New-York tribune., 1901-08-11
JAPANESE COOKS IN DEMAND
GROWING POPULARITY OF SERVANTS
FROM THE LAND OF THE
MIKADO.

can you tell me where can get Japanese
COOKE asked prosperous looking man as ne 8"
tered the japanese Consulate yesterday moInihe-
you want something that Is one great ioNary,
replied the consulate clerk with bow ana sIii'o
and a motion for the visitor 10 take chair- lneS
are very polite in their ways OF DONG business
these Japanese. even If the caller MAKES 'ne
Gus mistake of taking the consulate ioF d" e'
ployment agency. 49,, -.
who seemed a little puzzled. 1t Is my "iAe 'Il1
wants the cook and she usually wants lux ui.es =,
There are very few to be had at TINS time %
the year or. in fact. at any time SII 49,, No.
You might inquire the Japanese toui's u
Christian Association rooms. The oHeers az %
empIovment agents. This Is a, consuiS'e' anu ""
deal with commerce. not with COOKS ..sa cool,
The man who was IL search OF Japanese
GOT tba addresses Of both of the Japanese aSsoSla
60. tie - -, on is at No. 100 East Fifty
fo,,rtbst and the other at No. Il Oo'io -
ProokIvn He was profuse in his th'"N'
he hoped he would get cheap one, .,e cham
Get a cheap Japanese cook ecH0e1 - the
cellor of the consulate as the man III tt-oh ves.
door He will get-what is 1t you can
He will get left There is TO sueh 'niiie -
cbeaD Iananese cook There are not very many
OF them in the first place and the supply 10 "eEe
equal to the demand. That is why Iap"''
cost money o.. ~
DO many applications for servants '0'
consulate?" was asked.
so many that think 1t must nave ,
fad for people to keep japanese Servants W. -
keen bachelor quarters frequently send down mere
fo ,aIsts rbev do not mind paying big wages
ard are much provoked because We nave !" 'I"
them that there are no Japanese men servants :"
the market All of the japanese IN the cry w w
want work of this kind steadily empiOyeu- nv
Japanese who is out OF work Is the youhs man
who comes over here to study and does not HNs -
serve. There are not many OF these, ho"evei-
"a business man telephoned here the other day
and wanted US send him japanese once OoS'
said one of the clerks of the consulate
What do You suppose he wanted japanese
for?" asked the visitor He would not be able 70
speak English we'll enough to keep him OUT Oh
trouble. and might make all sorts Of mistakes
But If he could speak the English the japanese
boy would make the finest kind of office boy re-
piled the chancellor He would be most honor
able. He would not steal He would obey every
order that given him. He would never De Iate
about his masters business
Did you send him such 6oyg r was So aSTeo SEs
enough to he Office boys. They are all back IN
The qualities which the chancellor's. mythical Of
fee boy is accredited with in the t9regolnS g & are are
for Wallets and cooks number OF them are are el ars
gSysd as E2t ber BY Ts kn0"9 othT mem
japanese boys and simply cannot get them
= " Ie ar1 G9 The rigbt Wsv of doing things He would
never think of talking about his masters affairs
to another servant, and no amount OF tipping VIII
rim He would not think Of going out in his
masters clothes. as French and English Wallets
often do. Even wine decanteTs and cigar boxes do
not tempt him He is careful about the small
things the doing of which makes a servant valU-
able as soon as he learns what they
The wages which japanese Wallets demand vary
from $50 to $50 month. boy who knows but
little English will work for s. a week, but he will
insist on an increase as his knowledge and com
mand OF the language grows. 1t will grow rapidly,
tco, for they learn quickly A boy who is well up
In English and who write a little will hardly
work for less than S55 month
New York people have been a long time learning
the value Of Japanese cooks. At first they were
employed only yachts, where they still much
in demand They demonstrated their worth on the
yachts, where cooks labor under a disadvantage.
and now they wanted in shore kitchens The
cooks who come New-York TO work have usually
been well trained In American cooking in Califor-
MIA, and can be counted on to cook three meals a
day and cook them well. They willing to learn
to make any new dish which the housewife may
care for. They cannot learn out Of cook books but
must be shown just how to do it. japanese cooks
command from S35 to $50 a month
1t is not likely that the shortage OF servants will
be lessened by thrush of Japanese. Several
things stand in the The japanese Govern
men is opposed to its citizens going to the United
States any other country. The population OF
the island empire is not overarge. and every
effort is made TO keep the serving class at home.
Every male servant who leaves Japan means one
man less for the army in case Of war, and Japan
never ceases to think OF In the second place.