

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fIUd rIsfu tI ul. nuuu uUU tUtII nlI-
nuriil0u lu. tha Uih.r TU 80. f.Ne
vpro not made.
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uphf lt II essential Co., tblar r..-
ard. fl Hrl.r. fuH IuuE..i Wu. riurL
o. Unt fhU most difficult ANA lHuIrIrIH
method. Ar these things are done ny
tho Porto Hicaps with invnrilbie.r.s .sI-
IIriII. IIH Porto Itiuau hHulUHI lHfH
with hlH face Goo thr bow. ln order that
hc may the bett"r see where hr s gb-
Irg De says The lighters u..d f,r
o. iiouding ships are propelled s.urn
first. although they have prows. Broke
ord mortar and charcoal are carried IN
bags and the use of WheclbarroNS ~
limited 90 "a few Of the cities. y Porto
Eion gentleman bcckuns TO his servant
to come TO him by making gest Ire
which means exactly the opposite TO the
American. The dogs wag their tails up
and down, and the truth ia lie or lie
the truth. according to the demands of
the instant
The washerwomen do everything cal
Culated not to make the clothes clean
There is vast amount of washing
done in comparison with the visible .'e
suits. At every stream every day dOz-
ems Of women may be seen washing
clothes There is no hotter water in
Porto Rico than the sun can make, and
the creeks and streams where the wash
ing is done are never very clean, and
In the rainy season they are very dirty.
a rough rock serves as a washhoard,
and when the clothes have been rubbed
fun Of holes on this they are placed on
a smoother rock and pounded with an
other stone until shredded. The most
desirable clothesline is n barbed wire
fence, but If one cannot be found n
stone wall or n hedge will do. There Is
not rope clothesline to be found in
Porto Rico.
The men. especially those of tie
lower class, are apt to be idle and lazy
and to lounge around the house while
the women work. The women and chill
dren have the privilege of doing heir
own farming, begging, stealing ard
vending. They are happy, conten.ed
and hungry when they have no money
and they are as hungry, happy and con-
tented when they have money. In fact,
they never have money. If they need
a dollar and they can get II by working
one day. they will work one day. If
thew get so cents a day, they will work
two days. Contact with the Americans
has aroused their cupidity but has not
stimulated their activity, and they
think now that one days effort should
b. as productive as two We're formerly.
The American occupation and the en-
hanced purchasing power of the money
has, therefore, reduced the necessity for
one-half
The men gamble when they have
few cents and they always lose. All
Of them lose. How they are all s.lc-
,essful in this direction Is one of the
mysteries. but they all GO
broke and they are all happy in their
perennial poverty and content to ab-
n 1 In t.tT1 v,1a IT,, IL
sarcane.
II should say this country was upside
Town." exclaimed q young American
builder and contractor who came down
rom Philadelphia to erect a four-stcry
steel frame building in San Juan Tor
Wealthy Porto Rican. This young build
~ wants to make success in the ISL
md and contemplates taking up his
residence here If business
will warrant 1t.
81 wanted this building of mine 10 at
ract attention" he continued. 'Ir or
er to do this I had practically decided
o build the walls from the top dow I
rard. I consulted the man for whom
was doing the work
"'When the steel frame is up said
o him, we will begin to lack brick at
he second story Then I watched to
ee what effect the remark would have
~ him.
"He didn't seem surprised ir the
east
"Tt might be better to begin Mt tire
bird story he replied. Sometimes we
egin at the top
What's that?' I cried.
Sometimes he said, we begin at
he very top and he seemed to egard
as a very ordinary thing to do
I'd like to know how you do it. I
airlv shouted. There isn't a steel {
rame building in Porto Rico
II know 'hat' he answered calmly.
But II Is generally cheaper to build I
rom the top down. We most always /
o it
" Then We'll begin at the bottom this S
me- I said. I have tried to find out
nce." continued the builder, whether n
nat native was kidding me, but ma I
YES never joke. They take everything !;
MISUNDERSTANDING themselves" a
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