The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27
RVANTS IN JAPAN
NO WHERE DOMESTIC SERVICE
8 CONSIDERED AN HONOR.


teis ard How They Work.
u behold Servants That Are Euunl
ar Birth TO Their Masters.
cdy have some curious notions
y servants in Japan Instead of
Iing considered disgrace TO go
domestic service in that country
bn honor writes Mr. Douglas Sla-
cqikisha boys and grooms may not
nf the honor OF being servants at
nPut are tradesmen. which Is the
b,st thing Of all I'm Japan short of
10 an eta, or member of the class
ltcasts. GroOms are excluded as
sitting gambling. cheating lot dhe
Hpese think it impossible for
m to be honesO and the rickshaw
thtas rough people without any man
o,,ere are two classes of servants,
Jnal and kitchen. Kitchen sery-
need have no knowledge OF cti-
sle They are sometimes rough
Wures from the country, no better
{ rickshaw boys They are dun,
dnted drudges. but Cook San (Mr.
D is held I'm a very different esti.
on. In small household he does
altering and keeps the accounts as
las superlntends the ridiculous lit
'Sird's nest OF charcoal ash which
as the meals in Japan.
e personal servants show a hui
Y to their employers which would
lyze an Engllshman with any
. 2 of humor, and their masters as
an etiquette air of command.
from every one else these serv-
expect n considerable amount of
5eness.
Ntel servants are male and female.
hls for Europeans generally have
housemaids as well as men wait
lind call them all boys"
go TO a japanese hotel for the
time is like going TO farce. 1t is
)ssible to keep serious. In the din
'oom you are surrounded by panto-
C imps dressed in indigo cotton
,)lets and hose, who run about
less and are called boys" and
like boys until the day they die.
Of them know no English except
numbers. Each has a number to
self, and each dish on the menu
a number, even down to the pota-
10. s." you say If you are new to It,
have some 2. and I'll take some Z
0 with it, please" He catches
G numbers and brings them, but
d, would have a far better chance of
0ing what you want il you simply
ere.
lDu can hardly hear yourself speak
the scruff. scruff across the floor.
think 1t is lucky they don't wear
3. At very grand hotels they wear
serge suits like ships stewards
bad limitations of foreign shoes,
they don't run, and then they
t wait so well, because it is not
lral for a japanese boy" not to
Japanese 'bOy" has one good quail
Though he cannot understand Eng
before you have been in the house
se days he will know your tastes,
If you like the breast of a chicken
ier than the leg you will get it, and
will have your steak to look purple
1urned under when 1t is cut, as you
Ger.
he saw you using n teaspoon after
--r wife, he would very likely bring
nv used teaspoon with your next
tnlng's tea. His motto is that there
10 accounting for the madness OF
7igners and the forms it will take.
nnt your bedroom boy is very diff
int person. He has intelligence and
hn fair command of English.
Shere is nothing that a japanese
m boy cannot do. | would trust hin
mend my watch. | have tried hin
such varied problems as Turing g
yhtened canary back TO its cage
ling up a small coin that had faller
ough crack in the floor and mend
n the lock of a portmanteau. One Of
Am even said that he could take in &
hat which gave him so large fol
d that his ears did not stop IL.
he Japanese like their hats to res
2n their ears. They can mend you
fhes or put button on and arr
idier than sailors. They expect yol
sshow them all your purchases anC
Ways tell you how much more or how
ch less you ought to have paid.
D the transient life Of n hotel yoV
the farcical side of japanese sery
B. The pristine and sentimental sid
u only get in private family, wher
servants, like the pages of the mid
ages, may be equal in birth to thei
sters, but willing TO do service Il
household because he is famou
Il or noble or man of science, so a
DCgather the crumbs OF education
Oich fall from his table.-Exchange.