The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-11-18
CHINAMAN AT EASE
TAKES HIS PLEASURE ~ a &c
ElFIEC MANNER.
Simple Enjoymcnts Safety tl;r, Al.
the Utmost Cecorum Is Always G.
served-Western Holiday h.@h2r.
Might Well Cc.y Ii;M.

With the sumner weather tie CT.
haman comes before Us prominent !
his artistic silks and in rs n&'!v.
naNedness, says the SAa-g.2i THE
Gis temperament also bt c1mo5 / 10
.iCeable feature to the JJac"y@Mt &c.
aigner and the manner il Nhlyh h,
axes his pleasures contrasts parYt.
)usly with that Of the energetic Gee
dental human being. IN ne ca.
hours Of the morning, when The !8'-
IF Old Sol are tempered with the d.
tppating dews Of night, the wealth!
native, as we'll as the worker Of wv
legree, may be seen carrying tA@ C22c
containing the favOrite singing bird t.
the native gardens or other trce-em.
powered spot and listening in COnt2m,
plative ecstasy to the joyous greet.
ing which his Gagged friend pOuTs
forth to the coming glCry Of the day.
AS soon as the golden beams IeoOMC
oppressive he rctirCS to his GOmiCilC,
whether to labor or sleep It's hard to
tell. In any case he IS wise, for has
he not caught the beauty Of the
grandest part of summers day the
majesty Of dawn?
Again, when sunsets glow has fail
en- dead in the west the Chinam2n
p0urS forth to his diversion. To stand
for hours with waving far en- the curb
Of our thoT0uGh1areS watching the
procession of vehiCular and pedestrian
traffic brings him apparently the &c,
light which a LCndoncr can obtain
from lord mayors show. daily re.
peatcd, while volunteer parade
brings him forth in numbers proper.
Tomato to the metropolis m!r.a49
called out by a royal pageant
Thus in dignlied, cOnt2mplatiT2
manner does the Chinar2an display his
idiosyncrasy of pleasuretaEiug.
Again, the native Of younger blood,
imbued with a tinge of foreign taste,
rushes naGiy through the streets on
the Whirring wheel or drives luXUri,
ously reclining in his smartly appoint
ed carriage, behind the fastest trot'
ting pony, steered by reckless M
tive Jehu, which his means are able
to procure. The visitor to the various
public resorts OF the Chinese in the
settlements will invariably gain an in
teresting insight into the Chinaman
and his pleasure-taking, and one strik'
ing feature cannot pass mnoticed.
Whether coOlie, merchant, Office boy
or mandarin in public, the Chinaman
at play is invariably respectable. One
hears much of the native immortality
but Qecorum, when in the public eye,
and absolutely moral behavior, char
acterizes even the biggest rake among
the Cinnamon Of our settlements.
Drunkenness is a vice which is usual
ly kept within doors, as are all other
reprehensible practices. Quarrelins
Is almost an unknown thing in pub
lie resorts, and the customary division
of the sexes necessitates that the gal
Iantries of the masher shall be dis
played in private only. Never does
one witness anything approaching the
college student of Europe on the ram
page, or AIRY and 'Arriet on a bank
'Oliday tear The Chinaman takes his
pleasure as he takes his business, with
a calm, calculating philosophy, which
constitutes one of his greatest varia.
tons from the habit of mind of the
vivacious European. We are not sure
that the idiosyncrasy is not supreme
ly praiseworthy.