The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Chinaman can live on wholesome food
at cost of 2 cents a day. An intelligent
student of Chinese affairs estimates that
60, 000,0 Cinnamon could be supported in
comparative luxury on the materials
daily wasted in the United States. The
horse, mule, donkey, cat, dog and rat is
eaten with as much relish as our beef.
Some of the concert halls contain forty
or fifty sofas. where the opium smoker
may dream he is q millionaire. Tea Is
served quite generally free of charge at
concert halls, and at some theaters. No
women are allowed upon the stage. The
latter has no curtain nor screens nor
shifting scenes. The overflow of a crowd
ed theater takes possession of the stage.
Fantastic masks and glorious costumes
with screeching voices, in combination
with terrible noises on so-called musical
instruments constitute the peculiarities Of
the Chinese stage. However, one peculiar
ity not to be forgotten is the price Of adj
mission, 81 for the foreigner for the same
seat the native pays 10 cents, and coolies
may hear the same noises for cents, To-
cal currency. Divide this by two and one
third to reduce to our currency.
Many ladies' feet are SO small that some
appear to have only ankles. To an Amer
lean the sight Of lady without feet limp
ing along only with the assistance and by
the guidance Of another with nature S
own is indeed pitiable.
In China men wear pettfcoats, and the
expression that ''she wears the pants" is
not figurative as in the states. No general
statement can, however, be given, as both
sexes wear both upon occasion. 1t is, how
ever, a postulate Of Oriental dress that 1t
shall be loose and shall be draped in such
a way as to conceal the contour Of the
body. The Occidental idea seems to be to
expose it.
Women do as much and as difficult work
as men. T think more. Their feet are, of
course, natural SIZE 1t is the ladies
who would teach nature lesson.
In Japan perhaps SO per cent Of man
kind about the streets are of the female
sex; in China about 1 per cent.
lation Of Canton, city of 100000 popu
lation, sees no sunshine for months at a
time. The streets are usually six, seven
or eight feet wide, with screens over
head. The street pavements and stone
floors are nearly level and Of large
blocks Of granite. The chair-carryine
get about 20 cents a day, our money
but, of course, they have no steady job
How much less must a Iaboring man ge
who boasts Of a steady job?
The Chinese and Japanese have, gener.
ally speaking, a better growth Of hail
because they dispense with that question
able masculine adornment, the tight fel
hat. The Chinaman carries fan dow1
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fes the rays Of the sun when too strong
which is seldom. But then John China
man seems to be the only oriental wht
thrives in every cline. He is fever, MAS
ma, bacillus proof wherever he goes. Is i
because of his health, due to superior in
dustry? All are at it, and always at it
| A .Chinaman works until he dies; it i.
not an uncommon matter for a student o
so and 80 years to take examinations fo
| literary degrees.
Marriage is arranged by parents thr,
4 go betweens.' A young man on our boa
from San Francisco was returning hom
at the request Of his parents to marry a,