The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-17

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REASON
steamship o-refs So thf' fNav ~rUi
rsth.r have rev ~ ytinrr'u Than ~ sry
other nationality IN ths vorlf ono reason
3. hat Once = Chir,m,n got. , irb nN nH,ri a
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nat,enrIue- ch,ns- around ",r-v 'rv tr'rs
often .,ayirs ~i,h q vessel r'lv owe t.F
INs head man = a Ci--sa -i.r cr~v . .
roa,.vp,n He EMPLOYS - ''a Quo -H
In the rtev snd 4. resrcn.,tIs for them No.
relieves the captain and 'la other uTcer.
o. al worry about them Wh"7 = .i'n vlth 4,
Chin~~. rev reaches the h1r0s port - N"
cres the hpstsvlin goes ashore md IN less
than an Nprr he serfs oHt on entirely rev
crew when this crew arrives the regular
crew eoN- sshore g. = man They stay ashore
urtl Tho ~hip l. ready % sah An hour nr
80 hefore sailing time thev return. ard me
substitute crew goes sack ashore In his
way q vessel i never without a full crew,
and the sailors all set mn shore cave on
most vesSels tina travel the paHtfr With
Chinese crews and accommodation 'nr Chinese
passengers. there IL an opium 'oirt HN"i
UP somewhere In ths Storage FOR ~" a"-
comodation cf the opium smokers Tbs h's
been found 90 he a rece~sitv The Chinese
.aIorrnan on these ships does not depend
on HE wages for his pay He spends the time
he IL not ou watch samblins with the pas-er-
gers ~ his own race Not infreQuertlv cut
nose sa!lormen will get along with two hours
sleep = dsy FOR An entire trip All the rest
~ the time when h- Is not working viii Os
spent In gambling
The sl,orman. however. never lots III,
samhlins Interfere with his work The rum
her ~ gambling games that are run m SHY
board l. limited only hy the space there l. On
the ship An offence 10 one of the sallormcn
f. s.hip's crew Is the concern Of all ard n on"
m an has = lust grisv ancs which l. not rortdled
tho entir. crew will QUIT when the shir reaches
the home port OF the crew They will give a
- ~ 3. .a .VkU,.
times It Is next 10 impossible for a ship to- ct
. crew In that place. or In any nssrbv Chimes"
port for that matter. FOR her reputation travels
faster than she travis herself.
An the domestic servants IN China are m-r,
and Ia families PROSPEROUS enough 10 employ
servants all the h~ousevork l. done by men
Europeans who Nv. In China turn the entire
M an Sgemcnt 81 their houses over 70 their
Chinese servants, and where = psrson NAY
have one. two or three servants In lis native
land. 10 China he has a dozen o. more costing
pr actlcally no more than tie two or three
servants he had At home II l. customary 90
speak OF the ChiaamaH ~ the ideal servant.
but A. a matter Of fact h. Is deficient IN the
In t,llicencs that Is required 20 make q good
servant On an average he may do q certain
tAlns better than al average European ~
American servant That Is because he has
only that Ger tain thirg 10 do and he has psn'y
OF time To do IL. while the European or AGneri-
Car servant has fifteen things To dc and the
same amount OF time To do them Given
the same amount Of work the European or
American servant will do everything better
sad much more quickly than the Chinaman.
and In orly one particular viii he fall short
Of tie Chinese servant Ina, IL In the
,,atf.v 4 rN1tt.raAs Tha Tkiua.a servant Nj.
never talk back and ne ~ always polite to your
face whatever he may say behind your back
In houses In China where there are several
serv ants there 10 always a head servant who
1, known rs the No / boy The No boy
runs the other servants II he does not
actually employ the oth~r servants he selects
them. and while he won't admit IL lie gets a
par, 81 their vasee That Is his commission
for getting them the place He IL more
sutocratio than the head alter In IN Ameri-
can hotel Furthermore he gets a commission
on every ounce VI stun thai comes into the
house Ills master knows q. but his IN aster
cannot help himself. and II he tries 20 help
himself he will set the worst Of Il. 40 IL he Is
wise he will not try Every merchant with
whom he deals paws the head boy sonetLiHs
FOR the p~rIvilec" 81 selling
The master ma" bIv everything him eif
sNd pNt Tor everything 'lulSrlA, ana u" may
thlns that he has cut ~ the nun Der ono boys
squeeze. but when he figures no ~ the end
OF the mouth he gill find that IL has cC.t hirl
more money to live than 10 I'D before. whiic
there Is no chang. al all In the revrr var, .nS
good humor Of his number ore boy IN
fact. TIE number one boy j. probably l1ugh-
ms ~ him. and ls ~iinslInc NOR" money IN
his pocket than no iirgled before III. change
In the system that was 10 cut 81 his squ-~ss
When a servant warts tc leave his rlac"
he doesn't say he is gong T. cunt Tie tells
his master that som. % his relatives are srk
and he must go aud So" them lie goes aud
that IL the last seen Of him He never COM
back lie quits. too. on tho very slightest
prcvocat.on. but he dorsu'; 90 around look
ms for proyocstion Ike the average Furo-
pan or ArsncSu servant He Will not SUBJ
MI, tn faultindips II he nas made \ sauous
mistake he Will not accept the So ltlng that
he deserves II h.. guss on and c"ts drurS
or spends , right oIt when te should ESV.
been ~ home and his master takes him ~
task for II N. will sivA m excus. which 81 ia
face &. a lie II his Tnasts- tells him I - 4
he he ~fll Quit or the spot and nothing will
induce him To work TO- that master sesln.
II his master knows Lts S,sness he VII ooa-