The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-29

which I am not accustomed, were l to
repeat the lesson which the Boy re-
ceived that morning. For days he scarce
ly looked at Madam, and then out of the
tail Of his bias eye. but ever after he
was respectful and courteous to that
same little woman.
When a bachelor marries, as one
sometimes does in the Orient. his Boy,
who may have been with him from time
immemorial, Immediately gives warning.
He will not take orders from woman.
and the newly-made benedict must find
another one who has been accustomed
to women.
The Boy is butler, and housekeeper;
be takes all orders and repeats them to
his subcrdinates. whom he has hired and
who are under his entire control. He
receives the complaints and passes them
on to the kitchen servants, and the last
one undoubtedly goes out and kicks
the dog" having no one else upon
whom to 5estow it.
No one buys anything IN China without
being Squeezed" that IS. without Civ
ing more or less liberal commission.
The Boy "squeezes' his master upon
every occasion. and his master knows
it, but he also knows that the Boy pre-
vents anyone else from squeezing him.
The Boy changes his underliuss at
pleasure without consulting master or
mistress. who care nothing "a n who
performs their work So Il is well and
punctually done; men and methods are
incidents rot worth mentioning
There is a curious masonry among
the servants. by means Of which all
seem to know what one knows. ard that
almost upon the moment The Boy feels
responsibility and faces an emergency
without complaining to the mistress; ne
bor~ows anything he may change to
want IN the most bare-facei manner.
For instance. # a dinner party is to
ne given and ne doesn's find silver n
glass enough he goes direct = tha Boy.
whose people are n be guests. and Dor
rows whatever he nav nesd Thus l. fire.
Guentlv hapuens that although dining out
one eats or his own China and drinks
his toasts cut II his own glass; every
body knows. hut body minds.
Il the family IS large one. with
small children there must he an Amar.
or nurse. for each child. and one WIN
acts rs ladies' maid t. the grown mrs.
there wiz he two or three n tha kitchen
70 heln the cook who. as elsewhere. IS
an important pe~sonage One r not
all of these. VIII NJ what Is called
'1aru nidgeons;' that !s by who
gives his services fo~ what he can learn.
like the old time enprentice
Then there is c-o'je Who carries
water fer che morning baths. though
whatever else he did neve~ could a0i
out Perhaps his caste w-uI5 u,t allow
him 70 perS-rm any other servi-e,
Most Of families keen q dhohv. o.
va shvc-7an. fC~ tho hot climate npces-
states thin clothing in great quaint Il g
Many keep sewing man. fo- all these
wash clothes can b. made N AZ home Il
desired.
chairs fashioned something like tNa s.
dan orc the PRINCIPAL means &C lorcr'o-
tion in Hong Kong, they sra slunE m
long bamboo poles and. with tH1 coolies
NJ each END. who keen good srP0 there
= 10 pleaSante- means Ct getting about
The private chairs are handsomely ma IL
and softly cushioned with 4 canopy tep,
n b. used in bad weathe-.
Most families ADOPT a uniform f0r their
chair coolies and some make = 6isalav
90 the family arms but this e left
mostly 70 members q tire Diplomatic
ccrrs who needs must ~ e,
There are hundreds Of oubiic chairs n
Hong Kong licensed ara NUMBERED and
let by the hour. ike cabs There age
few iinrickshss bur TIE hi2lr roads
and INDECENT Chinee=e coolies make -hen
Ear less agreeable thar those of Jar7u.
when the armies ~ the world dnish
b. many Cinnamon Il bUr.. Chinese
,e-gner: IN loS-i.k- collins, which. after